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With fresh stories and perspectives, female rappers are elevating hip-hop higher than ever before We’re lucky enough to be living in a period that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, is musically rich and diverse. Excluding the frequent tone-deaf decisions made by the Recording Academy, the world is fully embracing the hip-hop genre and its many faces.  […]

The best college experiences come with the best support systems There’s nothing more exciting than receiving an acceptance letter from your top college. Choosing which school to attend can be a difficult process and is a decision that shouldn’t be made lightly. The logical way to choose would be to evaluate the practical aspects of […]

Keeping up with a routine can still be meaningful during quarantine   When schools announced temporary remote instruction due to the coronavirus, millions of students across the country had to adapt to a different lifestyle, one that involved spending all of their time in their homes. There are many new things to consider, among them: To […]

Turning COVID-19 briefings into tools of political campaigning are not beneficial to nation or president  The 2020 presidential election is like none before it. The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has left the two remaining major candidates scrambling for ways to appeal to the public. Both campaigns have moved online. Both use media surrogates. But […]

The rise of Soviet nostalgia signals a lack of closure On Dec. 26, 1991, the infamous hammer and sickle flag lowered, and the red, white and blue Russian flag took its place. In just one night, a new nation was established alongside 14 others. Twenty-eight years since the fall of the Soviet Union, and its […]

Sampling is more than just an artistic choice A little birdie by the name of Mark Twain imposed an idea about originality on us all. Maybe you’ve heard it uttered as you walk through the Quad, unintentionally eavesdropping on the debates of impassioned college students: There is “no such thing” as an original idea.  Many […]

We shouldn’t wait for things to get worse in order for them to get better  There are few smooth ways to mention your therapy appointment during casual conversations. At the mere mention of the phrase, people will immediately question your sanity, look at you sympathetically or simply awkwardly or just silently stare at you. For […]

The label doesn’t always mean ethical  I am a lifelong vegetarian and have never known the taste of meat, so when products like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods made their way to the market, I was eager to see what fake meat had to offer. Of course, I was just one of many. Impossible Foods […]

COVID-19 pandemic reveals America’s slow push toward regionalism Another day, another coronavirus article. These days, it seems as though every aspect of life is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. And while it’s true that social distancing has had a tremendous impact on the everyday lives of all American citizens, the influence of the crisis on […]

There has never been a worse time to develop video games Video games can be a vital distraction from the monotony of quarantine life, but for the developers that worked hard to crunch these games out, the near-future landscape of games looks bleak. Video game sales are near an all-time high. “Animal Crossing” is breaking […]

Seventy years of atheistic rule later, God finds its way into the Russian constitution Following decades of atheism in the Soviet Union, the resurgence of the Russian Orthodox Church signals a new nation. Today, television stations broadcast live sermons, citizens line up for holy water and Christmas trees light up Moscow’s Darwin museum. President Vladimir […]

Creative liberties should persist outside of age, gender I used to roll my eyes as a kid when my parents sat me down in front of their desktops to listen to a musician from their generation. As children, we can find it difficult to understand the magnitude of these artists’ influence in the world. Our […]