Currently: Award-winning vegan blogger + design student. Formerly: Reporter for The Shorthorn, UTA's award-winning student newspaper. Passions: food + fitness + sustainability + design.
Broccoli Bulletin: Detox, get back on track
Detox tips and a cleansing smoothie recipe.
Students share Black Friday experiences
From adults fighting over hand towels to frozen turkeys being wielded as weapons, Black Friday shopping can be a nightmare experience.
Many students to spend Thanksgiving break studying
Architecture freshman Jennifer Callejas said she will be writing a 10-page research paper and studying for three exams during the upcoming Thanksgiving break. In addition, she and her architecture classmates have a final drawing project due the Monday after Thanksgiving.
Clothing drive to aid Syrian refugees
Growing up in Mexico, mechanical engineering sophomore Laura Lopez has witnessed a lot of poverty.
“To me, it was heartbreaking, as a little kid, that I had more things than the other kids,” Lopez said. “Hearing about what is going on in Syria, the refugees lost everything, and it sounds even worse. I can’t imagine what it must feel like for them.”
Broccoli Bulletin: Vegan hot chocolate for cooling temperatures ...
Broccoli Bulletin: Vegan hot chocolate recipe
Broccoli Bulletin: 19 eco-friendly wildlife activities
This year, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary Blackfish raised questions and caused many to think twice about going to see wildlife in captivity.
Community responds to animal captivity
Laura Mydlarz, marine biology assistant professor, grew up going to SeaWorld and has seen an orca in its natural environment during a whale-watching trip. She was shocked at the difference. As a child, she saw orcas with bent fins at SeaWorld. (Photo courtesy of Gaston Lacombe)
Electronic waste recycling will be offered at America Recycles Day
When thinking about recycling, computers and cellphones don’t usually come to mind.
Broccoli Bulletin: Vegan talks fitness, research
Q&A with a vegan student athlete. A year and a half ago, kinesiology senior Courtney Redden decided to try a vegan diet, while she was holding a bowl of chicken alfredo, she said. Chicken alfredo and vegan in the same sentence?
Symphony to perform tribute
Pulitzer Prize-winner Gunther Schuller has been invited as a guest artist-in-residence to work with music students from UTA and Southern Methodist University from Monday through Nov. 16.
Guest speaker to present diversity and interfaith dialogue
Diversity will be taken to another level at the bonus Diversity Lecture Series event at noon Friday in College Hall Room 101, hosted by Multicultural Affairs.
Tent provides space for prayer, reflection
For students with busy schedules, finding time for prayer or inner contemplation can be difficult.
Expresso biking for fitness and fame
Seeing his experience unfold on an LCD screen as he cycled on an Expresso stationary bike, mechanical engineering freshman Carlton Kelley said cycling through a virtual world with a time limit provides a different kind of rush from using regular fitness equipment.
Broccoli Bulletin: 12 reasons why I ditched dairy
A dozen reasons why I made the switch from lacto-vegetarianism to veganism!
Broccoli Bulletin: College Park’s vegan options (Part II)
Vegan options at College Park, round 2!