President Biden’s first few months in office have been productive, a welcome change from the sheer chaos of the previous president. When Democrats in Congress sent Biden a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, the president signed the bill with little to no fanfare, and $1,400 checks started hitting bank accounts the very next day. This sort […]
On March 18, Kylie Jenner shared an Instagram post with her 222 million followers, urging readers to donate to a GoFundMe page dedicated to Samuel Rada. The makeup artist had undergone major surgery costing upwards of $10,000, after being involved in a serious car accident. In the post, the youngest of the Jenner sisters said, […]
It was the second week of April, and for the first time this year, I could feel spring in the air. As I was walking down to Vine Street, Santigold thundered through my headphones. My heart was beating out of my chest, though whether that was from nerves or from the copious amounts of iced […]
Trigger Warnings: Racism, Sexual Assault, Colonialism NBC’s “The Office” is a cultural icon. The television show debuted many iconic actors—Steve Carell, Mindy Kaling, and John Krasinski to name a few—and boasted an interestingly intimate show design that made all the characters lovable in their own way. It has been a large part of most people’s childhoods, […]
Over the course of April, my social media feed has slowly but surely become filled with three types of photos: Washingtonians posting pictures of themselves against blooming cherry blossoms, thesis students complaining about deadlines, and various images of people getting COVID-19 vaccinations. While the first two seem specific to my identities as a Northern Virginian […]
A model home is set against the side of the hill. Surrounding it, there is a perfect patch of sod which stops abruptly, a hard line against the naked dirt which bleeds over the rest of the hillside. In the background there is empty, untouched space and patchy developments. They are houses which look exactly like […]
In 2019, during his campaign for president, University alumnus John Hickenlooper ’74, MA ’80, addressed the California Democratic Party’s convention. Hickenlooper used his speech to decry key pillars of the progressive agenda, such as the Green New Deal. In response, the crowd showered him with boos. Although Hickenlooper’s speech wasn’t a surprise—he’d positioned himself as a moderate during the […]
Somehow, I’ve ended up in the exact same place, the exact same spot even, that I was this time last year. I’m sitting on my aged, leather sofa, catching up on poorly made British soap operas, drinking hot mint tea with honey, and planning a summer that I hope COVID-19 will allow. By no means […]
I arrived on campus for the start of this academic year as a walking contradiction: When I first walked into my High Rise, I had both zero expectations for the upcoming school year and a laundry list of wishes, anxieties, and unresolved goals from the anticlimactic end of my sophomore year. I was hoping, given […]
Over a year ago, “Zoom” was nothing more than a 1970s kids’ show or a word we’d occasionally use to indicate we were in a hurry. But in March of 2020, the word—or rather the teleconferencing platform to which it refers—quickly gained popularity. As the pandemic intensified and working from home became the new norm, […]