Fighting Social Isolation This Week: a final word
Ananya Mehta, Staff Writer
April 20, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
As the year comes to a close, students can often be caught up in the stress of final exams and the excitement of summer. Between studying and finishing long-term review projects, we tend to focus on ourselves. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing; however, motivation and happiness levels can fluctuate ...
Is 2018 the year to come out of the closet?
Justin Gibbs-Poe, Opinions Editor
April 19, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
I came out of the closet in the summer of 2017. Out of anywhere in the world, it happened in Singapore while I was visiting family. After coming out to my closest friends and discovering my untapped courage to step out of my comfort zone, I thought it would be a good idea to get my ears pierced-without ...
Was James Damore right?
Eric Kim Jr., Staff Writer
April 9, 2018
Filed under Opinions
When news regarding the controversial Google memo broke in the August of 2017, I felt that commentary regarding female representation in the technology world, especially in Silicon Valley, had become far too diluted with the unabashed, though not completely unfounded, criticism of the infamous, ex-G...
The Shape of Water: Relating to an incomprehensible romance
Ananya Mehta, Staff Writer
March 29, 2018
Filed under Opinions
Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water not only won best picture at the 90th academy awards, but the film also won multiple Oscars for direction, music, and production design. In a cold war time period, the film features a trio of societally oppressed friends, the main protagonist being a mute gi...
Fighting Social Isolation This Week: Knowing When to Back Off
Ananya Mehta, Staff Writer
March 16, 2018
Filed under Opinions
Everyone needs a break from daily stress, and sometimes that requires a moment of solitude. In attempting to make a friend, one must be careful to acknowledge and respect social cues that showcase the desire to be alone. Although some people may truly need the presence of a friend to lift their spiri...
Why I deleted all of my social media accounts
Elizabeth Findley, Editor-in-Chief
March 13, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
Social media has been one of the single most revolutionary forces within the last decade, vowing to bring people together from all corners of the world and give people the space to share ideas and express their true selves. In the span of 10 years, social media usage in adults rose from just 7 percent to 65 percent- usage in young adults is unsurprisingly even steeper...
Fighting Social Isolation This Week: It’s All About Trust
Ananya Mehta, Staff Writer
March 8, 2018
Filed under Opinions
Something most people don’t know about me is that I have a natural inclination to trust anyone and everyone. I have faith in the strangers around me because I believe people are innately good. Following the Parkland Shooting, Lambert administration took certain precautions in an attempt to keep students ...
Should we test on animals for commercial and medical advancements?
Patrick Bullock, Features Editor
March 1, 2018
Filed under Opinions
In the United States, various animals are often tested on and used to develop medical treatments, determine the toxicity of medications, check the safety of products that are ultimately destined for human use. There is a large debate regarding the ethicality of the matter; opponents believe that the...
The Prominence of The White Rose
Ananya Mehta, Staff Writer
February 13, 2018
Filed under Opinions
After the Golden Globes, I realized that the repetitive emphasis on social issues had become an overwhelming aspect of any awards show. Due to redundancy used to spread the message, I had felt like the once grand celebration for entertainment is now slightly boring. Going into the Grammys, I was bracing...
Star Wars, more like Star Was
Thia Haney, Staff Writer
February 9, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Features, Opinions, Showcase
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was released on December 15, 2017, the day all fans of the series will mark as the worst day of their lives. Overall, the movie consisted of fragmented, undeveloped ideas, resulting in a plot that was hard to follow. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… ...
Child marriage is not just a third-world problem
Emma North, Photography Editor
February 5, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
The United States typically isn’t the first thing to come to mind when one thinks about child marriage, especially since in most states the legal minimum age to marry is 18, yet between 2000 and 2010 about 248,000 children as young as ten were legally married in the US. Child marriage occurs legal...
Fighting Social Isolation This Week: The Stranger Complex
Ananya Mehta, Staff Writer
February 5, 2018
Filed under Opinions
This week I had my heart set on introducing myself to a complete stranger. As I stood with my friend by the microwaves and glanced out into the seas of people in the cafeteria, I felt all the nerves building in my stomach. I looked over to my friend. “I can’t decide. I don’t want to ambush anyone...
Emma North, Photography Editor
March 13, 2018
“I had never really thought about law until the fifth grade, if that makes sense I know we’re all young anyways. In the fifth grade, my teacher had this program called...
