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April | Volume 29 Issue 6
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The Willow Project: Drilling for Disaster
By Layla Roy
The Willow Project is an oil drilling operation of enormous scale set for Alaska’s North Slope in the National Petroleum Reserve. This area, owned by the federal government, can hold as much as 600 million barrels of oil.
It's been a while since we’ve been able to talk about some movies -- about four months now. Because of this, we’re talking about one of my favorite movies of 2022, Bullet Train, directed by David Leitch, known for directing Deadpool 2 (2018) and being an uncredited director for John Wick (2014).
By Nina Petrou
As a genre that was founded on the basis of individual expression, jazz music has been commended for its historical fights against social issues and for pushing boundaries. However, there has been little room for women within that narrative.
By Michael Kim
Actually a breakfast food, but I couldn’t bring myself to put it there. This dish is so sweet and rich that, in the context of a cookbook, I have to call this a dessert. In any other context, though, I’d call it the perfect metaphor for the afterglow of morning dalliance.
Opinion: Children Are Not Safe Under Republican Lawmakers
By Talia Reiss
The GOP markets itself as the pro-child party, aggressively working to protect America’s youth from the menacing threats of positive role models and life-saving healthcare.
In March, Republican lawmakers in Tennessee passed two major pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation: one which effectively bans drag shows in public spaces and within view of children, and another which prevents transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming healthcare like hormone therapy and surgery. The former bill’s sponsor, Rep. Chris Todd (R-Madison County), called the legislation “a common-sense, child safety bill.”
Senior Daniel Anton to Attend International Science Research Competition
On March 18, Science Research students Daniel Anton, Kayla Crai, Adriana Gleeson, Gia Lee, Madison Milla, Margaret Palmer, and Janice Yohannan competed in the 2023 Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair (GCRSEF). At the day-long competition, students presented their research to a panel of judges who presented students with special awards and cash prizes. At the end of the award ceremony, judges announced the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners within each scientific category who will advance to this year’s Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Dallas, Texas.
As young people post feelings of hopelessness about climate change, social media is becoming a cesspool of climate nihilism.
“We could be extinct in less than 30 years,” wrote one Tiktok user in 2022. Another said, “Climate and environmental [advocacy] seems so hopeless in a corporate ruled capitalist world. It feels like we’re just sitting back and watching it all end.”
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Editor-in-Chief.............................................Talia Reiss
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