BY MEGHAN BAEHL, STAFF WRITER The mortality rate of student-athletes competing in the NCAA has steadily gone up over the past few years. The cause of this? Stress-related, untreated mental health and overlooked medical conditions driven suicides. Sarah Shutze, a bright track star from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died by suicide just a few weeks…
BY MEGHAN BAEHL, STAFF WRITER I was severely underwhelmed with the attire sported by the A-Listers the past two Sundays at the Oscars and the Grammys, respectively. So let me break it down for you into the goods, the especially bad and the select few in between. First up on the chopping block is the…
BY MEGHAN BAEHL, STAFF WRITER Lia Thomas is a Division 1 swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania. She is well accomplished and recently won the national championship in the 500-yard freestyle event. But she is also transgender. On the surface level, there should be no issue. She is fully transitioned, has been on hormone therapy…
BY MEGHAN BAEHL, STAFF WRITER My friends and family have raved to me about the new movie, The Batman, but I am not sold on it for one reason. The movie is two hours and fifty-six minutes long. I want to normalize movies being a solid hour and a half situation. I cannot sit still,…
BY MEGHAN BAEHL, STAFF WRITER Pete Davidson, Travis Barker, & Machine Gun Kelly. What do they have in common, besides all having tattoos and being friends? I could also say they are all musicians, but Pete Davidson is a sketch comedy ‘rapper.’ The closest he has come to serious music is when he was engaged…
BY MEGHAN BAEHL, STAFF WRITER Is Y2K fashion really fashionable? It’s the return of the low-rise jean. Y2K fashion refers to a stylistic trend that blankets the fashion of the late-90s and early-to-mid 2000s. The aesthetic is mad distinctive, and whether you realize it or not, you are most likely partaking in it. Both futuristic…
BY MEGHAN BAEHL, CONTRIBUTING WRITER I am aware that not everyone shares my music taste, but I will do my best to convince readers to, at the very least, attempt to listen to one song from each album. I am aware the term “ladies first” is archaic, but in this case, I feel so strongly…
BY MEGHAN BAEHL, CONTRIBUTING WRITER This is in no way a smear piece on any other animal prints (unless they are made from actual animal hide, and that is an entire argument on its own), but rather a justification of why cow print is far superior. Animal print, whether you choose to accept it or…
BY MEGHAN BAEHL, CONTRIBUTING WRITER I am in no way criticizing the efforts dedicated to finding Gabby Petito. The slaying of Gabby is a tragedy, no doubt, but so is every other missing person case regardless of race or gender. So why is there such a hyper fixation on her? My criticism stems from the…
BY MEGHAN BAEHL, CONTRIBUTING WRITER I should preface that I am not a picky eater, but rather my mother is a sensational cook, so I have a certain appreciation for good food. Vegan cuisine has come a long way within the past ten years, from nut-based cheeses to the use of jackfruit as a meat…
BY MEGHAN BAEHL, CONTRIBUTING WRITER This year’s Met Gala called for a theme that pays homage to fashion created in the United States. Like any other Met Gala, the theme is up for interpretation and creativity from Billie Eilish (the youngest co-chair in the MET’s history) cosplaying as the reincarnation of the late Grace Kelly.…