Do you ever notice how you hold your keys? I notice, especially because way I hold them changes depending upon circumstance. If I walk with a friend during the day, I’ll usually hold my keys with my middle finger lined up with the largest jagged edge, cracking a […]
By Tim Bouchard The first presidential debate has become a widely-anticipated primetime event that the majority of concerned citizens will be watching. However, most of us are not entering Monday night with high hopes. The likeability ratings of both candidates are the lowest of any other election, and […]
By Olivia Pan In the wake of recent police shootings of black men in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Charlotte, North Carolina, protests calling for change and action have erupted yet again. As we all observe the current state of American race relations and police-civilian relations at times becoming more […]
By Julie Booth Warning: this article contains spoilers for “American Horror Story: My Roanoke Nightmare.” It’s that time of the year again. It’s sweater season, it’s pumpkin spice season, and best of all it’s scary movie season. Two weeks ago, the “Blair Witch Project” remake kicked off the […]
By Emily Breakell Authors’ Note: My reference to wizards in no way endorses recent parties or their themes. When we dress up as wizards, the implication is that we are not actually wizards. Otherwise, we wouldn’t need to dress up. Similarly, when we dress up as “white trash,” […]
By Olivia Pan I just disclosed in this article’s title that I do not drink alcohol. I have not recently left rehab nor do I come from a traumatic childhood with a history of addiction, though my mother, who is a yoga health nut, would rather sever a […]
By Sam Arciprete Colin Kaepernick, backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, made headlines recently for kneeling during the national anthem at the start of a preseason game last month. This controversy has since garnered national attention, and with the protest growing larger, spreading to more teams and […]
By Emily Kulp This past weekend, the “breaking news” headline on CNN declared, “Clinton calls some Trump supporters deplorables” while a top headline on Fox News stated, “Bill Clinton suggests Trump slogan racist — but he used the same one.” Looking at these headlines, I could not help […]
Hillary Clinton’s health has been the chosen topic of many as of late. After the Democratic nominee stumbled at a 9/11 memorial, finding out later she had pneumonia, we have seen a multitude of attacks on Clinton’s health by political commentators as well as her opponent, Donald Trump. […]
By Sofia Maietta Ads—sometimes relevant and other times a nuisance, continually showing up in our day to day lives. Whether we see them on the road or on our computer screens, advertisements are everywhere. Furthermore, advertising technology has developed exponentially in the past decade. Today, companies are able […]
In 1981 the postmodern philosopher and cultural critic Jean Baudrillard produced his treatise “Simulacra and Simulation,” in which he asserts that “simulacra”—the constant stream of television, advertisements, and visual media that models real people and objects—have replaced our perception of reality, resulting in what he calls “the death […]
By Julie Booth If you are a woman in America, society’s lessons have never been clearer: your safety, rights, and dignity are not a priority, and you will not receive any kind of justice. On September 2, Brock Turner, rapist (and I think I heard somewhere that he […]
The Spire 