Your horoscope means nothing
Ashley Masingale, Photography Editor
December 10, 2019
When people ask me what my star sign is I’m hesitant because I’ve met people who have immediately judged me based on the fact that I’m an Aquarius. They tell me that “we’ll get along great,” or that they “don’t have many Aquarius friends.” It irks me when this happens because it ha...
Can we do it all?
Sage Cooley, Co-Editor-in-Chief
December 9, 2019
With all the demands of high school, everybody knows someone who seems to do it all: jobs, sports, extracurriculars, homework, testing, chores and social lives. Am I missing something? Probably. Personally, I like to prioritize my schoolwork. I dedicate much of my time and energy to my classes, ...
Doing things the write way–even if it means going off the script
Jasanee Killins, Staff Writer
December 2, 2019
Artists have Inktober and Sparkcon, musical maestros have SongFu and Album-A-Day and motion picture professionals have the 48 Hour Film Project and the Sundance Film Festival to anticipate. But what do writers, some of the world’s most complex set of creators, have to look forward to as a means to...
Dissecting the curious case of meme culture
Tatyiana Davis, Multimedia Editor and Opinions Editor
November 14, 2019
The new comedic work by Millennials and Generation Z can be summarized as jokes told over photos or cartoons sometimes in poor taste. Whether it’s political or social, adopting such a humorous strategy to address an occurrence drives us to a discussion: the productivity of their satire. “Meme," coi...
You aren’t what you eat
Daijah DeForge, Staff Writer
November 6, 2019
As I scroll through my YouTube subscription box, I encounter various titles: “What I Eat in a Day to Lose Weight” or “Hacks to Look Skinnier” or “How to Get A Beach Body Fast.” There are tips and tricks on how to lose weight fast all across the internet. I’m constantly bombarded by people ...
Why can’t we let girls be girls?
Ashley Masingale, Photography Editor
October 28, 2019
Teenage girls are constantly under fire for nearly everything they think or do. She thinks she’s pretty? She’s conceited. She thinks she’s ugly? She’s fishing for compliments. She follows trends? Basic. She wears makeup? Cares too much about her looks. Doesn’t? Cares too little. You can...
If you can see yourself in fiction, does that make you blind to identity politics?
Jasanee Killins, Staff Writer
October 23, 2019
A flourishing renaissance of fresh, vibrant voices in the media has inspired many, including myself, to take part in its narrative. I’ve found myself in an era where the first Muslim hero of Marvel Comics will be getting her own show. Another where Captain America will be portrayed by a black man. Th...
Make money worth something
Abigail Mosher, Co-Editor in Chief
October 7, 2019
Since the Industrial Revolution the United States of America has been in a nonstop cycle: buy, use, discard, repeat. This consumerism washing machine has drastically limited the way we value a dollar. As someone who lives below the poverty line, I have learned my fair share about where I ought to ...
Using your childhood as the new currency
Tatyiana Davis, Multimedia Editor
May 17, 2019
As dust catches on old VHS tapes and Pokémon card collections, the industries that constructed such fond memories string your adolescence into a commodity. Could audiences ever acquire the same reaction once given from a lovable cartoon lion cub compared to a CGI one, 25 years later? When sequels b...
The future of artificial intelligence: Discovering the expanses of space
Gabrielle Donaldson, Sports Editor
May 7, 2019
In March 2009, the Kepler space telescope was launched into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. The telescope collected data during its nine-year tenure in outer space, and 22-year-old University of Texas at Austin senior Anne Dattilo has put it to good use. In 1608 the teles...
Prom has become a beloved tradition, but it did not begin that way
Emily Silver-Campbell, Staff Writer
April 26, 2019
Colorful gowns, limos and tuxedos, all terms synonymous with the prom. Short for promenade, the prom is a tradition for high schools across the world. Early proms had the intention to teach students about proper behavior around the opposite sex and how to act respectable. Although a time of celebration,...
Skinned knees and statistics: Going to college from the perspective of a marginalized student
Abby Lee, Website Editor
April 25, 2019
The fact is that marginalized students have an entirely different college experience waiting for them.
