Jenna Prather

Nov 20, 2024 | clreporter.com | Jenna Prather

The Mirror-Reporter’s holiday traditions are back for another year. If you’re reading this, then that means that the Giving Tree is up right now in the Mirror-Reporter office. Right in our front window, you might even see it when you walk by. And as we zero in on Thanksgiving next week, count your blessings and then pass one on to someone who needs it. Stop in to our office at 12 N 4th St. and pick an ornament off of the tree. You can then shop for the person or persons on the card.

Apr 27, 2024 | thesimpsonian.com | Caleb Geer |Kyle Werner |Jenna Prather

I didn’t know what the hell I wanted to do with my life when I showed up on campus in the middle of the pandemic almost four years ago. I knew I wanted a bachelor’s degree and I wanted to find employment. I felt out of place my first year at Simpson. I made some friends but was just trying to survive the monotony of life that existed during COVID-19.

Apr 27, 2024 | thesimpsonian.com | Kyle Werner |Jenna Prather |Kenzie Van Haaften

It all started with soup. No, really, let me explain. I was so passionate about the soup in SubConnection as a first year that it caught the attention of the, at the time, Editor-in-Chief Amelia Schafer. She had asked me to write a review on the soups. Spoiler alert: I completely pillaged the soups. I was irate about the inconsistency of Mac & Cheese Mondays and in love with the roasted red pepper gouda. You can read more about the scoop on SubConnection’s soup here.

Apr 17, 2024 | thesimpsonian.com | Byers reflects |Jay Byers |Jenna Prather |Kenzie Van Haaften

“I remember the first time I stepped foot on campus, and I thought, ‘wow, what a beautiful place. This looks like what a college is supposed to look like,’” Simpson College President Jay Byers said. As the end of the academic year quickly approaches, so does President Jay Byers’ first year as president. Byers began his presidency on July 31, 2023, and has since served the Simpson community with a smile and a bowtie.

Feb 28, 2024 | thesimpsonian.com | Jenna Prather

The Storm will welcome a unique player to its football and track teams in the fall. Demarico Young, a senior from Sioux City North, committed to Simpson on Thursday, Feb. 22. According to the Des Moines Register, Young has been deaf since age three and attended the Louisiana School for the Deaf. The similar feeling at Simpson is one of the reasons he chose to attend. “I chose Simpson College because it feels like a sweet home and I like small colleges for me,” Young said in an Instagram message.