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April 2025

JANE DRINKWATER, Editor-in-Chief
ISABEL HALLOWS HAWKES, Publisher
DR. DAVID ROMNEY, Faculty Advisor

Staff Writers
ANNIE WALKER
CATHERINE EVANS
CHANDLER WOODWARD
DALLIN BUNDY
ELLA PALIGO
EMMA CONDE
JOE PETERSON
ROZLYN NEVILLE
SAVANNAH PURSGLOVE
SCOTT SAWAYA
THOMAS VICK

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The Linguistic Illusion

Language doesn’t just reflect our world—it builds it, blurs it, and sometimes weaponizes it, turning shades of meaning into dividing lines between “us” and “them.”

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The Longing for Leisure

When doing nothing becomes the ultimate flex, is America trading the hustle for a velvet-lined comeback of the aristocracy?

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America’s Right and Left Predicament

What if the biggest threat to American democracy isn’t the other side—but the fact that we’ve forgotten we can choose what’s in our own basket?

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Blunt Consequences: The Dangers of Legalizing Recreational Marijuana

As weed gets stronger and more legal, are we getting too high on progress to see the public health fallout?

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Faith, Family, Firearms

What if the loudest call for gun reform in America’s most pro-gun states isn’t coming from politicians—but from churchgoing, rifle-owning moms who’ve had enough?

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Catan, Cobalt, and the DR Congo

Your phone might run on cobalt—but behind the screen is a deadly game of conquest with no winner in sight.

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The Campus Censorship Crisis

What happens when the self-proclaimed defenders of free speech start deciding which speech deserves to be free?

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Mercenaries or Pawns? The Mystery of North Korean Fighters in Ukraine

They thought they were fighting Americans—now they’re dying in Ukraine, pawns in a war they didn’t choose and a bargain they’ll never benefit from.

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Are You Not Entertained? Are We Not All Ashamed?

When foreign policy becomes performance art and lives are the cost of admission, the real question isn’t whether we’re entertained—but whether we’ve lost our shame.

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Neither Slow nor Steady: The Cost of Efficiency

When a government starts cutting corners in the name of efficiency, what gets lost isn’t just time—it’s lives, democracy, and the very soul of the nation (yes, just like Barbie warned us).

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The Politics of a Meme Coin

When meme coins, presidential ambitions, and taxpayer dollars collide, the question isn’t just whether crypto is legit—it’s whether the joke is on us.