Values—the collective decision of what means more are often chosen in times of stress, when the pressure of two ideas creates an impassable gorge between two things we cannot have. Though small, perhaps insignificant compared to what we are already doing to the environment, President Biden has agreed to followContinue Reading
PUP the band is back with a mega record. Two years ago, I reviewed their super entertaining EP “This Place Sucks A**,” and I finally got to get back to my roots with their full-length album. Before its full release, we got a taste with four solid singles setting theContinue Reading
I’ve dreaded having to say goodbye to a lot of people at the end of my college years, and this is going to be one of the toughest ones, right off the bat. Being the editor-in-chief of a college newspaper was never something I anticipated happening, even when I startedContinue Reading
It is hard for a sitting President to hide the failures in his tenure, however, President Biden seemed to have succeeded in this State of the Union, or at least what he, the Democrats and the sycophantic mainstream media thought. For a moment, it almost seemed like Putin actually savedContinue Reading
My friend Aya Al-Shakarchi recommended me a book called “A Philosophy of Walking” by Frédéric Gros during summer 2020. It started with the idea that we, as human beings, always walk to get somewhere. We walk from car to building, building to building and building to car. I agreed withContinue Reading
Amyas Crale is dead, and Caroline Crale is to blame, or so everyone thought. Sixteen years after the death of famous painter Amyas Crale from poisoning, a letter from the convicted brings Belgian detective Hercule Poirot into the case, investigating whether justice was truly served all those years ago, orContinue Reading
I still remember the last day of Concordia Chapel Choir rehearsal in 2020. It was Friday, Mar. 13, and we were supposed to go on tour the following Thursday. We sang a few songs from our tour set, hoping to end the week on a positive note. We were goingContinue Reading
The cadence “I was adopted from Ukraine” feels so familiar to me, like I could say it in my sleep. When I was much younger, old people I had no recollection of would come to me in the grocery store and tell me that they remember when my parents broughtContinue Reading
Earlier this month, alt-J released their fourth full length album “The Dream.” Opening with a ominous and psychedelic number, I was excited for what was in store. It all goes downhill from here. I find that the first two tracks are the only real “I’ll come back to this later”Continue Reading
The planet is facing a downhill slope in regards to sustainability and the result will not be a fun situation for anyone. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, between 1960 and 2013, the amount of waste each person generated in the United States rose from 2.7 to 4.4 poundsContinue Reading