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Everyone who has bought lunch at a public school or watched a high school movie or TV show knows that school cafeteria food sucks. In elementary school, kids in my […]

On Feb. 28 was the much-anticipated 88th Academy Awards ceremony, where A-list celebrities, filthy rich moguls and random seat fillers who were lucky enough to get a ticket joined together […]

We live in an amazing time of communication. The Internet has allowed people to get messages out at blistering speeds to staggering amounts of people. The ability to take in […]

Jason Brian Dalton, the Kalamazoo Killer, has been in the news lately due to his shooting rampage in Michigan. What makes his case stand out from other mass murderers is […]

“I give up” was the only social media post created by the YouTube prankster Sam Pepper on the morning of Feb. 22. Overnight, his Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts were […]

Another instance of digital extremism has emerged in the academic industry. Research pirates are stealing from academic journals and making the information freely available. Despite the illicit nature of these […]

In order to ease the difficulties of change, one should seek out the old in the new. For example, when I moved to Seattle, I tried to find comfort in […]

One-size-fits-all is a phrase seldom uttered these days, especially when it comes to clothes. It’s no surprise either, it’s a terrible idea. Everybody is shaped differently and when it comes […]

One of the many things a large number of women like to do is go shopping for clothes. Most clothing stores only have women’s clothing, and those that also have […]

It’s pointless to ignore the emerging presence of social media within daily life. Social media is used for a multitude of tasks suitable for daily and professional life but I […]

The concept of basic equality amongst people of all genders and races is, as I understand it, the backbone of intersectional feminism, which is at the forefront of the modern […]

Advertisements are everywhere. People see them on TV and hear them on the radio. They’re on busses and billboards and websites. Companies call people just to tell them they need […]

Super Bowl Sunday this year was a big day for the Denver Broncos, and even bigger for quarterback Peyton Manning. Becoming one of 12 quarterbacks to have won two Super […]

This year’s presidential election officially kicked off with the Iowa caucuses last week. The democratic field is now down to just Bernie Sanders and Hilary Clinton, who split the state’s […]

I didn’t vote in last year’s midterm election, but I should have. The ballot was pinned to my bulletin board for at least a month but somehow never got touched. […]

When waves of refugees and immigrants first started crossing the Mediterranean Sea in 2015 to escape from the wars in their countries, many member nations of the European Union welcomed […]

Yet again, North Korea is in the news stirring up trouble. The oftentimes incomprehensible actions of the nation is usually the butt of jokes here in the US, but the […]

2,000 years into humanity’s knowledge of lead’s debilitating properties, a United States Governor has allowed an entire city to be poisoned by the substance. Flint, Michigan’s water source was switched […]