Thursday, May 2, 2024
Photo courtesy of Andrea Piacquadio, Pexels. Spring break is designed for students — especially college students — to get a break from the stress of their everyday lives. They theoretically get a week of no classes, assignments, tests or papers. Unfortunately this spring break will be filled with more work than […]
Photo courtesy of Harlen Cruz. You remember the black square Instagram flood of 2020, and the following backlash which brought to common use the term “performative activism.” When someone performs activism, they do something with no real impact and claim to be part of a movement, just as so many […]
Photos courtesy of Anete Lusina, Pexels. Growing up, my mom worked two jobs. She worked a regular nine-to-five job as a secretary and as a bartender every other weekend. My Grandma, who we lived with, always told me to admire my mother for how hard she worked. My dad also […]
Photo courtesy of LSU Athletics. It’s 2022, who would have thought that prejudice and double standards could still be alive and prevalent in the Olympics? Recent drug scandals in the Olympic stratosphere have left people questioning the standards set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Sha’Carri Richardson is an […]
Photo courtesy of Donnie Ray Jones, Flickr. Whenever I’m on TikTok, I watch content from some of my favorite TikTok moms. I check in on Lena and her jokes, I see if Franklin has started to talk yet and I watch Maia make “babas” for her babies nicknamed “Scotch” and […]
Photo courtesy of Karolina Grabowska, Pexels. New York and New Jersey were ravaged by coronavirus and were among the states that set more stringent restrictions regarding masks and social distancing. They haven’t wavered in their strict policies during the course of the pandemic, until now. COVID-19 appears to be going in […]
Photo courtesy of Celine Panis-Pardo. There has been a six-letter word in everyone's mouths recently and that is “Wordle.” This is a web-based word game akin to ‘Hangman,’ and it has been the subject of public craze for the past few weeks. The game was created by a software engineer in […]
Photo courtesy of Element5 Digital, Pexels. Book banning is a long-standing battle teachers, librarians and book-lovers have been fighting. The topic resurfaced into the mainstream news when “Maus,” a graphic novel written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman based on his father's experience during the Holocaust, was banned by a Tennessee school […]
Photo courtesy of US Academy, Flickr. There is a great need for support and discussion for the plus-size community on college campuses. In even the most intersectional schools, it is difficult, if not impossible, to find a space for people to discuss their experiences with their body type. […]
Photo courtesy of Harlen Cruz. The hesitancy of last semester is changing to confidence, largely because of Ramapo’s decision to require the COVID-19 vaccine at the beginning of the academic year. Ramapo requires the vaccine for all students, faculty and staff who will be on campus in any capacity, reassuring […]
