What the fridge was that? I know I am supposed to be happy that the Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl, but I’m not sure I am. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat is excited for the Super Bowl
Last year, at a Northwest football game, then-junior Nick Verwers had an idea to get onto the jumbotron — buy one of the blazers covered in Northwest logos at Walmart and wear it to the game. Little did he know, he set in motion the creation of the Bearcats in Blazers.
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Last year, at a Northwest football game, then-junior Nick Verwers had an idea to get onto the jumbotron — buy one of the blazers covered in Northwest logos at Walmart and wear it to the game. Little did he know, he set in motion the creation of the Bearcats in Blazers. Read moreBearcats in Blazers: students become local celebrities
We are officially in the third week of the semester, and I’m convinced some of you forgot how public bathrooms work, but no matter your excuse, there are unspoken rules for the bathroom and I am here to remind you of them. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat wants you to follow public bathroom rules
I am not from Missouri. I wasn’t born and raised a die-hard Chiefs and Royals fan. I knew nothing about this state until I got here for college. But if there is one thing that I learned after coming to college, is the residency border wars is something else. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat loves state boarder feuds
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Throughout the 24-year history of Northwest soccer, lots of players have donned the green and white on Bearcat Pitch — the home field for Northwest. Read moreKaylie Rock: The name on top of Northwest soccer's record books
I’ll admit it, I’m a lover of WebMD. There is nothing more thrilling than going on Google, typing in your symptoms and letting a website convince you that you are going to die in three business days. WebMd and I have been through a lot. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat idolizes WebMD 'doctors'
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but I’m not talking about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or even winter solstice. I’m talking about how a couple of glorious months of the year, us Americans are blessed with the best sandwich to come out of fast food — the McRib. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat Loves McRib Season
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A cloud of dust combined from the gravel roads and the crops nearby disperse to reveal a red-brick building. The structure is seemingly out-of-place with the rest of the area mainly being used as farmland. Just before the 320th Street intersection on the west side of U.S. Highway 136 in Noda… Read moreSchools across Missouri see decline in football participation
I thank and praise our Northwest overlords. They have given my life a sense of meaning and purpose. I bleed green, actually, but don't ask me to prove it. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcats loves their numbers
I have come to realize that parking in general is kinda the worst, but specifically parking on campus is another topic. I compiled a list of things that drive me absolutely insane while I am attempting to park in these peanut-sized lots. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat loves parking on campus
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A secret sauce is typically used to enhance food or make food special. Northwest coach Amy Woerth, and 2022 MIAA Volleyball Coach of the Year, said Northwest volleyball has its own ‘secret sauce’ that helps the Bearcats get better every year. Read moreWoerth leads resurgence of Northwest volleyball
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Maryville is 5,153 miles from Rieti, Italy, but junior tennis star Andrea Zamurri made the commitment to Northwest in 2019 and never looked back. Read more'It was very tough at the beginning': Zamurri talks about his career for Northwest tennis
This week will go down in Maryville history — the flashing yellow lights on South Main Street are no longer with us. The red and green lights have returned and so have the mile-long row of cars that lead up to them. I miss you yellow lights. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat wants the South Main construction back
The leaves are turning red and my reminder that “cuffing season” exists is coming in full swing. Not that my mom hasn’t reminded me all year, but at least I have mastered how to distract her from the conversation. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat needs a holidate
Cancel culture is a big thing in today’s age. Why can’t we cancel toxic masculinity? Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat wants to cancel toxic masculinity
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The roars from the crowd inside Bearcat Stadium seemingly got louder with each passing second. Washburn sophomore quarterback Kellen Simoncic just got acquainted with the turf on Mel Tjeerdsma Field and the culprit was Northwest football senior defensive tackle Zach Howard. Read moreHoward talks about life before Northwest, his time as a Bearcat
Let me be the one to apologize on behalf of the person who wrote the previous Stroller — I’m painfully sorry. Adam Sandler is at best, fine. You on the other hand might want to consider checking in with University Wellness. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat isn't an Adam Sandler fan
I have a confession — Adam Sandler’s “Jack and Jill” is my favorite movie. Don’t try to convince me that “The Godfather” or “Pulp Fiction” is better, I won’t listen. I don’t care that it has a 3% on Rotten Tomatoes, they don’t get it. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat loves Adam Sandler
I have to admit something, this may hit close to home for some of you, so I apologize in advance. I’m having major Target withdrawals. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat needs their Target fix
