By Sophia Sasson As we continue to move through the pandemic and much is still unknown, I have noticed my own personal adjustments in my mood. In March 2020 I was about to sign a lease for an apartment in D.C. but decided to pull the plug because I wasn’t sure what was going to…

Photo by Carly Novell March 1, 2018 “Gifts left outside my high school” By Carly Novell, EIC News  For a majority of Americans, Valentine’s Day is a joyous day to show appreciation for loved ones. The holiday also marks the three year anniversary of the deadliest high school mass shooting in American History at Marjory…

By Allie Cohen If you’re the average millennial, chances are, you know what Photoshop is; and while it is not abnormal to use, posting articles that slam people, specifically celebrities for Photoshop fails has created a sense of humiliation towards it. Aside from outrightly humiliating them for these fails, people have also criticized its use for “perpetuating unrealistic…

By Parisa Akbarpour Up until recent years, there were few transgender characters in film, let alone films about transgender characters, and these trans characters were almost always played by cisgender* performers. Boys Don’t Cry (1999) was arguably the first film about a trans person to receive mainstream attention, and it was based on a true…

By Allie Cohen Cover photo from NBC News With all of the concerns and questions in deciding on freshman-year courses, I considered factors such as graduation requirements, major requirements, and personal interests. However, just as important but overlooked, evaluating professors was not part of my equation. About a year later after completing one of my…

By Allie Cohen On January 6, 2021, what was supposed to be a peaceful certification of the election results turned into one of the darkest days in American history. Following the violent insurrection on the U.S. Capital has prompted a flurry of questions from both Democrats and Republicans, as well as the Trump administration about…

By Allie Cohen Gone are the days when white people painted their faces black and brown and incorporated them into minstrel shows, or so we thought. While you are no longer likely to see minstrel shows today, blackface in the modern-day world is still present. Specifically, beauty trends such as charcoal face masks, spray tans, and…

By Chiara Perotti Imagine. Moving to a different continent, different time zone where most people don’t speak your native language. Leaving your family behind, your culture, your favorite traditional meal that you bought at the corner stand, everything that made you feel at home. These are some of the challenges international students have had to…

By Maya Konings, AEIC While I have long disagreed with the electoral college, the 2020 presidential election (which at the time of writing still remains uncalled) has highlighted a number of faults within the system. Regardless of which candidate ends up winning the presidency, it is increasingly evident that the electoral college system is inherently…

By Carly Novell, EIC News After months of virtually every app on our phones telling us to “go vote,” the 2020 election is finally underway. We’ve been waiting four years for a chance to change our administration, but our activism shouldn’t end with filling in bubbles on a ballot. If voting had a significant impact…