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Different Ways to Celebrate Halloween While Social Distancing
Najla Alexander, Guest Writer
October 21, 2020
Spooky Season is here and you know what that means? Time to celebrate All Hallow’s Eve! Halloween is approaching us and you start to see people hanging up spooky decorations. Seeing stores start to have Halloween decorations and candy filling the isles, wondering who or even what you are going ...
The Wildfires of Oregon
Ella Springer, Guest Writer
October 2, 2020
My hometown, Portland, Oregon is in the midst of a pandemic, coming to terms with systemic racism past, the site of nightly protests for the past 100+ days and now it is blanketed in a thick haze of smoke as wildfires burn out of control nearby. The pain and uncertainty felt by many Oregonians are gr...
Why Michelle Obama’s Profound Message Is Relevant In 2020
Tylee Hunt, Guest Writer
September 30, 2020
2020 has been a unique year for many. A pandemic continues to spread rapidly throughout the world. Natural disasters have demolished homes and lives. Opposition for systematic racism and the Black Lives Matter movement has spread through the news, and the time is soon approaching for another electio...
Decolonize This Place
Neil Gunnion, Staff Writer
February 18, 2020
On January 31st, 2020 around 500 protestors gathered in Grand Central Terminal to protest recent increases in hiring for the MTA Police; an action which is part of a larger effort by the governor to crack down on fare evasion. The Grand Central Protest, called “J31” was organized by a coalition of...
How to get through seasonal depression and homesickness
November 11, 2019
The weather is quickly changing from warm to cold, changing not only our wardrobes, but our emotions as well. There could be many reasons for this shift, but a big factor is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), more commonly known as Seasonal Depression. SAD is a mood disorder subset in which people who have...
Saving Your Dining Dollars: A Guide to Financial Responsibility
Neil Gunnion, Staff Writer
November 2, 2019
Dining Dollars are a useful way to alleviate the costs of living in New York City. By sectioning off a portion of your resources exclusively for food, you avoid having to worry too much about it. However, impulse spending, lack of planning, and high food costs mean that many students end up blowing th...
BREXIT MAY POSE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE U.S.
Seamus Fallon, Staff Writer
November 2, 2019
On June 23rd, 2016, Britain voted 17 to 15 million to vacate the European Union and become their own entity and on March 29th, 2017, then UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, submitted notice to the EU that the UK would leave on the established March 29th, 2019 deadline (which would be extended until October...
