by Bella Stahl Andres Ruiz, Fernando Rivera, and Martin Baskez are three ordinary dads from California. All three have kids, and some didn’t have any desks for themselves. The three came up with a solution of building desks for their kids which eventually, out of kindness, spiraled into building them for their whole community. “We…
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 Meredith Stewart Just like everything else in 2020, The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards were disappointing. The annual television awards show attracted a measly 6.1 million viewers (a one million person decrease from the seven million in 2019). However, the production itself is not totally to blame for this, but more so the circumstances in…
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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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By Emma Gerber This August, Alexander Lukashenko declared himself the victor of Belarus’s presidential election, claiming that he received 80% of the popular vote. But political activists in Belarus believe that Lukashenko rigged the election. Now, protesters across Belarus are out on the streets to express their discontent with President Lukashenko’s forced rule. The election…
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