By Blake Meacham–Beth Hinga, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Morningside College, has been to many countries. Egypt, Spain, France, Iceland. Ethiopia is her favorite, though. “That’s where both of my kids are from,” explained Hinga. “My husband and I adopted them a few years ago. We made some incredible memories there.” For Hinga,…

By Diane Nguyen–Student Government Secretary Kyle Hiser is a junior majoring in biology and chemistry from Shenandoah, IA. As secretary of Student Government he keeps tracks of the minutes in both Student Government executive and senate meetings. His job also includes buying office supplies, putting up group signs on the Student Government wall, and creating…

By Diane Nguyen–Student Government Director of Communications Victoria (Tori) Figge is a junior at Morningside majoring in social and behavioral science from Rock Rapids, IA. As Director of Communications Tori is in charge of group registration forms for new groups and old groups coming to register again so that they may be able to request…

By Diane Nguyen–Alex Sullivan, a junior double majoring in business and Spanish from Berthoud, CO, is the Student Government Student Advocate. As advocate she takes care of constitutional matters, handles parliamentary procedures during meetings, and deals with student concerns. She also runs elections and works with the executive team and senate on communication. Her committee…

By Diane Nguyen–Desiree Ponce – Dez – is the Morningside Activities Council (MAC) Secretary. From Santa Ana, CA Dez is a junior majoring in counseling psychology. The MAC Secretary keeps track of who the MAC members are, who’s signing up for what events, sending out emails, keeping track of all the events, and overall in…

Diane Nguyen is a junior majoring in English/Creative Writing. She is the Student Government Vice President and Morningside Activities Council President. The Student Government Vice President is automatically in charge of the Morningside Activities Council (MAC). To be one, is to be the other. The position is designed this way so that the two sister…