By April 30, 1975, the last of the United States Army had left South Vietnam and Saigon to the tender mercies of the Viet Cong. Not only did this mark the end of a 20-year conflict, but more importantly the retreat of America. A retreat not just from Vietnam, but as...
We've remembered it like it was yesterday. The neckbeards clad in their hoodies, red hats, and shaman horns as they lumber through the halls of congress. And of course, the flags. Ah, the many flags with their intricate designs and colorful banners, and messages to...
The State Department, despite its rather lack of regard from much of the American public, has been one of the most integral institutions of American History. If it weren’t for the diplomatic maneuvering of Thomas Jefferson, which secured French support for our...
Music has always had a huge impact on me. Growing up, my mom would play all the classics on the way to school: The Beatles, Britney Spears, N-SYNC, the Backstreet Boys and ABBA. I grew up loving car rides because of the happiness "I Want It That Way" would bring me....
In light of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many other Black individuals' deaths incited by police brutality, thousands across the nation have gathered to show their support, whether it be donating, participating in Black Lives Matter protests or spreading...
With music industry preparatory majors, universities have become places for artists to discover themselves and to become discovered. Band members of electronic pop group MUNA attended the University of Southern California. Multi-genre singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers...
Press Play is an eclectic column by Austin Nguyen that compiles music across boundaries of time, genre, and language in the hopes that you will find a song that speaks to you. A companion to procrastination and post-AP exam memes, hopefully some of this music will...
In an era when women must “always be optimizing,” music must follow the binaries of stream numbers and algorithm panic, and students must strive for success with an Ivy League sweep, wasting time is, by extension, wasting money, and comes with a pang of guilt. Staring...
For many students, school starts to feel less about the so-called journey of learning and more about survival — making it through classes, extracurriculars and homework to sleep at a reasonable time to continue the cycle tomorrow. Students have their own methods of...
Let’s not beat around the bush — folk/country music has a bad rap. People who claim that they listen to “all types of music” almost always shun folk/country music as a parenthetical exception. Folk/country singles that chart on the Billboard Hot 100 have to amalgamate...
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