By Cole Gee | Staff WriterPretentiousness. It's the "film bro" who rants about the superior quality of black-and-white European cinema, the wannabe art critic who won't stop talking about modernism or your friend who watched a couple of TikTok videos about a niche novel and won't stop trying to get you to read it. Pretentious people tend to either exaggerate...

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By The Editorial BoardEarly last week, Donald Trump pointed fingers at the Biden administration and California Gov. Gavin Newsom for being one of the reasons why the California wildfires are running rampant. The wildfires, which first ignited on Jan. 7 in the Pacific Palisades, have torn through 45 square miles of Los Angeles, taking homes, memories and lives. So far,...

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By Rachel Chiang | Assistant News EditorSeeing typical household items labeled with "Made in China" is not a foreign concept. It is not just the United States that sources products from China, but it makes you wonder who the economic superpower of the world is if China is dominating the manufacturing industry. In Donald Trump's re-election platform, Agenda 47, he...

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By The Editorial BoardLast week saw the Senate confirmation hearings of many of Donald Trump’s cabinet picks. Senators heard remarks from the likes of Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary, and Pam Bondi, Matt Gaetz’s replacement for attorney general. In many moments, the appointees were standoffish and answered very few questions. Any allegations made against them, such as the...

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By Kristy Volmert | Staff WriterWhether you consider yourself liberal or conservative, one thing is for certain — it really shouldn't matter. We are all just trying to navigate the bipolar political system while trying to express our own beliefs without being attacked for them. Our society forces everything from political figures and media companies into one of two political...

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By the Editorial BoardYou might have heard this before — “politicians are liars.”What that used to mean was that they can’t be trusted and that constituents should keep them accountable and be the watchdogs. Since when did it start to mean that we should accept what they say and move on?Politicians’ careers — or at least, their campaigns — have...

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By Foster Nicholas | Sports EditorTo honor the great Braden Murray, the man behind ranking vegetables and fruits a few years ago, this is the first of several outlandish rankings that are sure to hit the interweb at some point in the not-so-distant future. Since this article only discusses fast food joints, I will not include the all-time great wing...

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By Mackenzie Grizzard | Staff Writer"I know it's sad, but now you'll get two of everything." I heard this sentence at least 100 times when my parents first got divorced. Two Thanksgivings, two Christmases, two birthdays — these things might sound exciting from the outside, but it's not what kids from split families want to hear. A double Christmas means...

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By Kalena Reynolds | Staff WriterAt the end of 2020 and 2021, women made up 59.5% of college students — an all-time high — while men made up 40.5%. Additionally, within the next few years, for every man who earns a college degree, two women will earn one. When Taylor Swift said, "You know how to ball, I know Aristotle,"...

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By Kassidy Tsikitas | Photo EditorWhen everyone leaves after finals, Waco enters a new state of mind. Imagine empty roads, no long wait at Shorty’s on Thursdays and having your apartment gym to yourself. I introduce you to a Waco summer — a "Wummer," if you will. I know it's not everyone's ideal plan to stay in Waco over the...

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