Triumph over Turmoil
By: Alaina Valdespino, Staff Writer
Maybe It's just me, but some days I wake up feeling like it's the same old story. That minutes become hours, hours become days and somewhere along the way the leaves turn and the calendar changes. Maybe it’s the uncertainty. The dysfunction perhaps? Either way, it’s like I'm stuck in this cycle of not knowing when things will start to be normal again.
And sure, I could blame the elephant in the room that is COVID-19. Or pin it on 2020 like most Gen Z Twitter users. But at the end of the day, what good does that do?
Embracing the Stormy Sea-OVID-19
By: Jesse Stewart, Staff Writer
In March of last year, I was on a date with a model at a fancy Italian restaurant in Hong Kong. In March of this year, I was alone in my parents’ basement with a plate of chicken tenders. I ordered chicken tenders in Hong Kong as well, but that's not the point.
To say that COVID-19 has upended the average life would be an understatement. Every nation has been brought to their knees, economies slowly sinking and people more unsure and insecure than they have been since the Second World War. Even those that love to plan and prioritize have found themselves look at not just the coming year with uncertainty but the coming week.
OP-ED: Freedom even for the speech we hate
By: Thomas Jones, Staff Reporter
An op-ed piece, especially aimed towards liberals, as to why the current trend of suppressing speech, prevalently seen on college campuses, is very harmful to both the goals of liberalism as well as society at large.