OPINION: WWE Wrestling vs. “Real” Wrestling
WWE is clearly fake, right? That’s what I believed during my season as a varsity wrestler at my high school. Doing one of the hardest sports, I built up strength …
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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series 7, The Odd Season
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” is no longer the secret show I used to pirate in middle school. It has now aired in 15 different countries, and we just crowned the winner …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Eigenvectors, PageRank, and the Death of Google Search
You may have noticed that Google Search is unusable as of late. Searching for something as simple as chairs results in a page full of sponsored content and ads, often …
OPINION: Should College Students Get Recess?
Remember elementary school? Writing cursive, learning basic algebra, phonics, and of course recess. A half-hour or longer period of rest, relaxation, and play, mandated for all students. As a college …
Op-Ed: World in Conflict: Is WW3 Next?
Mark Twain once said, “History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” While today’s patterns of events may not be identical to the previous ones, there are a lot …
Op-Ed: Is America’s Public Education System Adequate for the Modern World?
The institution of public education is insurmountably important to American life. By 1918, school was mandatory for every child in the United States, irrevocably etched into the fabric of American …
Thanksgiving Mains: Turkey or Ham?
Everyone knows it’s not a good idea to start a debate at the Thanksgiving table. It creates unnecessary tension and awkwardness that takes away from the spirit of togetherness that …
OPINION: Animal Testing has No Place in the Future
Animal testing has long been a divisive subject among researchers, philosophers and consumers. The argument in its favor is that the benefits that come from using animals as our models …
Opinion: Daylight Savings is Harmful to Us
On Nov. 6, daylight savings time ended in Washington, setting all the clocks back an hour and giving everyone a much-needed extra hour of sleep. But does this benefit outweigh …
Opinion: Combat Inflation by Optimizing How You Spend Money
Many BC students have felt the impact of the recent inflation. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, between June 2021 and June 2022 consumer prices rose by 9.1%, …
Opinion: No, Censoring Dangerous Opinions Isn’t a Rights Violation
To what extent are social media platforms responsible for the content their users put out? Should harmful ideologies be given a platform? Deplatforming is a method platforms are using to …
OPINION: Logical Thinking is More Effective than Emotional Thinking
There are two prominent types of thinking — emotional and logical. While these two are essential to different circumstances, they should be used in correspondence to specific situations. However, that …
OPINION: Artificial Intelligence Still Poses More Potential Issues than Benefits
In the past decade, there have been a lot of technological advances in society. However, with all these advances, conversation about the cost and damages done by these same advances …
OPINION: Mass Shootings at Educational Facilities Have Become Normalized
In the America we call home, it is not uncommon for mass shootings to be directed at schools and educational facilities. This disheartening truth reflects the lack of value we …
OPINION: Generation Z Could Have a Dire Impact On Our Future
Generation Z is the first generation to share the collective experience of war, pandemics, financial instability, and climate change. The cohort of up-and-coming world leaders born from 1995 to 2010 …