Gwen Sobkowiak | staff writer I’ve been attending random on-campus events at Duquesne since I was 16. People often ask why I bother going. To me, it’s really quite simple. I think the kind of learning that happens there is just as important as what happens in my classes. I did a nontraditional form of high school. It was like taking a lot of AP … Continue reading Attending an event out of curiosity (no extra credit, sorry)
Mary Atieno | staff writer “Get ready with me for my first day of kindergarten.” If you told me this would be a real video that I would watch half asleep on Instagram a year ago, I would find a way to avoid you at all costs for wishing such insanity upon me and my phone. However, I was recently procrastinating my work and decided … Continue reading Kids don’t belong online
Gwendolyn Sobkowiak | staff writer ‘So this top is from Shein, these pants are from H&M and my burger is from Wendy’s. Yeah, yeah, I know they don’t have the best labor practices, and they’re slowly inching us closer to environmental catastrophe, but it’s not like there’s anything I can really do about that.’ As Western society moves the hands that gather, assemble and manufacture … Continue reading Your dollar counts, use it wisely, support fair trade.
Gwendolyn Sobkowiak | staff writer So I’m actually a bit anti-tech in my day-to-day life. I’m the kind of girl who had a Walkman in high school. I’ve been trying to convince my friend group to throw out their smartphones and switch to sliding keyboard BlackBerrys since I started developing a frontal lobe. It’s not that I’m not amazed by the unprecedented technological advancements that … Continue reading The road to the future: my thoughts on driverless vehicles
Naomi Girson | opinions editor The University of Oklahoma is all over the news right now after Samantha Fulnecky was given a zero on her reaction paper to a study on how popularity is related to gender typicality in adolescence. She is accusing the school of religious discrimination. Though I would argue her unsourced references to the Bible and poor writing were more than likely … Continue reading Religious discrimination or a poorly-worded plot?
Gwendolyn Sobkowiak | staff writer I’m from South Oakland. Yes, South Oakland, Pittsburgh. Before you ask, no, I don’t mean I’m just living there while I go to Duquesne. No, I don’t mean I moved there, and it’s been long enough that I call it home. I literally mean that I grew up on Dawson Street, a 10-minute walk from the Cathedral of Learning, amidst … Continue reading The city and country mouse dichotomy is alive and well.
Gwendolyn Sobkowiak | staff writer It’s November, so as any reasonable Catholic university would, Duquesne has already released this Christmas season upon our still leaf-strewn campus. My roommates and I have been discussing seasonal decorating in a feverish attempt to survive the winter blues. Our first instinct was to head over to the Target in East Liberty. The halls of every retailer are spilling over … Continue reading Have a merry thriftmas
Gwendolyn Sobkowiak | staff writer I can’t believe how much time I spend thinking about my throat. You’ve probably all heard of the voice box. The anatomical term for it is the larynx. It’s the organ that sits behind the Adam’s apple in the center of your throat. Well, really, it’s called your thyroid prominence, an extended portion of cartilage. If you touch your thyroid … Continue reading Why I’m taking the speech-language path
Gwendolyn Sobkowiak | staff writer As Halloween approaches, the never-ending frenzy to pick a costume intensifies. It’s the same question every year, and every time the possibilities still overwhelm me. We all know you can be literally anything you want for Halloween. Sure, maybe there are things that are more common or recognizable, but really, it’s no holds barred in this day and age. Last … Continue reading Keeping a Habit out of Halloween
Charlotte Shields-Rossi | a&e editor Being child-free, if that’s what you want, is great. There are a lot of valid reasons why someone would choose that path in life. The child-free movement started with good intentions — women trying to find community in a society that preaches the importance of ‘populating the Earth.’ Recently however, it has been taken over by people who have a … Continue reading Women and children last: misogyny in child-free spaces
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