Travel · 03. January 2024
By Rishaan Chowdhury As the holidays wrap up, we return amidst a cold winter, back to our schools and places of work. We brace ourselves for the coming months of work and studying, anticipating our next break months away. For those of us in the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is our upcoming holiday, our last remnant of the weeks of vacation that we’ve been enjoying the last while. This edition, we doubt that the places featured will be your weekend getaway during MLK day, but may...
World News · 03. January 2024
By Rishaan Chowdhury It was a cloudy day in London when Indian batsmen Sunil Gavaskar lined up to bat. The date was June 9, 1983 and India had miraculously qualified for the Cricket World Cup. Gavaskar didn’t know whether India would win the match, and he definitely didn’t believe India had a chance to make it to the knockout stage, considering professional cricket was very new in India, a remnant of the British Raj. Back home the former colony was a dense country of 745 million, plagued by...
Comedy · 03. January 2024
By Ava Thorpe Hello there reader. You may be wondering: Why in the world are you writing about microwaves when there are CLEARLY much better topics to be writing about? Okay first of all how dare you! Second of all, this is important information, in case someone just happened to let me near their family microwave. Okay so quick little storytime. About two or so weeks ago, I was really hungry. Something that you guys must know about me is that the hungrier I get, the less brain cells I actually...
Activities · 03. January 2024
Are you an artist? Are you feeling bored and uninspired during the weekend or during free time? Well make sure to read this article, for maybe you will get inspired by some of the ensuing drawing prompts! Try out a new art style If you're used to drawing people, try and switch towards animals! If you're used to drawing animals, try drawing people! If you're good at both types, maybe try and combine the two into something, or draw an object! Try using a different tool instead of a pencil Take a...
Media's Biggest Lies · 03. January 2024
By Kaedin Janvier As usual, It was a warm day when Peter Wampler, an environmental geologist at Grand Valley State University, stepped foot in Haiti for the first time, but something felt very off. Something suspicious. Something magnificent. Though Peter Wampler had heard stories about how defrosted the country is, however, all around Wampler saw mountains covered in trees. At first Peter shook it off as a mere coincidence… maybe the rest of the county was barren. As he continued across...
Sports · 03. January 2024
By Rafay Desautels We are in the midst of the 2023-24 NHL season, so that means it’s time for even more predictions. The Calder Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the Rookie of the Year in the National Hockey League. To be eligible, a player cannot have played more than twenty five games in any single preceding season nor in six or more games in each of any two preceding seasons in any major professional league. This year there are a lot of young guns competing to make history. Not only...