Opinion

Dune Part 3 Trailer: When Marketing Gets Meta

If Frank Herbert were alive to see TikTok react to the Dune: Part 3 trailer, I believe he would see the incredible irony in the way audiences are engaging with the trailer. Dune: Part 3 is expected to adapt much of Herbert’s Dune Messiah , the sequel to Dune , which Herbert partly wrote to challenge people who had begun to view Paul Atreides as a hero. The sequel shifts the focus away from celebrating Paul’s rise to power and reframes his story as a warning, stressing the

Sofia Cortes Rodriguez

2 days ago3 min read

Netflix, Where Is Steel Ball Run?

The fans are enraged. (Featured above: Johnny Joestar edited to look like the King Von gif) Steel Ball Run, the long-awaited anime and the 7th part in the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series, had its first episode release on March 19th this year to great praise. The 47-minute-long first episode currently sits at a 9.7/10 on IMDB ratings, with 16k reviews. Fans, including myself, were ecstatic at the quality of the first episode and were hungry for more on the next Thursday, as

Kalani Patel

2 days ago2 min read

Man's Best Friend

Descended from ancient wolves, dogs have evolved alongside humans to become companions and assistants. Although descended from one species, there are hundreds of dog breeds and they vary in size, color, fur, and personality.

EUNJI KWAK

4 days ago2 min read

Crisis is Powerful

Until just last week, I have been brushing my teeth hard for around 20 minutes every day for the last three years. It didn’t matter if my gums had bled or my toothpaste had gone flat and tasteless. I would still continue to brush even when the brush itself became frayed outwards. I decided only recently that this had to end. Why did I stop? This is important to note. It was not a natural willpower to resist the habit I’ve formed. It was not the nagging my family has been d

Garrett Bice

Feb 222 min read

The Batman (2022)

The Batman (2022), follows Bruce Wayne who disguises himself as Batman as he tries to solve the mysterious killings plaguing Gotham City. The movie itself was directed by Matt Reeves and it stars Robert Pattinson as Batman (and Bruce), Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as the Riddler, Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth, and Colin Farrell as Penguin.

EUNJI KWAK

Feb 43 min read

Target Black Friday Giveaway: Shoppers are Outraged

Black Friday 2025 had people coming in droves, lining up overnight, and running in to get deals in items. Stores have tried to up their game by including giveaways to the mix, one of them being Target. After announcing their giveaway, customers came flocking in to get their share, only to be left disappointed and outraged. Other stores, such as Lowe’s, fortunately met the expectations of the customers. Target Swag Bag Target was a store that especially had the public in an

Abby Cruz

Jan 312 min read

Roblox Age-Verification: Major Backlash

Roblox is a huge online space with millions of users, mostly consisting of children. The platform added new age-verification features to the game in order to create a safer platform for kids but players are unhappy. There have been several reports of issues occurring with face verification and frustration with the process. Most of all, it invades user privacy and safety rather than protecting them. Problems To verify age on the platform, you may use the facial analysis or t

Abby Cruz

Jan 313 min read

Wicked: Parable on Modern Politics

In 1964, historian and schoolteacher Henry M. Littlefield published his now-famous essay, “The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism”, arguing that L. Frank Braum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz contains a hidden subtext symbolizing late-19th century American politics. Littlefield suggested that the characters and elements in Oz reflected the real politics of the Gilded Age, from industrial interests and the Populist movement’s struggle with monetary policy and power structures in

Sofia Cortes Rodriguez

Jan 293 min read

The Black Pill: Historically and in Modern Times

Is this incel brainwashing? (Featured above: the Black Pill) If you’ve been active in certain circles on TikTok, you might’ve seen edits, starting with someone who is not “conventionally attractive” talking or doing something before either a black bar saying “mogged” goes over their eyes, or the blackpill slowly fades in before an edit of a conventionally attractive, usually Caucasian males appears. These edits have been getting increasingly popular on TikTok and, in this c

Kalani Patel

Nov 25, 20255 min read

Tết

Growing up mainly in Vietnam, Tet has always had a special place in my heart. It’s a big celebration of Vietnamese culture where many reunite and wish for each other's welfare. However, after I moved to the U.S., Tet’s impression changed; it lost its celebratory spirit and closeness that I had felt in Vietnam. So now, to revisit my nostalgia, I will note down my experience of Tet back in Vietnam. Tet, a traditional Vietnamese holiday that often follows the lunisolar calendar

Nguyen Nguyen

Oct 31, 20253 min read

Steinbeck’s Magnum Opus: East of Eden

John Steinbeck, a celebrated American author and Nobel Prize winner of Literature (1962), has written some of the most recognizable works in modern American literature. Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men are most likely names that you’ve heard of. The Nobel Prize asserts that the 1962 award was “for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception”, a sentiment echoed by many others.

Minji Kwak

Oct 31, 20254 min read

The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng

A review. Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong Recently, I read the Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng which was a heart-wrenching and chilling tale of court politics in the Joseon Dynasty. The author, Lady Hyegyŏng , narrates her story of becoming the Crown Princess by marrying Prince Sado whose tragic downfall she narrates. As a Korean-American, I was deeply fascinated with her memoirs, which is a firsthand account of Joseon court politics. Even more so as a Korean girl myself, her memoirs

EUNJI KWAK

Oct 18, 202512 min read