As well all know my ongoing civic issue thread is centered aroud the constant clash between religion and modern society, both socially and politically. For my persuasive essay I’m planning on staying on theme with the thread. I’m specifically planning on talking about the importance of separation of church and state. The first amendment in […]

August 18th marked the first official move in date for all students living on campus, little did we know less than 2 months later we would have to decide our living situation for next fall. Only roughly a month and a half had passed and it was already time to find roommates. And we had […]

Out of all the movies I took the opportunity to watch in 2023, I would be lying if I said that I didn’t enjoy Saltburn and that it wasn’t one of my top three favorite movies from 2023. The writing and cinematography work by Emerald Fennell’s was incredible. The entire movie was what I’d define […]

If you didn’t already figure it out from my “When Scientology Attacks” post my civic issues thread this semester is going to be focused on how religion and society interact and clash. One interesting topic that’s been on my mind lately has been Pope Francis calling for a meeting to discuss open mindedness within the […]

A rather odd photo to say the least, two people in bright neon orange vests throwing a substance of some sort at a painting. But it’s not just any painting, it’s an oil painting titled “Les Meules” by Claude Monet. And the substance they’re throwing is canned mashed potatoes.  Now I’m sure you’d want some […]

For ages I’ve listened to artist after artist, in my childhood I listened to female artists such as the Spice Girls, Agnetha, Madonna, and Anni-Frid (ABBA), and Katy Perry. Saturday mornings when I was around the age of four or five (whenever I figured out how to work the tv remote) you could find me […]

We live in an age of misinformation, and we’re all aware of it (I hope). With misinformation comes conspiracy, for us to find some common ground with others while we search for the true answers. Peter McIndoe’s TED talk titled “Birds aren’t real? How a conspiracy takes flight” chips into this subject. McIndoe started the […]

Religious bumper stickers, more specifically one’s referring to Catholicism and Christianity, are hard to miss. Whether it’s because of symbols such as the cross or the Ichthys (the fish symbol) or specific words such as Jesus and God or specific references to the afterlife. After 13 years of Catholic education, I can say I’ve seen […]

As I was watching terrible ad after terrible ad through multiple compilations on YouTube, countless options were available for me to talk about. But one very specific commercial appeared on my screen that caught my complete attention, I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen. I wasn’t sure if I was enjoying watching it or […]

What’s the purpose of book banning? Why should we as students be unable to attain access to certain material because it’s against a school board’s beliefs? And how does a powerful figure affect a society? The two political cartoons I’ll be examining focus on the connection between past and present hysteria in the United States […]