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The age old question still stands: where should you go to trick-or-treat on All Hallow’s Eve? The three largest neighborhoods in East’s district are undoubtedly...

Participation Awards By Gabe Guo There is an old saying that goes, “You can't win at everything.” Then why do we still have participation awards? Indeed,...

  Nelson Mandela, the famous and revered South African leader, passed away December 5th at the age of 95. He was widely admired the world...

No one could deny that Miley Cyrus has definitely had her fair share in the limelight these past months.  With the public wrapped around...

Music is one of the greatest, most common forms of expression, letting people display their emotions and thoughts on their everyday lives.  During the...

Top 5 Winter Movies to Check Out: 2017 Edition! by Edward Baillargeon It looks like it’s that time of year again – the time where...

In the 1970s, roboticist Masahiro Mori hypothesized that as an object becomes increasingly human-like in appearance, viewers will feel increasingly empathetic and positive towards it. However, this correlation does not continue forever. Once the object reaches a certain point of human imitation, viewers will respond with a sense of fear, disgust, and anxiety. This dip, where empathy turns to apathy and an impression of warmth gives way to one of chilling eeriness, is what he calls the uncanny valley. 

Many of you have probably flown in an airplane. That airplane is probably made by Boeing. Yet, Boeing has recently suspended the production of...

by Daniel Krieger During the summer, I had the opportunity to attend the Summer Institute of Buffalo for Human Rights and Genocide Studies. This was...

What should the US do about the conflict in Syria? Should we intervene and uphold international law? Or should we stay out of it...