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A pale yellow house sits near the end of Second Street. This quaint looking house is the home of an organization that has done a lot for people in the Maryville community and beyond – the North Star Advocacy Center. Read moreNorth Star Advocacy Center: A bright light for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors
I don’t understand the point of grass. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat wants to banish grass
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Samuel Westbrook, better known as “Geno” by friends, is the coordinator of counseling in the University’s Upward Bound program. Westbrook has lived in 12 different states and four different countries, and he has traveled to many more. Read moreNorthwest counselor reflects on life of travel
Attention all Northwest friends, I am absolutely fuming. One of the greatest things about the Northwest campus was suddenly ripped away from us — Free bagel Fridays at Einstein’s Bros. Bagels are completely gone. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat misses Free Bagel Fridays
Apple finally released iOS 16, and I’m gonna be completely honest with you, it was a let down. It was a tragedy, but nonetheless, they managed to get one thing right — allowing me to unsend text messages. I am about to become a menace to society, and it’s all Apple’s fault. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat loves deleting text messages
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Since COVID-19, small businesses have been growing rapidly. Even in Maryville, many locals and students are turning their hobbies into something others can enjoy as well. Read moreLocal business owners host pop-up event, share struggles
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While her desk sits in Martindale Hall, Assistant Professor Nina Adanin has traveled and ventured all across the globe, from the heights of the Himalayan Mountains, the scorching Middle East, the majestic Atlantic Ocean, the freezing Arctic and the humid Colombian jungles. Read moreNorthwest Assistant Professor Nina Adanin reflects on her journeys around the world
I am no stranger to awful relationships, but I just have to come out and say it: Maryville, you gotta step up your Tinder game, we are getting bored out here. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat loves men on Tinder
As upperclassmen, we spent the entire summer dreading this exact week. We watched every day pass, getting closer to the moment we would actually have to be in a classroom. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat wants to be a freshman again
I suppose it all started at 6:30 a.m. when I rolled out of bed. I had a vision. Through the haze, I saw an Instagram account that shared the unspoken truths of Northwest. It took me three minutes to do what had to be done. I gave birth to Bearcat Facts. Read moreStroller | Your Bearcat loves Bearcat Facts
On the bottom floor of the Nodaway County Administration Center sits a large room full of old letters, collections of wills and dozens of large books full of court records going back to the county’s formation in 1845. To most people, this place would be something more elaborate than someone’… Read moreBecky Carlson helps Nodaway County unfold records from the past
Everyone seems to be all up in arms about this email we got on April Fools’ Day. I mean, I don’t even know what a regent — sounds like some pimple medicine honestly — is, and I’m sure they do suck as much as you guys say. But can we appreciate President John Jasinski’s all-time April Fools’ joke? Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves Dr. Jasinski's April Fools' joke
If you read old versions of this ridiculous satire piece read by three people, you won’t actually find satire. You’ll find one person writing about things they saw on campus. It’s wild; they would use names and everything. Essentially, this part of the newspaper was for a stalker to publish … Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves proper sidewalk etiquette
Alright, that was enough; we can go back to wearing masks now. Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves mask mandates
On Tuesday – also known as twosday – the people of Maryville awoke to an unexpected inch of ice on their windshields. Not only did we get to spend half an hour scraping it off of our cars, we were also blessed with testing out the theory of death while driving to our morning classes. Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves ice-cold Tuesdays
Most of you are liars. In recent weeks, I have conducted a poll of those around me — they're likely more accurate than the polls Hillary Clinton did in 2016. And the data shows me that you all claim to like the Winter Olympics more than their summer counterparts. You don’t; none of you are w… Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves the Winter Olympics
There’s a societal shift of cataclysmic proportions happening. Ever since the beginning of this never-ending Panda Express, nobody seems to give me sympathy for my cold anymore. Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves sympathy for a cold
To my fellow Chiefs fans, I think you’re great and all, but for once in your life, shut up about losing a game. The Chiefs lost. Let me say that again to make sure everyone understood that correctly: The Chiefs lost. Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves upset Chiefs fans
This Stroller is entirely directed at the person who wrote last week’s. If you are not that particular malcontent individual, who is likely sitting at home watching HBO Max, drinking iced coffee and ignoring their scholastic responsibilities, then you can disregard this. Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves flexing their GPA
