BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER Home doesn’t feel the same anymore. The walls of my room appear to be slowly closing in on me while my legs shake restlessly in back-to-back Zoom classes. I’m not under house arrest, but I…
BY SAVANNAH MARTINCIC STAFF WRITER Just a week after the notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, President Trump announced his official nomination for the vacant Supreme Court seat: federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett. According to a questionnaire Barrett submitted…
BY DOMINIC PINO OPINION EDITOR After Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, tributes immediately poured forth. The Washington Post front page described her as a “pioneer devoted to equality,” and nearly every other newspaper printed a variation on that theme. These tributes…
BY LAURA SWIHART STAFF WRITER With eye-catching stories ranging from “How the world’s media reacted to Tuesday’s debate” from BBC (spoiler: they didn’t like it either) to “The Loss That’s Killing the West’s Wildlife” from The Atlantic, it is all…
BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER Some people dive into swimming pools headfirst. I prefer to dip my toes in the water, hoping for the right temperature. The online whirlpool of social media always felt too hot for me. It took…
BY DOMINIC PINO OPINION EDITOR See headline.
BY STEVEN ZHOU STAFF WRITER In recent months, major universities such as CalTech and the University of California system have announced plans to go “test-blind,” where standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT will no longer be considered in…
BY LAURA SWIHART STAFF WRITER In an election cycle dominated by horse-race reporting and campaign ads, American political polarization has surged to the forefront. Though many believe the stakes are higher now than ever before, bitter polarization prior to an…
BY SAVANNAH MARTINCIC STAFF WRITER When we talk about equality in sports, testosterone levels aren’t usually part of the conversation. But the regulation of testosterone, which is found in both male and female athletes, is a dangerous and destructive form…
BY SIDONIA CANNON STAFF WRITER It seems as if the world is being poisoned by an evil concoction of pandemic, climate change, racism, sexism and a dash of every other bad -ism out there. The taste is nauseating, yet we…