Jackson Cooper Staff Writer With thanksgiving break around the corner, you’re probably finding yourself trying to suppress some awful sensation in your chest. It starts at the stomach, and then moves to the heart before ending up as… Read More ›
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The top five things any self-respecting Spartan has to do this year
Jackson Cooper Staff Writer I’ve never been one for sentimental openings. I drink my coffee black; I like gritty Tarantino movies; and I appreciate banned books. Sentimental openings out the door: welcome back to school! To survive the… Read More ›
A Mad Rush
By Jackson Cooper, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 22, 2015 One of my favorite words to describe something is, “Heady.” It’s a favorite because it’s basically saying that someone is so in their head, with good ideas swirling about up there,… Read More ›
Philip Glass’ Galileo Galilei
By Jackson Cooper, Staff Writer Published Apr. 15, 2015 In the darkened recital hall of the School of Music, I sat anxiously waiting for the film to start. Kepler was not my favorite opera in the world, but something that was on… Read More ›
Finding passion in work
By Jackson Cooper, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 8, 2015 Two New York Times opinion articles have lain on my bed for a week, crumpled and stained with coffee and Indian food—showing abuse from my continuous re-reading. The first was called,… Read More ›
LGBTQ zine
By Jackson Cooper, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 1, 2015 The accountant who spends his whole life trying to calculate Pi has the same amount of difficulty in his job as the writer who writes his memoirs. The writer will spend… Read More ›
A Bright New Boise
By Jackson Cooper, Staff Writer Published in print Mar. 25, 2015 I’m always seeing shows when I’m most vulnerable. I don’t know if it’s the time of the day—I’m completely drained at 8:00 p.m.—or that the experience of seeing a… Read More ›
On the road: Tips for Traveling
By Jackson Cooper, Staff Writer Published in print Mar. 17, 2015 1.) Pack lightly Don’t bother packing five pairs of underwear for three days in Virginia. It helps to have outfits planned, but packing lightly will reduce… Read More ›
Watching the world turn
By Jackson Cooper While my roommate sat in her room watching “House of Cards,” in my room, Ellen Lowell was realizing that Dan Stewart is really her son, Jimmy. See, the Stewarts just moved to Oakdale and once they got… Read More ›
An ex-editor on British Conservatism
By Jackson Cooper, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 Anthony Ridge-Newman may be, next to my editor, the most interesting man in the world. He is not only a respected UNCG alumnus, and a former News Editor of The Carolinian,… Read More ›
