By Ralph Elizondo Over the past couple of months, the country has been impacted by the novel Coronavirus. The pandemic has put many people out of jobs, made it difficult for some to keep up with bills, and has created problems we haven’t seen in nearly a century. Local businesses are doing everything they can […]
Month: October 2020
Employment During a Pandemic
In the image above you can see that unemployment rates have skyrocketed since the COVID-19 outbreak in March. The unemployment rate reached an all time high in April at 14.%, but the total money spent on unemployment benefits was highest in May with $23.75 billion. Luckily, these numbers are slowly decreasing with time, but still […]
Hays County river parks reopening
By: Helena Van Maren SAN MARCOS, Texas—River parks and other outdoor recreational structures have been reopened to the public, after nearly six months of them being shut down. On September 16, the San Marcos Parks and Recreation Department issued a list of the parks, playgrounds and other outdoor facilities that were being reopened. City Manager […]
The Zoom Classroom
In Spring 2020, thousands of U.S students began learning through computers at home. Various resources such as Zoom made this possible, but also more complicated. Here, a compilation of the pros and cons brought about in the Zoom classroom. A Catalog A Variety of Search Results A series of terms which have spiked in number […]
How people are attending the gym during a worldwide pandemic
by Karen Valencia These are changing times due to the pandemic that is currently happening. Many restaurants and shops have closed in Austin because of it including gyms. Virtually everyone was starting isolate themselves to stay safe and keep from spreading the virus around. Until recently many businesses have started opening up and allowing a […]
The Impact that COVID-19 has had on Students’ Mental Health
By Piper Blake With mask requirements being mandated, quarantine becoming a lockdown and social distancing becoming isolation, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused peoples’ mental health to decline drastically, and college students have been no exception. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 40% of adults are struggling with mental health during this time […]
COVID-19: The impact of unemployment among Texans
As COVID-19 struck Texas along with the rest of the world earlier this year, businesses and employees have suffered from the effects of the pandemic. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, there were 805,082 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Texas as of Oct. 13, 6,084 of those cases are located in Hays County. […]
Is Working From Home Working Out?
DENVER, Colo. — Since March many employees have made the transition from working at the office to working at home due to the pandemic. According to Stanford economist, Nicholas Bloom, “an incredible 42 percent of the U.S. labor force is now working from home full-time.” At first, it seemed like things would only be like […]
Continue the Conversation: COVID-19 and Mental Health
COVID-19 has opened conversations about personal hygiene and immune health. Though, an unexpected discussion it has started is the importance of mental health – especially in the middle of a pandemic. As cities, states, and countries continue to manage and try to stop the spread of COVID-19 by enforcing strict quarantine and social distancing rules, […]
Video Games: Are they bad or good for your mental health?
There is a good side and a bad side to everything. Let us cover some of the bad effects that come with video games — Dopamine is a hormone that plays an important role in humans’ motor controls, experience of pleasure, motivation, and more. Video games can lead to an addiction of dopamine; when a […]
