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Clara’s Commentary: What matters in college friendships
By Clara Leder | Aug. 22Finding your friends in college is a daunting task. Here are some reminders about your worth, what to look out for and how to live in the moment.
Ethan’s Excerpts: How to rest in stressful times
By Ethan Herx | Aug. 22Managing your time well, talking to others or having a creative outlet are just some ways to ease stress.
Haylee’s Hub: Getting involved is necessary, valuable
By Haylee Leasure | Aug. 22The phrase “get involved” is something every college student has heard at least once. While that phrase is often met with eye rolls and groans, there is some important truth to it.
From the Grapevine: Try on lives like dresses
By Libby Evans | Aug. 6Sylvia Plath wonders why we can’t try on lives like dresses. Fashion is a brave act of individuality and choices one makes in life should mirror this bravery. Society tells us to be realistic and fit into a box, depleting opportunities to explore the depths of one’s identity.
The Lo-Down: Olympics’ impact extends beyond sports
By Logan Adams | Aug. 2The theme of the 2024 Olympics has been clear: overcoming adversity in all forms, whether it is body shaming, racism or an apartheid regime.
Girl, Uninterrupted: Kamala Harris is a beacon of hope
By Mackenzie Shuman | July 31Just when the upcoming presidential election seemed like a lost cause, the Biden’s last minute drop out brings Harris in like manna from Heaven.
Ethan’s Excerpts: A solution for dying malls is housing
By Ethan Herx | July 27By converting shopping centers from shells of their past, cities can help boost the economy and make housing more available.
Blabby Abby: Romance novels require plot, originality
By Abby Jenkins | July 17The recent craze surrounding “booktok” has led to a decrease in the quality of plot, originality and the presence of romantic aspects in contemporary romance novels.
From the Grapevine: How to counteract a shortening attention span
By Libby Evans | July 13Attention deficiency has worsened with social media. New studies have shown the average attention span is eight seconds, lower than a goldfish. It would be impossible to turn off all screens, but reinforcing daily meditative habits counteracts this loss.
Girl, Uninterrupted: Wii beats all other game consoles
By Mackenzie Shuman | July 11Gen-Z kids love the Wii because of the memories attached to playing MarioKart and Wii Sports. However, the console is more influential than we realize.
Sassy Cassie: ‘BRAT’ summer is taking over
By Cassie Dye | July 6Charli XCX's “BRAT” is the album of the summer.
From the Grapevine: Chappell Roan’s fame comes from humanity, queer representation
By Libby Evans | July 6Chappell Roan’s fast rise to fame is in part due to her vulnerability and relatability with fans. As all demographics unite in their love for Chappell, her rise in fame brings LGBTQIA+ representation with it.
Girl, Uninterrupted: Food service jobs provide invaluable work experience
By Mackenzie Shuman | July 1Working in a restaurant has a reputation as being a last resort job where people end up when they can't get hired anywhere else. In reality, some of the best workers come out of the food service industry.
Taylor’s Table Talk: internship requirements can be difficult to fulfill
By Taylor Orcutt | June 26The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism requires all journalism majors to complete a 200-hour internship to graduate. Though the requirement promotes experiential learning, students face barriers to completing it.
Ethan’s Excerpts: Ohio an underrated outdoor destination
By Ethan Herx | June 26From biking across the state to Appalachian Trail level hikes, Ohio has more to offer than just cornfields.
From the Grapevine: Reddit has the answers
By Libby Evans | June 23Without the toxicity of an extension of one’s identity onto a social platform, open forums such as Reddit allow people to ask tough questions and give the tough answers. Without the ego diminishing feed of people and places, this alternative media with anonymous users has its own physicality of real truths, both dangerous and helpful.
Taylor’s Table Talk: Undergraduate research experience is inaccessible
By Taylor Orcutt | June 19Research experience in undergraduate programs can help boost acceptance rates to graduate programs and academic careers. However, undergraduate research opportunities are riddled with obstacles.
Sassy Cassie: Dating shows are guilty pleasures
By Cassie Dye | June 19Dating shows are widely popular, but have some serious moral questions to be answered.
Ethan’s Excerpts: The joy of film photography
By Ethan Herx | June 13Before the rise of digital cameras available to the masses, moments in life were captured on film.
