By Jordan Darling, Editor-in-Chief The dreidel spins on the worn tabletop a blur of cobalt blue and white, the kids shout in delight as their dreidel lands on its side, the spinner groans and slides half of his Hanukkah gelt into the middle. The smell of latkes wafts through the air and the room is […]
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Ho-Ho-Holiday Travel for the Broke College Student
By Destiny Jackson, Co-Opinion Editor The semester is over. No more essays uploaded to Blackboard at 11:59 pm. No more teachers assigning your group presentations. And most of all no more nightly homework. Now you can cuddle up with yourself, your significant other, or maybe your favorite plush that you’ve had since the third grade […]
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I Like My Religion, Thank You Very Much
By Jordan Darling, Editor-in-Chief Let me set the scene. It’s a bright, sunny day and a girl is sitting alone at a table eating her lunch, WITH HEADPHONES IN, and an older gentleman sits down opposite her on the black wrought iron chair. She smiles politely and resumes eating her lunch never taking her headphones […]
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Make Life Great, Prepare For Death
By Iracema Navarro, Staff Writer The last thing most of us want to think about is what I spend 35 hours a week talking about: Death. Not to worry though, reading this will only take about three minutes. I talk about death because I work in an industry that, strangely enough, has life in its […]
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Sleigh Bells Ring for You, Not Me
By Yesenia Flores, Staff Reporter Whether it’s because of religious reasons, a split family, lack of money, or a person simply not seeing a reason to participate, many of us that don’t celebrate specific holidays or any at all. The holiday season never fails to bring me at least a handful of people making a […]