Drinking culture is continually a controversial subject in the United States. It permeates the American media, yet remains taboo to discuss at the same time. You see movies where college parties have alcohol flowing like a river current, making it seem “cool” to drink under the legal drinking age. This has informed high schoolers and…
Recently, my newsfeed has been washed with the immigration crisis going on in South and Central America that has been labeled a caravan. The event consists of a new wave of migrants moving towards the US, seeking asylum. I was dismayed to see the reaction from the United States, which involved the movement of military…
When Concordia picked “Gender Matters” as the topic for symposium and intended for the important messages to seep into people’s perspectives, I don’t think they could have predicted a full semester of nation-wide gender focus. The symposium landed shortly before the national “debate” with Brett Kavanaugh, setting people into spirals on social media and having…
How much more violence can we accept before taking action? How many more must die before direct actions are taken? I refer of course to the mass shootings that have come to be coined by the 21st century. The Thousand Oaks shooting, a few weeks prior, was the latest in the trend of mass shootings…
I have been blessed to live in the best of both worlds, in terms of ethnicity. I have an Anglo-German father who embraces the Mexican heritage of my mother and and my mother has always supported my father’s heritage. With my parents’ example, I have always felt balance in my life. I embrace my minority…
Look at you! You’ve had a terrific All Hallow’s Eve! You danced your heart out, or at least until you got too sweaty; you didn’t eat any candy, but you ate your roommate’s leftover mac and cheese and you barely got tricked except for that Chinese finger trap which took like three hours to get…
On Oct. 27, 2018, the United States was shaken by a heartbreaking attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This marked the deadliest act of anti-semitism to happen in the United States to date. Around the same time, pipe bombs were sent to various political figures across the United States, including Barack…
There are many misconceptions with art, but one of the biggest and most prominent ones, even among artists themselves, is that art is synonymous with solitude. To make a great artist one does not have to shut themselves in a dark place and tap into their darkest emotions to create something moving. Great art, like…
Look at you. You’re bored. You’re bored! All you want to do is scream! And shout! And do all the other things will.i.am and Britney sing about in that song, but after that, you don’t know what else to do. I’ve been there. I’m here to help. Is help the right word? Probably not. Okay…
From the beginning, we are shown in all throughout American culture that art is a thing of elitism. People in movies appear holding crystal wine glasses, women are covered in diamonds and men smoke cigars at parties with large expensive art decorating their mansions. Art bids are seen as a pastime for the rich, and…