In a stupid-hard literature course at the University of Michigan, the poet and critic W. H. Auden assigned 32 books for one semester, not counting a heap of recommended supplementals. Just the books totaled...

Music composers and producers have been a crucial part of popular culture since the Renaissance. Bach, an organist and composer from the late 1600s, drew inspiration from the rhythmic innovations of the...

Being informed is often seen as a sign of awareness, responsibility and engagement. Many students and people in general are encouraged to keep up with current events, understand global conflicts and stay...

The growing phenomenon of “Cancel Culture” is a controversial topic among young people in today’s society. While some are quick to unfollow or “cancel” someone over an opinion or a sentence spoken,...

In 2023, Aron D’Souza, founder and CEO of the company Enhanced, unveiled his plan for a global sporting competition in which athletes could take any performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) that they wanted...

We have excluded entire countries of immigrants. We have turned people into fractions. We have expelled, deported, rejected, oppressed and denied, even as we dug ourselves out of our worst epochs. It’s...

In 2005, amid a debate on a Christian forum, one poster commented that it was a good thing that a previous message contained a winky emoticon so readers would know the message wasn’t serious. Nathan...

In the summer of 1967, responding to a lurch of mediocrity after the Civil and Voting Rights Acts were passed, Black Americans everywhere rioted 164 times. Battle-ready National Guardsmen waited to quell...

Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) has been struggling with their busing for years. With the recent considerations of the draft budget, further cuts for buses in JCPS have been looked at. If approved,...

For years, women were forced out of the political landscape, as it was believed to be a man’s social sphere. Only recently have women become integrated into the world of politics, and even now the majority...

JCPS released a first look at the draft budget on Jan. 14 after the district met with the Audit and Risk Management Advisory Council, a smaller group within JCPS to help prevent budgetary issues.  The...

In a generation of rapid technological advancements, adolescents grapple with a seemingly paradoxical problem: the negative impacts of a wealth of information. Ninety-six percent of American teenagers...