Martha Wyatt-Luth ’25 Opinions Editor It’s no surprise over 30 percent of adults in the US experience anxiety when you take into account that the average person processes 74 GB of information each day. To put this into perspective, imagine watching 18 two-hour movies. Every. Single. Day. I […]
Martha Wyatt-Luth ’25 Opinion’s Editor Oh, Netflix. It’s hard to remember life before it existed. Nowadays, I’ll be trudging through my day and sometimes stop to dream about the possibility of curling up into a fuzzy blanket and popping on a ridiculous show to forget about life…even if […]
Martha Wyatt-Luth ’25 Opinion’s Editor Suicide. Depending on your background it may be considered taboo or even sinful. But no matter what, it is always heartbreaking and always tragic. Just a few weeks ago, Stanford University senior Katie Meyer died by committing suicide in her dorm room on […]
Martha Wyatt-Luth ‘25 Opinions Editor Some days I’m in awe of how incredibly selfless, generous, and caring people can be. Usually, it’s when I’m on Instagram at 2:00 a.m. looking at videos of people saving animals. And no, it never gets old. Other days, I’m dumbfounded by how […]
Martha Wyatt-Luth ‘25 Opinions Editor If there is one thing we can all agree upon, it’s that this year has been far from easy. The global pandemic, natural disasters, and not to mention the countless personal challenges we face every day, are some of the countless burdens on […]
Written by Martha Wyatt-Luth Opinion’s Editor ‘25 Over Thanksgiving Break, I re-watched several movies with my family. One notable film was Argo, Ben Affleck’s thrilling exposition of the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979. Besides the star-studded cast and phenomenal production, the film lingered in my memory for another […]
Martha Wyatt-Luth ‘25 Opinions Editor Photo courtesy of Amir Cohen, Reuters On Monday, Nov. 1, the Israeli Minister, Karine Elharrar, was unable to attend the United Nations annual climate summit (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. This was not because of COVID-19 precautions; rather, it was because the world-renowned conference […]
Martha Wyatt-Luth Opinions Editor ‘25 Photo courtesy of Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) For decades, there have been technological skeptics voicing concerns about the great dangers technology could present for humanity. In their eyes, on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg opened Pandora’s box of technology by […]
Martha Wyatt-Luth Staff Writer ‘25 Since the beginning of October, internal concerns from employees have risen over comedian Dave Chapelle’s sixth special, “The Closer,” for being transphobic and offensive to the LGBTQ+ community. When it seemed company executives were unwavering in their decision to keep the show, employees […]
Martha Wyatt-Luth Staff Writer ‘25 With the pandemic hopefully reaching an end in sight, many individuals are itching to travel abroad. Many students have decided to even study abroad for not only a semester, but their entire undergraduate education. It is quite common to see international students in […]
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