I will not be graduating Sumo Fort Lauderdale, and I truthfully don’t care. Northwest requires a 2.0 to graduate, so that is what I’m shooting for. Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves attendance policies
There are a lot of Christmas songs, and an innumerable amount of them are bad. Some are just terrible pop renditions of classic songs sung by people who couldn’t find a tune if it hit them on the back of the head. Others are just creepy. However, there is one truly terrible, gut-wrenching, e… Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves "Wonderful Christmastime"
I’m about to dust off a take so cold it would make my ex-girlfriend’s heart look like the sun in comparison. Christmas should not be celebrated until after Thanksgiving. Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves premature Christmas music
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Northwest junior guard Trevor Hudgins drove straight at the Northern State player directly in front of him. With the defender off-balance, Hudgins planted his right foot, angling back and left to create separation. Hudgins exploded upward, releasing his shot several feet behind the 3-point a… Read moreVinnie Vaccaro: a Northwest fan
If you are the person that believes getting blacked out is a personality trait, you should Google AA. College is draining enough, now I have found myself gagging at the thought of alcohol. Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat misses their party days
Today’s college sophomores are essentially freshmen with darker bags under their eyes. The pandemic robbed them of the “college experience” and indoctrinated them into the ways of online finals and no football games. Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves Homecoming spirit
As soon as the calendar turns to the 10th month, people start to get excited. The middle of fall — or if you are pretentious and insufferable, autumn — signifies the beginning of Halloween or, in other words, “spooky szn.” Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves soup season
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Warm light flickered across the face of Señor Burrito co-owner Eric Dickey as he took a long-awaited break in a booth across from the entrance of his business. The restaurant was quiet, only filled with the low hum of music and the chatter of three customers as they ate burritos prepared by … Read moreThe Dickeys, Señor Burrito's hard working owners
We are in the age of cancel culture, according to people who like to be bigots and then are shocked when they have to pay consequences for it. We, as a society, have canceled everything from racists to homophobes to people who genuinely believe “Cars 2” is good — it’s the worst Pixar movie, … Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat wants to cancel a cold
Everyone’s favorite alien parasite cosplaying as a computer science nerd with daddy issues lost $7 billion on Monday. Mark Zuckerberg lost a mere fraction of his total net worth because Facebook and Instagram didn’t work for the majority of the day. He’s not the only one who lost something y… Read moreThe Stroller | You bearcat loves glitchy social media
Are you tired of people pushing an extensively researched, completely safe COVID-19 vaccine on you? Do you want to use alternative methods like Ivermectin and bleach injections but are worried about possible side effects? Well, I just might have a solution for you. Read moreThe Stroller | Your Bearcat loves alternate treatment
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Rain meant no farming would get done on that particular, strangely chilly September day. Interrupting the quiet surrounding, an engine croaked up the side of the house. In his Polaris four-wheeler, which was covered in dust and filled with loose tools, sits Larry Ecker, a more-than-classic-f… Read moreMeet Larry Ecker, the last dairy farmer to occupy a small town in northwest Missouri
I’ll admit it, I’m a lover of WebMD. There is nothing more thrilling than going on Google, typing in your symptoms and letting a website convince you that you are going to die in three business days. WebMd and I have been through a lot.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but I’m not talking about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or even winter solstice. I’m talking about how a couple of glorious months of the year, us Americans are blessed with the best sandwich to come out of fast food — the McRib.
A cloud of dust combined from the gravel roads and the crops nearby disperse to reveal a red-brick building. The structure is seemingly out-of-place with the rest of the area mainly being used as farmland. Just before the 320th Street intersection on the west side of U.S. Highway 136 in Noda…
I thank and praise our Northwest overlords. They have given my life a sense of meaning and purpose. I bleed green, actually, but don't ask me to prove it.
I have come to realize that parking in general is kinda the worst, but specifically parking on campus is another topic. I compiled a list of things that drive me absolutely insane while I am attempting to park in these peanut-sized lots.
A secret sauce is typically used to enhance food or make food special. Northwest coach Amy Woerth, and 2022 MIAA Volleyball Coach of the Year, said Northwest volleyball has its own ‘secret sauce’ that helps the Bearcats get better every year.
Maryville is 5,153 miles from Rieti, Italy, but junior tennis star Andrea Zamurri made the commitment to Northwest in 2019 and never looked back.
This week will go down in Maryville history — the flashing yellow lights on South Main Street are no longer with us. The red and green lights have returned and so have the mile-long row of cars that lead up to them. I miss you yellow lights.
The leaves are turning red and my reminder that “cuffing season” exists is coming in full swing. Not that my mom hasn’t reminded me all year, but at least I have mastered how to distract her from the conversation.
Cancel culture is a big thing in today’s age. Why can’t we cancel toxic masculinity?