Looking at a mirror has never been easy for me. Throughout my adolescence, I have made plenty of important discoveries about myself. When I was 14, I found myself searching for pictures of Ross Lynch, from Disney’s “Austin & Ally,” when...

Trigger Warning: There is a use of homophobic slurs in this article.   Do you ever feel like you are trapped inside a box? Do you imagine you are in an enclosed space that is far from reachable by others where you can be yourself? Imagine walking...

The one thing that had been on my mind for the last eight months had finally arrived, my exchange year. A year in Brazil, that didn't sound bad at all. I was tired of doing the same things every day. I wanted something different, a change, and this was...

For years, the United States have dealt with hundreds of mass shootings in schools, from the Columbine High School shooting in 1999 to more recently at Timberview High School Oct. 6.   Shootings seems to inevitably happen every year, either...

Sports are impactful all around the world and athletes everywhere make a difference every day, both on the field and off. As someone who loves sports, I understand the importance of sports media, which is why I am both excited and honored to be given...

Entertainment is part of everyone’s life. Individuals gather to build unforgettable memories through these events by sharing laughs, tears, excitement and celebrating arts and culture.  I come from a family that likes to learn, celebrate and embrace...

Over the course of the pandemic, many students stayed in the comfort of their own home focusing on their classes rather than the shirt you would see on a computer screen. Since the return of in-person classes this fall semester, you may find some students...

The general progression of the pursuit to find a “calling” in life goes from a childhood fascination in a topic, to general adolescent apathy or curiosity with all the time in the world, to the space of a few years to decide what someone should...

On Sept. 1, Texas law SB8, also known as the Texas Heartbeat Act, went into effect. This is one of the most extreme abortion bans in the country, banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected (around six weeks). However, the state is not enforcing...

The opportunities afforded to us, the living, are plentiful but often unrecognized. The bounty of our labor is seldom reaped while we are too young to care or too busy and exhausted to seize, then we become too frail to take advantage of it at all. Sometimes,...

I hail from a family of educators and individuals dedicated to the protection and advancement of the underrepresented and disadvantaged. As such, my perspectives about the world and my desire to facilitate culturally rich and scholarly relationships...

As I, along with thousands of students across the country, prepare to go back to in-person classes following a year of online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I can’t help but reflect on the quarantine activities that kept me sane for a year....