So Listen: Stop partying with COVID-19, please
By Mikayla Rochelle | Sep. 10, 2020OU students, we have to do better for this community
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Existential Binge-Watching: ‘The Boys’ are back in town and better than ever
By Jackson Horvat | Sep. 9, 2020The Boys might just be one of the most accurate depictions of a superhero story ever to be released.
From the Editor’s Desk: Running a journalism publication during COVID-19 isn’t easy, so bear with us please
By Molly Schramm | Sep. 9, 2020As we continue to adapt to COVID-19’s world, we’ll continue to bring you all the important news in Athens.
Noah’s Ark: 'Fight Club' is a great yet misunderstood film
By Noah Wright | Sep. 8, 2020Fight Club is an accurate depiction of rage, violence and a special brand of toxic masculinity that had already crept its way into the psyche of American men.
Pondering with Patterson: An ode to summer foods
By Lauren Patterson | Sep. 8, 2020The spooky season is my favorite time of the year, yet the summer cookout favorites that fade out are always a bummer.
Words I Might Have Ate: Fiona Apple stepped out during quarantine
By Shelby Campbell | Sep. 7, 2020Every story on the album is either heartwarming, enlightening or relatable.
Here’s the Tea: Athletes getting involved in activism is impactful
By Iana Fields | Sep. 3, 2020Professional atheletes getting involved is extremely important
From the Editor’s Desk: My senior year may not be what I expected, but I’m sure going to make the most of it
By Molly Schramm | Sep. 2, 2020COVID-19 has changed my senior year, but it hasn’t ruined it.
Unabashedly Brandon: Today’s Civil War
By Brandon Bowers | Sep. 2, 2020Americans spend more time fighting against people of different beliefs than towards truly creating a better country.
Words I Might Have Ate: Tyler Childers asks God to bless him. God already has.
By Shelby Campbell | Aug. 31, 2020For the love of music, his grandmother and all that is holy, Tyler Childers will play a guitar.
Just Listen to JL: Why sports should abandon the symbolism and embrace the sacrifice for social change
By J.L. Kirven | Aug. 31, 2020Too often we opt for symbolism over sacrifice.
Worth a Reminder: COVID-19 could ignite change in medical malpractice systems
By Camden Gilreath | Aug. 30, 2020If the US cannot adopt malpractice methods like other nations, COVID-19 could wreak havoc.
Uncle Sam: OU needs a fossil fuel divestment movement
By Sam Smith | Aug. 30, 2020Fossil fuels are killing our planet, and OU – a university that likes to claim meaningful sustainability efforts – has no reason to be investing in them.
Existential Binge-Watching: Reranking the characters of 'The Umbrella Academy’
By Jackson Horvat | Aug. 27, 2020Season 2 of the hit Netflix series necessitated a new ranking.
Here's the Tea: The time to advocate for black women is now
By Iana Fields | Aug. 27, 2020When joining the movement to demand justice for Rekia Boyd, Shelly Frey and others, all groups should include Black women and take the time to understand their experiences.
Let Me Be Perfectly Queer: Thom Brennaman is just the tip of the iceberg of homophobia in sports
By Kelsey Boeing | Aug. 25, 2020Sports have always produced a negative stigma around being gay or members of the LGBTQ+ community, yet Thom Brennaman using an anti-gay slur is just the tip of the iceberg that represents homophobic behavior in the MLB.
Words I Might Have Ate: Aging Like Steely Dan
By Shelby Campbell | Aug. 24, 2020Steely Dan transforms the ugly parts of life into majestic, intricate pieces of music.
Adonis Fryer: The DNC Needs More Democrats
By Adonis Fryer | Aug. 24, 2020The Democratic Party could and needs to be different, but these speakers are emboldening the same personality politics that took focus in 2016, placing an emphasis on Biden and Trump, not right and wrong.
Uncle Sam: Kamala Harris – not the reformer we need
By Sam Smith | Aug. 13, 2020Just because someone is a member of a racially oppressed group, that doesn’t mean that their representation alone is antiracist — it matters just as much or even more what that person says and does.
Uncle Sam: This is a pandemic, not a war
By Sam Smith | July 13, 2020Both pandemics and wars pose great challenges to any society, but the responses they mandate are quite different.
