During this pandemic and era of political unrest, I have found it easy to feel as though our world and our nation is enduring unprecedented times. While surely most of us have never lived through the plague of an illness as contagious and deadly as COVID-19,...
David Benoit is a man of many talents. His jazz albums can be found in record stores as near as Hollywood Boulevard and as far as Manila, Philippines. His voice can be heard every morning on KJazz 88.1, the number one jazz radio station in the nation. And his...
Lethal autonomous weapons, also known as LAWs, are a defense mechanism in which a type of military robot can find and destroy targets based on the programming of the device, according to the Congressional Research Service. Such weapons have the power to completely...
While life is the most basic of rights, many individuals are robbed of this through the unjust practice of extrajudicial killing, which is the deliberate killing of persons without a fair and unbiased trial by jury. This practice is not a new phenomenon, as these...
The second the doors to the Troubadour opened, decades of rich musical history flowed from every inch of the walls. Signed guitars from legends like Elton John and The Eagles lined the eaves. Stepping inside felt like entering a museum outlining the most iconic...
I choke on salt water, blinded by violent kicks to my face, already numb in the surprisingly chilly water. Surrounded by fierce competitors, I am in my happy place. It’s intense, exciting, and almost cutthroat. A stranger and I hug on the starting line; we are the...
Picture this: a small percentage of innumerable contestants are allowed to continue on to consecutive levels, each one having to prove its worth through its appearance. No, this isn’t "America’s Next Top Model;" it’s America’s food culture. Grocery stores normally...
I’ve always been terrible at track. Perhaps that was a bit misleading — yes, I’m slightly faster than the average person within my age group and gender, but compared to the sort of people that are found on the track team, “faster than the average person” generally...
Junior year is arguably the hardest year in high school, and despite being barely one month in, I can say I already feel the pressure. It has nothing to do with classes, and everything to do with my parents. With the PSAT just a few short weeks away, the expectation...
In Brown vs. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court ruled that every school must give students of all races an equal opportunity to pursue a high-quality education. This was received as a landmark decision that precipitated the eradication of educational...
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