King Push: Darkest Before The Dawn: The PreludePusha T is as good at rapping as anyone else doing it on planet earth right now. You may not know this, and it makes sense why. It’s not just that “Hell Hath No Fury” is turning ten this year and Clipse is long in our rear-view. It’s not just that he “drops...

It's the end of my first semester as Editor-in-Chief and I have gained a much broader perspective of how things should be run than when I was a section editor and staff writer. This semester has been me, as well as my staff, finding our balance and seeing what works and what doesn't work, what stories our audience cares about...

In today's society, mental illness carries a stigma which fosters a negative perception onto those living with one. As much as mental illnesses are hindering, one in four Americans are suffering with one, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Despite self-oppression, a negative perception, and a variety of daily struggles that one goes through with a mental illness,...

It's Thanksgiving, and while there is plenty to be thankful for, it seems the holiday is slowing dying. The idea of having a day in reflection of all the positive things in our lives is certainly honorable. But celebrating a holiday that is dishonoring the very people it's meant to celebrate is disrespectful. There are many instances of history being...

Tragedies such as the attacks in Beirut, Kenya, and Paris seem to be happening everyday, and the word never ceases to seem like a cruel existence. There are protests going on across the country such as the Million Student March, as well aa the controversies in Mizzou and Yale. Some events are more publicized than others and it begs the...

Justin Bieber’s return to prominence in 2015 has been as engaging as it has been genuinely surprising. With any great fall in popular culture, there must be a rise to follow; but for Bieber to spend 2014 constantly in the headlines for everything but his music, just to turn it around and become a more prominent figure in music than...

The race for the Republican presidential nomination has been a media phenomenon for many reasons, most of which you already know. It has received an inordinate amount of attention to the Democratic side, which, if it weren’t for Bernie Sander’s rise, could have gone unreported altogether. The Republican race has been so bizarre, even liberal media outlets don’t seem concerned...

Three things became crystal clear over the last week. First, you can usually tell which political side is losing an argument by how much extraneous justification shows up in Op-Eds online. The side that has to spend more time explaining why what they’re defending is good before they can attack their opposition is likely losing the public’s confidence. This was...

Author Shea Serrano became a viral sensation in the weeks leading up to the release of his book “The Rap Year Book,” in mid-October. His wildly successful Twitter campaign, which eventually landed him on The New York Times Bestseller List, inspired profiles in GQ, LA Weekly, and Harvard Political Review, as well as a Wired article titled, “How One Man...

The United States is without a doubt one of the greatest nations in the world, but one of the worst when it comes to gun violence. As an international student in the U. S., growing up in a European country, I could never in a million years imagine having a fear of witnessing a gunman whilst present at school, the...