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    Raven Scarupa

    COVID and Questioning

    COVID has proved to make everything very stressful for everyone, except those who do not believe that Covid-19 is a real disease or is...
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    Sam Sage

    A Struggle No One Shares

    Our society believes that a college education is the lynch pin into efficiency, productivity, and overall success. However, in the...
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    A Hard Road to Hope

    I have been fighting an unspoken battle for almost a year now. It’s not impossible, it's just another hill. I hold out all hope that the...
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    Raven Scarupa

    The “Straight Passing” Dilemma

    Being a bisexual and biromantic nonbinary in a relationship with a bisexual and biromantic cisgender male is difficult, not for the...
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    Cameron Etayo

    Don’t Forget The Students With Anxiety

    Over the last few years, anxiety in college students has been on the rise. In 2013, The American Psychological Association determined...
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    What We Have, What We Need
    Sam Sage

    What We Have, What We Need

    Alfred University is home to an eclectic population, and the faculty and staff do their best to provide support and information to...
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    Karisma

    Squid Games review

    “Squid Game,” became a hot topic on social media after Facebook and Twitter users began raving about it just a few days after its release...
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    Autumn Movies to get you in the mood!

    Autumn Movies to get you in the mood!

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    Jackson

    Nothing to Be Done

    By So-so Jackson Trigger: Reference to Mental Health & Suicide They told me that nothing can, Will, or is to be done. However I stand...
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    Jamall Lewis

    Not Enough Anything

    It’s likely that you’ve noticed on-campus dining halls, restaurants, and stores are in need of help. In the midst of a global pandemic,...
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    Jo

    Jo’s Notes for the Future

    To those of you still alive, To us? How should I go about defining the word “alive?” Anyway, I have some things to say. To whom it may...
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    The Thing: Horror At Its Finest
    Alpha Bah

    The Thing: Horror At Its Finest

    The Thing opens with a man shooting at a dog. As the men in the helicopter dive lower in the harsh Antarctic winds to get a better shot,...
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    Leo Bonaccio

    The Lost Lovers Of The Brick

    Most, if not all, of us are familiar with The Brick. Y’know, that creepy looking building by the creek that most of the art students...
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    The Lost Year
    Sam Sage

    The Lost Year

    With this 2021-22 school year on track to be a significantly more normal year for students, a lot of sophomores (and those who arrived...
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    Here Now: Tokimeki Blue
    Sam Sage

    Here Now: Tokimeki Blue

    The atmosphere was electric. Voices over voices while we waited for the guests of honor to open the doors. Fosdick-Nelson Gallery is now...
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    Not Your Trend
    Jeanni Floyd

    Not Your Trend

    What is cultural appropriation? Google defines it was “the unacknowledged or inappropriate adaptation of the customs, practices, ideas...
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    Album Review: Solar Power
    Isa Hamilton

    Album Review: Solar Power

    Lorde's newest album Solar Power might be my favorite work of hers. A lot say it isn’t as enjoyable but personally, I am in love with the...
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    My COVID-19 Experience On-Campus After Receiving the Vaccine
    Katie Alley

    My COVID-19 Experience On-Campus After Receiving the Vaccine

    On March 28th, 2021 I received my first dose of the Pfizer covid-19 vaccination through the Alleghany County Department of Health. I felt...
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    Kailey Reyes

    My Relationship with my Phone

    I have one of the most love-hate relationships with my phone ever, particularly because I find it to be a distraction, cause problems,...
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     An Athlete's Performance During COVID-19
    Kailey Reyes

    An Athlete's Performance During COVID-19

    I feel like I have nothing to show for my success and work ethic. Despite the training I had over the summer, the lack of playing for...
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    Graduating from the Electoral College: Intermission
    Jakob Perez

    Graduating from the Electoral College: Intermission

    Interlude: Well, If We Have No Choice How did it come to be that every choice, in every election, is a choice between two or more...
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    Adapting To Life In Western New York
    Talulla Torthe

