Grace LaTourelle- I had an exam this morning for one of my classes. Despite this, until late into the night, I doom-scrolled Instagram reels. I’d oscillate between the video I watched and my Safari browser, searching for proof, incredulous that something like that could even happen. My friend earlier in the day had asked me, “Have you heard what happened with the government today?” In … Continue reading Local Solutions

Olivia Telecky- Gen Z was born between 1996 and 2012, and since the first iPhone was released in 2007, many of us grew up with iPhone’s being a household item. As someone born in 2005, my first phone was a Samsung Galaxy. Yet, with the rise of touchscreen devices, there has been a pushback. In 2023, Nokia’s phone sales doubled as the TikTok hashtag ‘bring … Continue reading The Dumb Phone Trend- And Why I Bought Into It

Olivia Telecky- On March 24th, The Atlantic released an article stating that the Trump administration had mistakenly added journalist Jeffery Goldberg to a group chat on the app Signal. This chat included detailed information on the weapons packages, timing, and targets of a military attack on the Houthi terrorist group operating in Yemen. It also allegedly stated the name of an active CIA intelligence officer- … Continue reading The Signal Group Chat Leak

Olivia Telecky- On February 27th of this year, Hulu released their much-anticipated documentary on Ruby Franke, a family vlogger who was guilty of abusing her children both on and off camera. The documentary includes interviews with the eldest Franke children (Shari and Chad), some neighbors, and even Ruby Franke’s husband / the father of the abused children, Kevin. While the documentary does shed light on … Continue reading “Devil in the Family” was an Incomplete Docuseries

Jonathan Cordano & Willa Brown- With the end of our final school year rapidly approaching, us seniors are reaching the point of bittersweet endings and soon-to-be new beginnings. Or perhaps just bitter endings. With the absence of Senior Week, many of us seniors are preemptively mourning the loss of a cornerstone part of the liberal arts experience: Connection. A 50+ year old tradition at Gustavus … Continue reading Give us Senior Week or Give us Death!

Olivia Telecky- In a world of 24-hour news cycles, global disasters, and political unrest, it can be hard to keep up with everything going on. In the past week, headlines have read “U.S. Votes Against U.N. Resolution Condemning Russia for Ukraine War” (The Washington Post), “Trump Backs Musk As He Roils The Federal Workforce With Demands And Threats” (The Associated Press), “Dan Bonogino Will Help … Continue reading CakeTok: a New, Fun Distraction

Olivia Telecky- As an avid Quizlet enjoyer, using it to study for every test since middle school, it has become more and more irritating for me to deal with the constant bombardment of Quizlet Premium. Not only is premium constantly shoved in my face, but Quizlet has started rolling back previously free study tools and putting them behind an ad wall- which no broke college … Continue reading The Best (and Worst) Quizlet Replacements

Olivia Telecky- Executive orders are not a new thing in politics. Even George Washington signed eight executive orders while in office, because they are a duty of the president baked into the Constitution. Article Two, Section Three states that the president must “take care that the laws be faithfully executed”, and an executive order is simply a written explanation, signed by the president, of how … Continue reading The Problem with Executive Orders

Olivia Telecky- On July 31st, 2020, President Donald Trump responded to allegations that he wanted to ban TikTok, the popular social media app, saying “We’re looking at TikTok, we may be banning TikTok. . . We are looking at a lot of alternatives in respect to TikTok.” On August 3rd of that year, he went further and explained that the only way to save TikTok … Continue reading Trump Was Never Going to Ban TikTok

Olivia Telecky- This month, the final season of Sesame Street was released on Max, as HBO ended its partnership with the classic children’s show. Sesame Street was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. After Ganz Cooney released a report entitled “The Potential Uses Of Television In Preschool Education”, the duo created the idea for the show, and the Children’s Television Workshop. After realizing … Continue reading What We Learned From the Muppets