Pumpkins are a fruit, change my mind
By Emma Kelsall
Pumpkin season is inescapable. We bake them into our pies, spice them in our lattes, and carve them for our doorsteps. Pumpkins...
The ERA Helped Turn Virginia Blue. It Could Do the Same for the Presidency.
The 2019 elections had a few surprising highlights, but none of them top the formation of a Democratic Virginia State Legislature, which seems odd...
Why Thanksgiving is NOT Pre-Christmas
Do you ever just hear someone say something so unbelievable you decide to vent frustration in a counter commentary in the school newspaper at...
Thanksgiving is just Pre-Christmas
Thanksgiving: a time for gratitude, appreciation, not mentioning politics when your family comes over, and pretending your aunt’s cooking doesn’t make you want to...
A Foreigner’s Perspective of Thanksgiving
by Emma Kelsall
Having never celebrated the holiday before, my prior knowledge of Thanksgiving extended to falling into a food-induced coma and something to...
Why I think mushrooms are the worst thing in the world
Have you ever thought about why mushrooms even exist? No? Well, I’m here to give my opinion on why I think that mushrooms are...
The Rising Sun Flag: A Symbol of Oppression
Although it remains popular in modern Japanese culture, the Rising Sun Flag also reminds people from other Asian countries of the atrocities committed by the Japanese Imperial Military against their ancestors.
Integration, not assimilation
by Tina Serghany
The tale of a parent, grandparent, or even great-grandparent coming to America in search of a better life, be it for them...
Multiculturalism is a free idea
The free circulation of ideas in modern society has been responsible for virtually every major political and social movement in US history; it is...
What’s eating you?
by Emma Kelsall
Imagine the scene. It’s a Friday night and you’ve just gotten home from an exhausting week at school. All you want to...