April 21, 2020 For those who regularly go to the gym, seeking exercise and the endorphins that come with it, this can be a challenging time. I personally have been missing the gym a lot lately, and while working out at home has its perks—music blasting through loud speakers, likelyContinue Reading
April 21, 2020 As UCCS students have already seen, the students living on campus have been reimbursed for both on-campus housing costs and parking permits. While these have obviously been allocated based on the empty use of both for the last half of the year, I can’t help but lookContinue Reading
April 14, 2020 Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock knows social media pretty much rules our lives nowadays. But what I think makes social media so addictive is the power of memes. Funny jokes paired with pictures and gifs are the epitome of millenial and Gen Z humor.Continue Reading
April 7, 2020 History shows that people tend to come together during times of crisis or disaster. Take the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 for example. Lives were lost, but men and women lined up to enlist in the military. The president declared a war onContinue Reading
April 7, 2020 Graduate students at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) continue to strike for higher wages, and their call for action exposes the dismal state of academia. Amid the all-consuming coronavirus headlines and, previously, the presidential race news cycle, the UCSC student strike story is aContinue Reading
April 7, 2020 When the coronavirus outbreak reached the very unprepared U.S., everyone started panicking, including myself. Once the number of those infected began to rise, and even worse, the number of those dead, I found myself waking up each morning, reading the news and feeling as if I wasContinue Reading
March 31, 2020 Accountability is something we deal with every day. Each of our actions has a consequence. But at what age should our consequences be decided? And is age even an acceptable measure of that accountability? Take drinking for example. You cannot legally drink alcohol until you are 21 but may receive a Minor in Possession (MIP) conviction when you are belowContinue Reading
March 31, 2020 Ever since I was in elementary school, I have strived to put full effort into almost all my actions. Though it may have earned me academic success, it did not gain me any favor with my peers. I was constantly labelled a “try-hard.” I despised being calledContinue Reading
March 3, 2020 St. Patrick’s Day lands on a Tuesday this year, and even in the middle of the work week, millions of Americans will flock together to see the parades, participate in green traditions and most pertinently, get totally wasted. Getting drunk on St. Patrick’s has with the holidayContinue Reading
March 3, 2020 Some people may see the title of this article and become immediately filled with rage. Politics and people involved in them can be an extremely sensitive subject for the average American. But why is this? Politics have always been widely debated from the time of ancient RomansContinue Reading