Who Is This Job For?
Watching the news has become infuriating. I have yet to find a proper way to describe the tension between a brick, my television screen and my good throwing-arm. Our reality is not being reported on with accuracy or respect. Especially the communities of people who’ve been marginalized the most. It is impossible for me to remain stoic while faced with intentional erasure of Black and Latino lives in the national immigration narrative. Even further, as a student set to enter
Patch Bowen
Feb 63 min read
A Summer Day
Coney Island, also known as Luna Park, is not only a family friendly amusement park but a staple to New York City, especially for Brooklyn. The park has been open since 1859. As a native New Yorker, this park has definitely made its mark on me. I’d pack my bag with snacks and food beforehand since it’s an hour subway ride away from my home in The Bronx. But the ride is definitely worth it. The park has a long boardwalk and beach for people to enjoy. Photo: Anaylee Hough The
Anaylee Hough
Feb 63 min read
The Almost College Dropout Column: (Article No. V) Progress, not perfection.
It’s January, again. And in all honesty, this one may bore you. I thought it would be a great idea to return to my column this new semester and reflect on how far I’ve come and figure out where I want to go from here. If I look back at where I was a year ago, I had returned back to school after hearing bad news time after time again and was stuck in a state of limbo. Every time life took a hit at me I figured that there was nothing that I could do to change the situation. So,
Sweeden Patterson
Feb 63 min read
Binge Wars
Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games Over winter break, I interacted with a few sources of media I could not look away from. When the break first started, I was surrounded by videogames since I was finally back in my room at home. I decided to play a game I haven’t played in a while; Red Dead Redemption 2 by Rockstar Games. When I loaded up the game, I felt this rush of adrenaline and memories from the first time that I played it. It made me feel a bit old, as the game came
Taylor Caesar
Feb 63 min read
Going Into Movies Blindly
Photo credit to Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels On Christmas Eve, my mother printed page after page of cartoon movie tickets to go along with one of the gifts she got for my grandmother. More effort was put into this gift because of its sentimental value. She was trying so hard with the presentation because the actual gift was a promise of something that would happen later. The plan was to take my grandmother to the movies to see “Song Sung Blue.” It was a thoughtful gift bec
Gabriella Pinto
Feb 64 min read
