RESPECTING TRANS PEOPLE IN LIFE AND DEATH I knew SJ Brooks, who recently died in a tragic mountain lion attack. Instead of retelling the details, I’d like to skip the horror and tell you a...

ROADWAY COURTESY “Get off the road A-Hole!” I regularly hear that sentence from drivers just before I hear the sound of loud screeching tires, accompanied by a thick black cloud of exhaust, as an...

FACT-CHECKING THE CANDIDATES “I would definitely vote for him because he looks better than other candidates.” “I won’t vote for this guy because I have talked to him before and he is just a socially...

BODY SHAMING IN SPORTS Even world-class athletes endure insecurities about their bodies. Body shaming is an issue pervasive across many spheres of our society today. Measures have been taken to stamp...

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...

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.”...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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, Twitter,...