In my Texas suburb, the rodeo girls starkly contrasted my usual peers in class. They wore Miss Me jeans with back pockets so bedazzled and gaudy that they would make scratching noises when they sat down on the bleachers in the arena stands. Joining them, alongside a horse named Doc, helped me survive high school.
Known for its quaint charm and peaceful atmosphere, Moscow, Idaho seemed an unlikely setting for the gruesome murders that unfolded in the early hours of Nov. 13, 2022. Now, fear roams the streets of the once idyllic town.
Instead of making the obvious choice of scheduling more international games that are more compelling for fans, the NBA sits still as it falls behind its competitors.
On Oct. 10, Israeli Major General Ghassan Alian called the people of Gaza “human animals [that] must be treated as such.” The following pieces seek to supplant Alian’s dehumanizing rhetoric.
Pro-Palestine student groups across the U.S. have not been supported by university administrations. Instead, these groups have been faced with Islamophobia, censorship and blatant, violent hate crimes on their own campuses.
Working at a supermarket leaves you with two choices: stick to yourself and be miserable or embrace the built-in community. The store might be the last place anyone wants to be, but sharing the hectic experience with each other makes it slightly more bearable. The friends I’ve made during my five years here range from my age — 20 — to 20 years my senior. Age is just a number until after work, when the older crew can be found purchasing craft beer, and I go for a diet peach Snapple.
Corals are not colorful in real life. The water column filters the colors, making them look duller than they do in wildlife documentaries and high school science textbooks. This is only one out of the many things I learned from the scuba diving side of my life.
Many people have started to fall into the pessimistic spiral of climate doom. It is easy to lose hope for the environment’s wellbeing while processing one disaster after the other.