Knitting for Mental Health with the CWGS
(Image via medicalalert.com) Staff Writer: Maya Arruda Email: marruda7@umassd.edu Every single student has a familiar friend on campus: stress. Exams cause stress, an overabundance of school assignments causes stress, and balancing work and school also cause stress. Stress is everywhere on campus this month as finals are rapidly approaching. Coincidently, April also is National Stress Awareness Month. Even though national mental health awareness month is … Continue reading Knitting for Mental Health with the CWGS
PORTALS: A New Era For Melanie Martinez
(Image via musicscenemedia.com) Staff Writer: Rena Danho Email: rdanho@umassd.edu Melanie Martinez’s 3rd Record Album, PORTALS, was released on March 31st, 2023. Cry Babies everywhere eagerly awaited this album, as it is Martinez’s first album since K-12, which came out on September 3rd, 2019. Cry Babies noticed right away the change in Melanie Martinez’s look. Initially, Martinez was known for having split-dyed hair, a pastel color … Continue reading PORTALS: A New Era For Melanie Martinez
Ranking Lana Del Ray’s Latest Album: “Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”
(Image via pitchfork.com) Staff Writer: Sakara De Gil-Balija Email: sdegilbalija@umassd.edu On March 24th, 2023, “Video Games” singer Lana Del Ray released her ninth major studio album, titled “Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd.” The album is around seventy-seven minutes in length, featuring 16 new songs. The album has been highly anticipated since the release of her last album, “Blue Banisters,” back … Continue reading Ranking Lana Del Ray’s Latest Album: “Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”
The Crash of Us: Naughty Dog’s PC Port Suffers a Terrible Launch
(Image via gamingbible.com) Volunteer Writer: Jesse Magnifico Email: jmagnifico@umassd.edu Naughty Dog, the mastermind behind the critically acclaimed video-game-turned-HBO-series The Last of Us, released a current-gen graphical upgrade of the beloved game on September 2nd of last year. Made available for the PlayStation 5, the latest remaster came eight years after the previous remaster for the PlayStation 4 in 2014 — and yet, the developers did … Continue reading The Crash of Us: Naughty Dog’s PC Port Suffers a Terrible Launch
MLB 2023 Season Preview
(Image via prosportsfanatics.com) Staff Writer: Colton Almeida Email: calmeida4@umassd.edu The 2023 Major League Baseball season is officially underway. Some teams may have higher expectations than others, but the promise of opening day gives all 30 clubs renewed aspirations. As the opening week wraps up, here are my official division, postseason, and award predictions for the 2023 season. AL EAST I am not predicting anything crazy for … Continue reading MLB 2023 Season Preview
Transphobic Law Trending Across The United States
(Image via texastribune.org) Staff Writer: Maya Arruda Email: marruda7@umassd.edu A new wave of conservatism has been overtaking the United States. From Donald Trump’s election in 2016 to the overturning of Roe vs. Wade last year, Republican-led social conservatism has been in the forefront of recent politics. Recently, American conservatives in state governments have been targeting trans rights through a series of anti-trans legislation. The American … Continue reading Transphobic Law Trending Across The United States
Donald Trump: Indictment and Investigations
(Image via abcnews.com) Staff Writer: Sydney Cayer Email: scayer@umassd.edu Donald Trump has been charged with thirty-four counts of falsifying business records in the Manhattan court. All of these charges are, at the first count, felony degrees. Each charge holds a maximum four-year sentence. He has pleaded not guilty on all counts. Trump is the first ex-president charged with a crime. The charges revolve around hush … Continue reading Donald Trump: Indictment and Investigations
A Letter to the Chancellor: Dear Mark Fuller, Enough is Enough
Sports Editor: Shailyn Bacchiocchi Email: sbacchiocchi@umassd.edu Author’s Note to Students: It’s hard to grasp the right words to describe the amount of emotion I am experiencing while writing this letter. We will not be writing an article describing the actual incident in great detail. We normally do on safety issues, but we value the emotions of our peers and do not think it is in … Continue reading A Letter to the Chancellor: Dear Mark Fuller, Enough is Enough
Tennessee Drag Ban Halted By Federal Judge
(Image via Reuters.com) Staff Writer: Sakara De Gil-Balija Email: sdegilbalija@umassd.edu On Thursday, March 2nd, 2023, Governor Bill Lee signed a bill into law to restrict public drag show performances in Tennessee. Memphis federal judge Thomas Parker recently halted the bill, claiming, “at this point, the court finds that the statute is likely both vague and overly broad.” The law, whose primary intent is to ban … Continue reading Tennessee Drag Ban Halted By Federal Judge
Nashville School Shooting Leaves Six Dead
(Image via npr.org) Staff Writer: Sydney Cayer Email: scayer@umassd.edu TW: Shootings On the morning of March 27th, a mass shooting occurred at The Covenant School, a private Presbyterian church school. The gunman opened fire, releasing 152 rounds of ammunition, which killed six people. The shooter, Aiden Hale, was a former student at the school and was planning “to commit mass murder at The Covenant School,” … Continue reading Nashville School Shooting Leaves Six Dead