Arts & Culture

Words like “homeless” that we use to describe certain individuals can be used to oppress and dehumanize them As Mark Twain so eloquently stated, “The difference between the right word and the almost-right word is the difference between lightning and lightning bug.”  The words individuals use to describe others have an incredible effect on one’s […]

A recap of stop #1 Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, Jackson Hole, WY. The first day of YETI Natural Selection Tour snowboard contest took off Thursday morning, in bounds, at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The contest is the brainchild of world-renowned snowboarder Travis Rice, and has been years in the making.  Quicksilver ran the original event […]

Sitting in the grass under the sun is one of the best things the world has to offer Believe it or not, whoever said that it’s the little things in life that matter most was absolutely right. One of the best feelings in the world is that sense of bliss you get just sitting (or […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly pick of movies, TV shows, books and music Movie: “Black Dynamite” dir. by Scott Sanders (2009) Seriously one of the funniest movies ever made. Sanders shot using Super 16 color reversal Kodak film stock over the course of 20 days to ensure it looked as crummy and distended as possible. A […]

Disney’s newest original series is everything we miss about Marvel movies “WandaVision” takes place after “Endgame” in a suburban town where Wanda Maximoff (played by Elizabeth Olson) and Vision (played by Paul Bettany) settle down in hopes of raising a family together and living in the comfortable peace they never reached throughout their lives.  “WandaVision” […]

As social media and internet giants have banned political figures and platforms, some wonder how far their reach is On Jan. 8, 2021, Twitter permanently suspended former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account. This was done primarily because of Trump’s alleged involvement with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots that left five people dead.  In addition, following […]

Warning: Spoilers ahead. Movie: “Someone Great” dir. by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson I have been known to not have a particularly informed taste in movies, and I’m usually not the one who picks what we’re watching on a movie night, so I think I will surprise absolutely no one when I say “Someone Great” is more […]

Three ways to relax during midterm season As the storm of the first midterm season comes to an end and I start to prepare for my next round of tests, I’ve noticed that I am not doing anything to settle myself down. Last quarter, I had four midterms in one week, so I just poured […]

GameStop used as a blunt-force weapon against hedge funds Between Jan. 20 and Jan. 27, stock for GameStop (GME) rose from $39.12 to $347.51, an 888% increase. In a matter of days, hedge funds like D1 Capital Partners and Melvin Capital, which had short sold GameStop and AMC (which saw a similar rise) to a […]

Let’s start letting the things enjoyed and popularized by girls exist Mercury is in retrograde, and does that really mean anything? Who knows, but sometimes it is reassuring to think everyone else might be going through a weird time simultaneously, and that the stars are affecting it. Whether you know each detail of every placement […]

A look into how the controversy began and escalated For the past few months, farm workers in India have been protesting against three pieces of legislation that threaten the livelihoods of farmers and exploit their labor. In general, what these laws do is transfer farmers’ powers into the hands of corporatized or private buyers by […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly pick of movies, TV shows, books and music TV Show: “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver  In a seemingly endless slew of late-night talk shows, it can get a bit old watching the same ten comics/hosts joke about the same current events every weeknight. Sure, each one (or their writers) brings […]