February - 2019

Hailey Marie Hartigan

The Trump-Pence Administration Attempts to “Gag” Human Rights, Again.

This past Friday the Trump-Pence Administrations divulged that the US Department of Health and Human Services’ revised Title X...

Grace Cutsinger

Old Films

I am currently taking a film class that is also a sociology class. I didn’t think it was going to be mostly analyzing old documentaries...

Andrew Guon

Kanji? What is it?

Japanese writing is made up of three scripts. Hiragana, which is used for native Japanese words, has 46 basic characters and about 50...

Meghan Sheldon

Mind Over Mat(t)er-ial

In some sense, we are always competing. There seems to be an instilled hierarchy of majors, with STEM students ranking at the top, and...

Kayla Reeves

Surviving Graduation Season

A few days ago, my Instagram feed exploded with students at Virginia Tech who realized that they have less than 100 days until...

Kayla Reeves

3 Foolproof Ways to Survive a Blacksburg Winter

So, it’s that time of year again…where it burns your eyes to step outside and you’re constantly fearful of being blown over by these...

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The Worst Super Bowl Halftime Show Ever?

Like many (maybe?) others, I was only interested in the Super Bowl because of the halftime show. But, this year, the show was not what I...

Andrew Guon

"True Musical Genius"

I’m not much of a football fan so the prestigious Superbowl was very much not on my radar until I heard the possible inclusion of...