“For the Kids.” A phrase that is commonly associated with Dance Marathon. Dance Marathon is an organization that works with college students and campus communities to raise money for local children’s...

Knit one, purl one. Knit one, purl one. A basic rib stitch pattern involves the repetitive motion of a knit and purl stitch. For Teresa Pham and Hanah Novotny, these stitches have grown into more than...

THE EVERYDAY BATTLE “For my entire life I have been the happy girl. My family, my friends, even people I’ve just met think of me as a joyful person, and I love being that person. Finding the joy in...

"I'm happiest when people I care about come to know who Jesus is. My faith is very important to me and I'm always praying for my friends. A friend I met a two years ago knew I was into the whole God thing...

"I used to work at Hy-Vee in Iowa City. One day I was bagging groceries, for a homeless man nicknamed Uncle Tom. After I finished bagging his stuff, he offered me a box of doughnuts he bought. This was...