Catie Byrne Feature Editor Glancing forlornly from against a locker, stealing glances at five girls, Hayley Kiyoko breaks out into dance in front of and against the five girls, Jasmine, Blake, Olivia, Sienna and Angie, in her Aug. 5… Read More ›
Human Interest
A case for filling the courts
Taylor Allen Editor-In-Chief The Eastern District of North Carolina has had a vacancy in its court since 2005. It is currently the longest standing vacancy in United States history, and there are no clear signs that the seat is about… Read More ›
Be popular? Get money
Catie Byrne Features Editor Are you popular on tumblr? Well, now you can get paid for it. Bloggers have used the web to monetize their content for decades, but these have largely been limited to more professional blogs and those… Read More ›
Go Pokemon Go!
Catie Byrne Features Editor Car crashes, muggings, and racial profiling; these are the warnings which have rung high and low in the wake of the release of the app, Pokémon Go. And while these are perfectly legitimate warning signs to… Read More ›
Between participation and outrage: responses to the EU referendum
Taylor Allen Editor-In-Chief On June 23, 2016 citizens of the United Kingdom participated in a referendum deciding whether or not the nation country should leave the European Union. The ‘leave’ vote won, 51.9% to 48.1%. With a voter turnout rate… Read More ›
Train wreck: gay dating
Catie Byrne Features Editor When gay people are first coming on to the dating scene, it’s like a second puberty — we’re self-conscious, still figuring out our style, insecure — and we don’t know what we’re doing, while we pretend… Read More ›
In the aftermath of terror
Taylor Allen Editor-In-Chief Usually when I sit down to write an article, I try to infuse humor into my language. One of the fastest ways to get someone to listen to you is to make them laugh, after all. But today… Read More ›
On the Pulse shooting
Catie Byrne Features Editor I don’t want to write about the pulse shooting. It hurts to write this. I am physically aching. My eyes are tired, I haven’t slept. I’ve been crying on and off for the past 48 hours. I’m… Read More ›
A better debtor
Taylor Allen Editor-In-Chief There’s a joke I’ve heard a few variations on over the last semester: ‘if I won the lottery, I’d pay off my student debt, and with the last five dollars I’d go get frozen yogurt’. I laugh… Read More ›
Songs that say: I’m gay
Catie Byrne Features Editor It happened by sheer coincidence. On the way to the farmer’s market car with my dad, we stumbled upon a radio station that played college acapella group covers of famous songs. After listening to a little… Read More ›
