Author: Gabriela Holmes | Staff writer

Opinions

I just lost my brother and my best friend

Growing up with siblings, I always pictured my two brothers and I growing old together. I pictured that I would be the best auntie to my nieces and nephews. I pictured that I, like always, would buy birthday cards for our parents, and just write my brothers’ names on it. […]

Lifestyles

Hot Pockets recall alarms some students

Make no mistake: Hot Pockets are a staple, cheap meal for an on-the-go broke college student. But that may be changing.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service recently issued a recall on Hot Pockets. A total of 762,615 pounds of Nestle’s frozen not ready-to-eat pepperoni Hot […]

Lifestyles

Some local CBD shops thriving

Tallahassee’s CBD shops around Tallahassee appear to have developed a loyal customer base even with the pandemic on a rise. Employees at different CBD shops and bars around town explained the effects that the pandemic has had and the differences between them was mostly based on their  clientele’s age range. […]

Lifestyles

Bicycle shops struggle to keep up with demand

The U.S. is experiencing yet another shortage. But the item falls short of the typical list of sanitary items — toilet paper, hand sanitizer, masks or cleaning supplies. This item highlights how the COVID-19 virus has struck a specific aspect of public life: transportation. There are millions of Americans who […]