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Ava Smith

Protect yourself and others, keep masking

Protect yourself and others, keep masking

On Friday, Feb.11, President Cruzado announced that MUS commissioner of higher education, Clayton T. Christian, directed the campuses of Montana University System to relax the COVID-19 protocols on MUS campuses and, as a result, MSU would lift the campus indoor mask mandate. While COVID-19 cases are decreasing,

Rooted in Happiness

The allureof the natural environment is contagious. It holds the key to healing, which takes a variety of beautiful forms. Allowing ourselves to partake in the splendor that is nature gives our minds and bodies the medicine they so desperately need. According to Kirsten Weir of the American Psychological Association,

The Right to Walk

“Make sure you’re home before the sun sets.” This is a phrase I have been familiar with since I was about 7 years old. My mother gave this instruction to my then - teenage sisters as they made their way out of the house to see their friends. These words

My Two Cents on Bozeman’s Best

The enchanting mountain town that is Bozeman serves its residents and visitors with a variety of charming activities and dining options — all of which were put to the test of public opinion in The Exponent’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards, published Jan. 27. In this competition, MSU students, community members

Hope in the New Year

The past two years have given millions of individuals plenty of reason to be bitter, and rightfully so. Loved ones have been lost, dreams have been pushed out of reach — and in spite of this, life remains to be a place beaming with the bright possibility that everything will be