Ari Salgado Contributing Writer Content warning: The following article contains depictions of racial discrimination in the United States, as well as a racial epitaph for Latin Americans. I’ve been reflecting on my memories back home. My most recent memories are of catching glimpses of thousands …
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Zach Perrier
The dangers of purity culture
Afton Camlin Contributing Writer Content warning: descriptions of religious language and graphic body descriptions “You wouldn’t want a piece of chewed-up gum, would you?” This phrase is common in areas ruled by purity culture. The expression, along with similar analogies, is used to describe someone …
To wash or not to wash?
Bernie Bischoff Contributing Writer Imagine this: A windy Saturday, you are hungry and you go to open the fridge door, but there is a presence in the room with you, a presence of death. As soon as the seal between fridge door and fridge is …
What’s in a FAFSA?
Zach Perrier Viewpoints Editor A “soft launch” was used by the Department of Education for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form this January, a stark change from the earlier release of the FAFSA forms in previous years. Using the form, the Education …
Letter to the Editor: Economics beyond the individual
Luke Shimada Contributing Writer Re: “Economic inequality and our planet” by Ethan Hunt (Jan. 26) Hunt’s article is absolutely riveting, and much like a rivet, they’re a dime a dozen. Hunt begins by posing a hypothetical, “Haven’t we all fantasized about being rich…?”, a generalizing …
Keeping promises of queer representation
Amelia Crowley Contributing Writer I have been writing about queer representation in media since tenth grade. Any chance I got to talk about it, I did. Personal essays, literary analysis, speech and debate competition topics. I was fully committed. The problem is, though, that however …