BY STEVEN ZHOU, CONTRIBUTOR As midterm season approaches, most students are starting — or are in the process of — the frantic craze of studying for yet another multiple-choice exam. Graduating students are especially excited to get closer to being…
BY SAMUEL FELDHOUSEN, STAFF WRITER “Stop making everything political.” You’ve probably heard that phrase somewhere on the social media provider of your choice, or the wild west that is YouTube. While the phrase seems to be part of an almost-valid…
BY SHERRY KIM, STAFF WRITER The moment I set foot onto campus, as a freshman, I was absolutely lost. Although it’s true that I got lost trying to find the Nguyen Engineering Building from the other side of campus, I…
Hey Patriots, Lately I’ve been listening very heavily to a playlist called “Life Changes” on Spotify. Maybe this is because I’ve been playing catch up in my classes (as I’m sure many of us are by now). Or maybe it’s…
BY SEAN HELWIG, CONTRIBUTOR America’s gun debate is frequently ruled by emotion on both sides. One of the left’s most common talking points is to ridicule conservatives’ fears of gun confiscation as irrational fearmongering. Recent events have demonstrated that gun…
BY DOMINIC PINO, STAFF WRITER Twitter gets flak from everyone. It’s biased, it spreads fake news, it encourages meanness, it ruins people’s lives, it allows bullying, it’s a monopoly, on and on and on. If you believed all the criticisms,…
BY SAVANNAH MARTINCIC, CONTRIBUTOR In Kenya, a 14-year-old girl started her period for the first time in the middle of a school day. Later that day, she killed herself. The Daily Nation, a local newspaper, reported that on Sept. 6…
BY ALEX MADAJIAN, CONTRIBUTOR Did you know that Sept. 17–23 is Constitution Week? On September 17, 1787 our founding fathers bequeathed us the greatest legal writing ever penned to paper. But why does it matter now? That was over 200…
BY SUMMER BROWN, STAFF WRITER I remember my mother always said that two individuals can get along easily while living in separate households, but once you put them together they’re like two completely different people. I’ve noticed that this is…
Dear Patriots, “When will we be at the point [in the semester] where I can say that my big achievement for the week is putting a section together?” asked our Sports Editor, Natalie, earlier this weekend. I think that’s a…