    Adapting To Life In Western New York

    Moving to Western New York can be a huge culture shock for many incoming college students—it certainly was for me. I had to move from a...
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    The Catholic Church is Wrong for Refusing to Bless Same-Sex Relationships
    Katie Alley

    The Catholic Church is Wrong for Refusing to Bless Same-Sex Relationships

    On Monday, March 15th, the Vatican announced that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions. This statement was issued in response...
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    Graduating from the Electoral College Act II
    Jakob Perez

    Graduating from the Electoral College Act II

    Time of day: The Senators are settling in for their lunch How do we prevent the Tyranny of the Majority? So far, we’ve been able to avoid...
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    Talulla Torthe

    Nostalgia

    In Greek, nostos means to return home, and algos means pain. These two words have morphed together into what we now call nostalgia, a...
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    A 10 Second Clip Sold for $6.6 Million. How?
    Alpha Bah

    A 10 Second Clip Sold for $6.6 Million. How?

    I’m sure within the last 2 weeks or so, you’ve come across “NFTs” on the internet. You’ve also probably heard of a ten second clip by...
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    Graduating from the Electoral College: Act I
    Jakob Perez

    Graduating from the Electoral College: Act I

    Setting: Frontier Living in the Back of the Mind Can the U.S. truly claim to spread Democracy, while never being a Democratically...
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    Graduating from the Electoral College
    Jakob Perez

    Graduating from the Electoral College

    Prologue: A Blindingly Bright Future There has been a growing controversy in recent years about the sustained use of the electoral...
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    Thoughts on Black Friday
    Katie Alley

    Thoughts on Black Friday

    As a child, I did not understand the appeal of Black Friday. Who would want to wake up early to go to an absolutely packed store with...
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    The Show Must Go On
    Isa Hamilton

    The Show Must Go On

    As the year 2020 comes to an end, it’s obvious to say nothing went as planned. We faced problem after problem all while trying to...
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    Recycle Now or Die
    Frank DePalma

    Recycle Now or Die

    The earth is quickly deteriorating and America is simply not doing enough to slow it down. America as a country can’t solve this problem...
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    Vote for Earth
    Talulla Torthe

    Vote for Earth

    If you’re voting for the environment this year, your candidate of choice should be clear. Over the past four years, we’ve witnessed...
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    Why you should vote
    Emrys Westacott

    Why you should vote

    Some people whose political views are liberal and progressive say they will not vote in the 2020 US election. They detest Donald Trump...
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    What It Means For Black Lives
    Isa Hamilton

    What It Means For Black Lives

    Breonna Taylor, an African American woman, was shot and killed in her own home by police officers. This, along with the killing of George...
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    Blue Lives Do Not Matter
    Jeanni Floyd

    Blue Lives Do Not Matter

    Given the recent uproar in the Black Lives Matter movement, some people who share a more conservative view have created a comeback to the...
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    What is the point of All Lives Matter?
    Alpha Bah

    What is the point of All Lives Matter?

    All Lives Matter is often the glib response you’ll hear from certain individuals when Black Lives Matter is brought up. At this point,...
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    Black Lives Matter: On Interstate 90
    Andrew Wiechert

    Black Lives Matter: On Interstate 90

    My wife and I bought a school bus almost exactly a year ago. It's now since transformed into a twenty-two-foot-long, one-bedroom,...
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    ACAB: Why We Say It
    Jeanni Floyd

    ACAB: Why We Say It

    The Black Lives Matter movement was sparked in February 2012 by the tragic murder of Travon Martin. Though it was not as popular then as...
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    All Lives Can’t Matter Unless Black Lives Do
    Isa Hamilton

    All Lives Can’t Matter Unless Black Lives Do

    All Lives Matter is the counter-argument against Black Lives Matter, the movement against violence directed towards black lives. The...
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    What Feminism Means to Me
    Talulla Torthe

    What Feminism Means to Me

    Suzanne Duru, my maternal grandmother, grew up in Paris during the Nazi Occupation. All throughout her childhood she had to endure harsh...
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