Opinion: Gen Z still needs to heal from COVID-19
Everyone remembers the story. In March of 2020, students worldwide awoke to the news that spring break came early. What began with a week off from school spiraled into the COVID-19 pandemic, the most...
View ArticleOpinion: Why aren’t we all goth?
I don’t understand why more of us aren’t goth. The subculture celebrates humanity and human nature in a way the mainstream can’t ever really approximate or grasp. It celebrates and embraces life and...
View ArticleOpinion: Gen Z is buzzing over energy drinks
The constant Red Bull car visits, TikToks encouraging all-nighters and endless new brands are feeding into teens’ and young adults’ addiction to energy drinks. As much as these flavored drinks provide...
View ArticleOpinion: The college cost conundrum
There’s no denying that one of the most pressing issues Generation Z is facing right now is the cost of college. The price of a post-secondary degree has increased drastically over the past few...
View ArticleOpinion: More podcasts, more problems
I know I’m not alone when I say it feels like podcasts are suddenly everywhere. Whether it’s your dad listening to Conan O’Brien, your best friend obsessed with “The Broski Report” or the guy in your...
View ArticleOpinion: The hand of the market isn’t invisible, so bite it
I can’t be the only one whose Instagram reels feed was overwhelmed by 2010s nostalgia just a couple of weeks ago. At its peak, Kyle Gordon’s “We Will Never Die” was inescapable, with seemingly every...
View ArticleOpinion: Romanticizing life motivates us
Much of a student’s life in 2025 consists of romanticizing everything around them. From buying yourself flowers to studying in a coffee shop, much of this tendency grew in popularity during COVID-19...
View ArticleOpinion: Politics is Gen Z’s problem, too
Believe it or not, the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term have yet to conclude. It should come as no surprise that this is a stressful presidency to follow. It can be tempting to...
View ArticleOpinion: Cars or political statements?
If there is one name that has dominated recent news cycles, it’s Elon Musk. The South African billionaire and owner of enterprises such as Tesla and SpaceX, previously a footnote within political...
View ArticleOpinion: Transgender people will not be erased
On the day of his second presidential inauguration, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14168, stating the U.S. shall recognize individuals by their sex assigned at birth, officially kicking...
View ArticleOpinion: No more BookTok banter
As reading gets popular, there are a lot of opinions flying around. BookTok, a subculture of TikTok, boomed in 2020, right around the time of the pandemic. With an astounding 52 million hashtags, it’s...
View ArticleOpinion: Why the 20s roar no more — if they ever did
We’ve elected an iconoclastic, womanizing president who’s filled his cabinet with friends and associates, racking his administration with scandal. On top of this, we’re living in a world newly...
View ArticleOpinion: In defense of dining hall food
Being from suburban-rural Minnesota, my options for food were fairly limited. Despite having a fair amount of restaurants and stores in a local urban area, I often found myself frequenting the same...
View ArticleOpinion: A mental health walk a day keeps the exam stress away, right?
As we embark on the final leg of the semester, I can’t help but feel the stress increasing in real time as I go over my extensive list of tasks I’ve yet to accomplish. My guess is I’m not alone. Every...
View ArticleSatire: Hippos are eating babies and frogs are turning gay
Right now, if you scroll through the website of any major news organization, you will find headlines making bold claims about trade wars and constitutional crises. Engaging with these news media can...
View ArticleOpinion: Can science fiction stay fictional?
It seems we’re using science fiction as a roadmap to make our dreams, and more often nightmares, come true. Why is it that we manufacture a nightmarish future and refuse to heed the warnings so clearly...
View ArticleOpinion: It’s a small world in a small town
Too many times have the eyes of new friends lit up every time I mentioned my upbringing in a small town. They ask the usual questions: “Did you grow up on a farm? Did you have a lot of friends because...
View ArticleOpinion: Don’t be afraid of partisan labels
We love to label things. No matter if it’s objects, concepts or people, assigning clean-cut names and descriptors to everything is how we are able to understand the vast and mysterious world around us....
View ArticleSatire: The penguins strongly object to Trump’s trade war
HEARD ISLAND — If you’ve been keeping up with our local news, you’ve likely heard about U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff plan announced on April 2, or as Trump declared it, “Liberation Day,”...
View ArticleOpinion: Stop the SAVE Act, save democracy
On April 1, Wisconsin voters elected Susan Crawford to the state supreme court, maintaining the court’s 4-3 liberal majority. The race was highly publicized due to the role the court will play in...
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