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Hiking helps students cope with COVID

By Olivia Bousquet Green is no longer the color vibrantly swaying through the trees. The soft reds, oranges and yellows of autumn have overtaken the Adirondack Mountains. Instagram, Facebook and TikTok are being flooded with smiling faces of new and experienced...

Body-shaming online gets out of control

By Jess Johnson It’s 2020 — stop body shaming anyone, celebrity or not. Men and women are often the target of body-shaming. As social media users continue to rise, the pressure on women continues to increase. This pressure was, and shouldn’t...

By the Books: Styles’ beliefs portrayed inaccurately in ‘After’

By Mahpharah Khan “After” by Anna Todd is a comedy first, romance second. “After” was published in October 2014 after receiving much praise from its readers when it was posted on Wattpad, a site where fans can post their own fanfiction....

In the Reels: ‘American Utopia’ brings Broadway to television

By Cameron Kaercher Although David Byrne is a musician, he has made many notable contributions to the silver screen. His 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense,” directed by future “Silence of the Lambs” helmer Johnathan Demme, is considered to be...

Pisces shows vulnerability

By Abigail Azadian Pisces, please take a break from staring at a wall, thinking about your most recent delusional thought to read this. Come back down to Earth for a second. Pisces, putting this gently, but your heart is going to...

Ginsburg’s seat can’t be filled

By Olivia Bousquet No one thought 2020 could get any worse, but then Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Sept. 18 at the age of 87 after complications from cancer. The cultural and feminist icon served on the Supreme Court for 27 years...

Editorial: Breonna’s story will not be buried

“If her boyfriend hadn’t fired shots at the officers, she would be alive.” “Just comply with the officers.” If you have uttered these two phrases in your lifetime, you are incredibly callous. Breonna Taylor was an innocent bystander when she was murdered,...

Ellen DeGeneres stuck in media turmoil

By Jess Johnson Amidst public backlash since March, Ellen Degeneres kicked off Season 18 of “The Ellen Degeneres Show” Sept. 19, issuing a live public apology to her fans and former employees who had experienced “racism, fear and intimidation” behind...

By the Books: Drug addiction takes over teenage life in ‘Smack’

By Mahpharah Khan Becoming consumed by your lover and heroin is a deadly mix. “Sometimes maybe you need an experience. The experience can be a person or it can be a drug. All that crap — about Gemma leaving me, about...

In the Reels: McDormand back with story of ‘Nomadland’

By Cameron Kaercher A group of people college students may not be aware of are the current day “nomads.” They are made up of a group of older Americans who cannot rely on social security benefits to survive. So, they...
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