DO SOMETHING, NOT EVERYTHING
I’m a strong believer in the fact that resolutions just don’t work. The long list of things I want will continue to grow — heck, humans are known to have a tendency...
AN OPEN LETTER FROM AN OPTIMISTIC SPORTS FAN
Dear Pessimist,
Recently, a close friend and I were both watching the same game — UW women’s basketball was playing at hated rival fifth-ranked...
THE YOUTUBER WHO DESTROYED HIS OWN CAREER
In December of 2017, Logan Paul (former Vine star and current YouTube celebrity) hiked into the infamous Aokigahara forest, commonly known as the “Suicide...
THE CONGRESSWOMAN WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST
Maybe you’ve heard of her, maybe you haven’t yet; either way, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has come under fire as a new member of Congress. She’s...
DEALING WITH THE NOT-SO WARM WELCOME
I’m a California girl and anything below 65 degrees is unbelievably cold. In the Bay Area, located in Northern California, I was spoiled not only with warm weather...
AN ELECTRIC ALTERNATIVE
See all those cars lined up from the four-way stop the whole way up to SCC’s parking lot? The problem is simple geometry.
An electric lime bike sits on SCC's campus. Photo:...
MENTAL HEALTH: NO LAUGHING MATTER
There was once a day when mental health was a hush subject: the opposite is happening now. Mental illness is being romanticized in the media. It’s being desired...
A PERSONAL INSIGHT INTO MENTAL ILLNESS
In 2015, I contemplated my death and nearly walked into the path of an oncoming truck.
In 2016, I was hospitalized for my first suicide attempt.
In 2017, I...
SPONSORSHIP, CONTENT OR BOTH?
I believe the world runs on love. Many people believe the world runs on money.
Here’s an example: In 1939, the Radio Corporation of America televised the New York...
A CHALLENGED IDENTITY
The image of a stereotypical American doesn’t fit with what most people would consider “American ideals,” a country that sells itself as a melting pot for multiculturalism.
With...
FINDING THE LINE IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT
Okay, I’ll admit it. One morning in my 20s, I woke up, after drinking too much, to a desperate gut-punch of a question: “Did we use protection?”
We...
ROM-COM GOES POSTAL
Don’t you hate it when your younger sister mails your love letters to a slew of your past and current crushes?
“To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” is based on Jenny Han’s...
