Colette Urban The 2009 film Coraline, written and directed by Henry Selick, is a remarkable film that has impacted families around the United States. Whether you grew up watching it, you’ve only recently discovered it, or maybe you’ve never watched it before, the themes (i.e. home, courage, and being happy with what you have) in…
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Eesha Talasila This year’s election is one of the most anticipated elections we will see in our lifetimes. It seems that almost everyone is reading the news and watching debates this year. I think this is great because I believe that it is extremely important for us to be following the upcoming election, as well…
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by Cate Cowger-Wesley The Good Place is a show on Netflix that aired first in 2016 and recently released the final season of the show October 2020. The show follows Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye, Tahani Al-Jamil and Jason Mendoza who have each just passed away and found themselves in the afterlife. They were told that…
Read MoreBy Nyneishia Gupta All anime watchers know that there are 2 types of anime. Subbed anime, which is anime as released in Japan with Japanese voice actors and English subtitles and dubbed anime, which is the same video but with english voice actors. Ever since dubbed anime was released there has been controversy over whether…
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By Morgan Monesmith Here are my top 10 favorite shows about law, murder, or crime: Criminal Minds (Netflix) Follows a group of FBI profilers who use unique techniques to find perpetrators. There are 15 seasons and each episode is about a new case. Law and Order: SVU (Hulu or Amazon Prime Video) This show follows…
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By Noel Ullom William Shakespeare’s plays, the works of a writer known to be one of the most talented in our history, continue to be a staple of literature and theatre today for their clever wording, embracement of the sonnet, and various other reasons. Although the author of these works has played such an influential…
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by Sarah Goraya Good old quarantine. Having very little on my agenda this summer meant that I had a lot of time, not a lot of stress, and a whole lot of time alone with my thoughts. Which was a little terrifying. That is, until I realized that my good friend Caroline Jung had a…
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Like many others, when I heard the announcement that Trump had issued executive orders aimed at banning TikTok and WeChat I was disappointed, but not surprised. We had all heard his statements about the social media platforms before and have observed the administration’s actions against China. The crisis has mostly been averted now, with federal…
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By Caroline Cannon “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2015 On September 18, 2020, the world lost one of the most ardent advocates for women’s rights. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, frequently called the “Notorious…
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by Jessica Chang I’m a debater, which means I like facts, numbers, and evidence. But don’t worry—there won’t be any statistics in this piece. I want to talk about our Constitutional right to vote, and you don’t need facts or evidence to talk about our most basic right. First, I understand if you don’t feel…
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