I never joined journalism to write. I joined for the sweatshirt. In 8th grade when I was small, painfully anxious about interviewing upperclassmen and an overzealous comma user (still am today), I followed...
3 … 2 …1 … and the digits on the clock flattened out to the dreaded 0.0, signifying the end of the basketball season and more importantly, the final time I got to play alongside some of the best...
I’m in a loud, brightly lit In-N-Out, sitting uncomfortably in the very corner of the booth. I can feel a dull pain in the front of my head from having worn undersized goggles for the past three hours....
I love the wind whipping in my hair as I crank the tunes, screeching to a halt after tearing down Fremont Road at a brisk 3 mph and, of course, tooting my hand-held horn at drivers who are simply going...
Hello, it’s me. I was wondering if, after all these years, you’d like to … blah blah blah. We’ve all seen this lead in articles about this woman so many times that it’s hard to keep count at...
“VIVA LAS VEGAS! VIVA LAS VEGAS!” When I yell these Shakespearean lines at the top of my lungs, Taylor Swift won’t get the ick — she’ll be enamored. Swift has taken the world by storm, penning...
I’m not tired. Am I tired of school? Sure. Am I tired of all human interaction? Absolutely. But, am I tired because I’m lacking sleep? Nope, not even a little bit. Not even at all.
It was a random...
For young adults across the country, getting hired for your first job holds an alluring promise of freedom akin to learning how to drive or leaving for college. But what about those unlucky few who are...
In the interest of being as forthcoming as possible, I’ll start with this: I’ve never understood the appeal of sports. I have baked my apathy toward sports into the very core of my personality, a move...
“Cybertruck beats Porsche 911 while towing a 911,” and “What Makes the Tesla Model 3 Performance Variant So Special?” These are some of the headlines toting the powers of Tesla, and you can easily...
There are some films that make you feel seen, and some that make you feel changed. “Past Lives” (2023), a romantic drama film written and directed by Celine Song, was the latter for me. Although this...
I am not the target audience of Disney’s new TV show “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” based on Rick Riordian’s hit book series of the same name. Neither are my friends who won’t stop sending...
