AN APPEAL FOR STRICTER GUN LAWS Just over a month ago, a 19-year-old walked into his former high school in Parkland, Fla., with an AR-15 rifle and killed 17 people. The response to this shooting has been different than what […]
Read moreDon’t Ask Me Why I Hate Math
THE PRICE OF THE MODEL MINORITY As a student who identifies as an Asian in America, my heritage brings with it prejudice against me, as a girl with slender, almond-shaped eyes and “yellow skin.” This means that like it or […]
Read moreAge Is Not Just A Number – Stop Sexualizing Children
Innocence is lost when we normalize the idea of sexualizing children. Kids are the epitome of what we would define as “cute” or “adorable.” We get excited over babbling toddlers when they smile or drool or say their first words. […]
Read moreBeyond the Spray Paint: Trees in Sweaters and Flowers in Molotov Cocktails
The desire to create graffiti has nearly as many manifestations as the street art community has mediums. Whatever label is given to the medium, if it’s yarn bombing, spray painting or releasing balloons above a lake, public art, and street […]
Read more5 Things to Do in November
It’s November, and for those of you who don’t have a birthday this month (dear god, I’m so old), you may find yourself subject to some seasonal blahs as the rain kicks back into full gear and you wave goodbye […]
Read moreThe Dropout’s Back In: Older Students Are Jumping Hurdles To Finish School
It was pretty easy to drop out of school. I’d started working, and busied myself with other tasks until my schoolwork started to fall off. Getting back to school took a lot longer, but 20 years later, here I am. […]
Read moreAu Revoir, My Love Saying BYE to Your Ex.
With the start of the new quarter, it is not too late to have a fresh start with new people and new surprises. For me, it’s “been there, done that” when forgetting someone who I’m in love with or used […]
Read more[Insert Clickbait-ey Title Here] : Tricky Ways the Internet Tries to Trap You
We live in a day and age where we spend a lot, if not most, of our time on the internet. And on the internet, we spend a lot of our time scrolling through our Facebook and Twitter feeds. Facebook, […]
Read moreBaking the Summer Potato: How to Not be Lazy, As Written by a Lazy Person
Summer is a time notorious for getting kids to forget everything they learned over the course of the last school year. Many people promise themselves that they will be productive and go to the gym or limit their electronic screen […]
Read morePoint Counterpoint: To Walk or Not to Walk
The End is Not Today One could say I have a lot of transcript baggage. Applying for schools this past December proved how difficult — and expensive — it can be to round up transcripts from different schools around the […]
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