Surrounded by Meaning: The Silent Power of Everyday Art
There are a lot of things in our society that we readily accept. We accept our phones quickly and easily, handheld communication that can retrieve much of the information on …
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Go Ahead and Cry, Little Girl: Lolita, The Neighbourhood, and The Impact of Absentee Fathers on Women
Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is controversial, subversive, and mind-bending. A so-called romance between a teenage girl and her much older stepfather. Written from the perspective of the stepfather, Lolita is Nabokov’s …
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye: Transitions and Changes
As commencement nears and students prepare to walk across the stage, the shift on campus has been hard to ignore. For some, it’s the end of their time at Bellevue …
Mother is Not Mothering: Performing for Her Love and Why I’m Glad My Mom Died
Hating your mother is taboo. “But she’s your mother!”, is the all too familiar response. It is hard for those who were nurtured and loved to imagine hating their mother. …
OPINION: The Coffee Nerds Are Right
For most people, coffee is something that gets them through their day. It’s sugary, watery, perhaps acridly bitter, and handed to them through a drive-through window by a weary barista …
Buy Now Pay Later, a Hidden Financial Epidemic
If you are familiar with online shopping, you may have noticed the proliferation of buy now, pay later options offered at checkout. Companies like Klarna, Afterpay, and Affirm are the …
Man Make No More Read Books: The Declining Literacy Rate in America
Back in grade school, every Wednesday at lunch time, I snuck into the library not only to enjoy the breeze from the air conditioners, but to flick through every page …
OPINION: Super Bowl AI Propaganda
Perhaps the most anticipated part of the Super Bowl is not the game, but the ads. Every year, companies spend millions of dollars to secure coveted ad placement spots in …
Nails Hammered Into My Head – On Reading the News
It is a great fortune to have a job I love – yet it causes significant mental anguish. While large news media has favored sensationalized headlines to generate clicks, views …
Punk Actually Goes Punk?! Green Day and Critical Thinking
As many early 2000’s music lovers go, most have probably heard of Green Day, the punk rock band that produced top hits like Wake Me Up When September Ends, 21 …
Elon Musk Stuns in Seig Heil
President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20th was marked by his family and friends, colleagues, billionaires, and the errant Seig Heil. Elon Musk, in his speech detailing his excitement on …
“How Do You Live?” An Essay on Seasonal Depression
The State of Washington has become a center of cold, harsh weather where the majority of the days out of the year consist of early sunsets and gloomy days. This …
Have We Become Too Dependent on Technology As Students?
Last November of 2024, Washington suffered from a deadly bomb cyclone that caused region-wide power outages that lasted for days. With utilities, data connection, electricity and overall technology down, many …
Our Fractured Identities
You are being watched. Not in the way of private investigators and tailing cars but in a way that we all have readily welcomed into our lives. As you read …
The Tech Bro Oligarchy: First Buddy Elon Musk
2024 was a hallmark year for technology. Artificial intelligence’s capabilities advanced exponentially, leaving people worldwide simultaneously panicking and buzzing with curiosity. As every application rolled out their seemingly obligatory AI …
Attention Spans – Are They Shrinking?
As students, it seems that social media and digital technology have increasingly diminished our attention spans, which definitely has significant consequences for our performance. Attention span is defined as “the …
A Soliloquy on Solitude
Solitude is a rare treat in our world. At any minute, a ping from the variety of electronic devices in our possession can wrest our attention from us. Even in …
“Who’s Your Daddy:” Have We Finally Crossed Fan Boundaries? The Internet’s Oversexualization of Pedro Pascal
The internet phenomena of identifying “celebrity daddies” reached peak virality when Pedro Pascal was labeled “Internet Daddy” on an episode of The Graham Norton Show last Feb. The episode featured …
OPINION: RFK Jr. Might Not Be Entirely Insane
If you have been following post-election coverage, the name Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is probably familiar. R.F.K Jr., as he is often called, has been picked by President-elect Donald Trump …
Holiday Cheer or Overconsumption? The True Cost of ‘Consume Product’ Culture
The song Pale Light by Skeler samples a poignant section from Carl Sagan’s famous Pale Blue Dot speech. Backed by atmospheric vocals, Sagan speaks, “Our posturings, our imagined self-importance The …