Della Johnson | Staff Writer One of my more remarkable moments would have to be when I had a panic attack on the floor of a Walgreens. I had come to get my flu shot, something I get every year. I’ve had moments at doctor’s offices where I’ve gotten five different shots at a time. Even still, every year I […]
Read moreMeghan Dincler | Online Editor 2020 came with a historic edition of the fashion magazine Vogue: the first edition with a man as the sole focus of the cover. That man was British singer and actor Harry Styles, posed on the front of the magazine with ring-clad hands blowing up a light blue balloon, looking stunning as ever in a […]
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Raghav Raj | Staff Writer Earlier this month, Warner Media announced that their entire 2021 slate — 17 feature films, including big-name releases like Dennis Villanueve’s ‘Dune’ remake and the fourth installment of The Matrix — would be released on HBO Max concurrently with its theatrical release. This stunning announcement effectively puts an end to the theatrical window before a […]
Read moreShravani Page | Staff Writer Let’s be real, what in the world was this election? On Saturday, Joe Biden passed 270 votes in the Electoral College- thank you Pennsylvania- which denotes he will most likely become President of The United States. But this race was nearly equal. In my pessimistic nature, that detail still sticks out to me. That race […]
Read moreRaghav Raj | Staff Writer On November 7, right after the Associated Press called the 2020 Presidential Election in favor of Joe Biden, former Ohio Governor (and current Biden surrogate) John Kasich went on CNN for an extended tirade against the progressive wing of the Democratic party. Kasich, a Republican, didn’t mince words. Amidst the calling for “fiscally conservative” austerity […]
Read moreMeghan Dincler | Staff Writer What do you think of when you think of a traditional future? A man, a woman. Two kids, decent sized house, maybe a cat or dog. But for a lot of people, that’s not what they want. There are those that don’t want to have kids, or who don’t want to get married, or (God […]
Read moreRilee Malloy | Staff Writer “But you don’t look like you’re sick.” You’re right, I don’t look sick. From the outside looking in, you would never know that something is wrong. But I wake every morning knowing that I am chronically ill and I won’t be getting better. When I was nine, I was hit with a diagnosis of Ehlers […]
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Raghav Raj | Staff Writer When ‘The Social Network’ hit theaters in October of 2010, it felt like a provocation. It was daring enough to try elevating the origin story behind Facebook and its coldly brilliant founder Mark Zuckerberg into a biographical drama, especially while the company was still marching its way into internet ubiquity as the new decade dawned. […]
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Shravani Page | Staff Writer There’s a lot going on right now. And here’s a marginally biased breakdown of what that can mean for us. Now, before I get ahead of myself, I should let you know that I don’t write politics that often. But it’s election season so what the heck let’s do it. Right now, our country is […]
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Ann Vettikkal | Managing Editor Donning a bejeweled, strikingly armor-like collar, when Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented, she did it with grace, style, and conviction. Wearing embellished jadots that differed depending on whether she ruled with the majority or dissented was one of many practices that bolstered Ginsburg’s stardom status. Her existence became a strange crossover of ensuring the tedious but […]
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Shravani Page | Staff Writer While a 3-week break in March sounded fantastic at the time, quarantine sunk in quickly, at least for me. I realized that school was somewhat a drug for me. No, not the ones that make you feel a “rush” but instead a sense of resistance or restrainment. According to good-old Google, a suppressant is defined […]
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Raghav Raj | Staff Writer The collaboration between rapper Travis Scott and fast food giant McDonalds asks a simple, terrifying question: what does a soul taste like? As I found out when I visited the McDonalds drive-through for the first time in maybe over a year, not very good. The burger that features Scott’s namesake — a quarter pounder with […]
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