Let’s not kid ourselves, it’s been a long, rough week. In fact, it’s been a long term already, and we're only halfway through it. I’ve been feeling really drained from work, classes and especially the weather. Just trying to be present in the moment is tiring...
If you’re anything like me, the winter term hits your mental health hard. Seasonal affective disorder has gripped Lawrence as evidenced by the light therapy lamps scattered across campus. And if you’re especially like me, the answer to this is clear: binge...
The past few months of national news have been dominated by the debate over Joe Biden’s agenda, and the Reconciliation Bill vs the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. In 2020, during the Democratic Primary, candidate Bernie Sanders proposed $16 Trillion in spending for infrastructure and climate change. He was not the candidate, unfortunately, and by the time Biden was inaugurated, climate groups had brought that down to $10 Trillion. President Joe Biden compromised and asked for $6 Trillion. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who is allegedly a Democrat, asked for $4 Trillion in spending.
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As a hardcore Taylor Swift fan, I’ll admit I get a little defensive when people openly don’t like her music. However much I disagree with them, though, I understand that everyone has different musical tastes. So, I won’t be arguing that everyone should love Taylor Swift. I will, however, share my opinion on why everyone should just shut up about female musical artists only writing about their exes.
I have never called myself an artist. Usually, I just say I’m someone who loves art. And that’s true, I do love looking at art, but I also love making it. I don’t remember a sliver of my childhood when I wasn’t drawing with Crayola markers or painting with watercolors. My life as a youngster was constantly consumed by art, and I really loved every second of it. I grew up in a household that embraced creativity, so no matter how terrible my kindergarten drawings...
nnounced that he would not support BBB, even after months of progressives and mainstream Democrats cutting out good parts of the bill to appease him.
Workers across the United States are fed up, and rightfully so. Workers at Nabisco and Frito Lay went on strike earlier this year, and Amazon workers across the country have been attempting to unionize their workplaces after the company violated labor laws to crush a unionization effort in Bessemer, Ala.bama this April. Worker shortages have forced some companies...
my best friend. In fact, I’m probably not her number one fan, even though I do consistently watch her videos and listen to her podcast. And, in all honesty...
Since the 1970s, oil companies have been knowingly destroying the environment. Corporations like Exxon-Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Aramco, Chevron and Texaco have played some of the biggest parts in this. Texaco and Chevron, which merged in 2001, are the specific companies I will be discussing, but they’re all complicit.