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Different sized models side by side on PrettyLittleThing's website.

Fashion retailers take note from PrettyLittleThing

Veronica Wernicke, Opinion Editor November 9, 2018

An online British fashion retailer, PrettyLittleThing, has been buzzing with praise on Twitter because of a recent model move. In collaboration with Haley Baldwin, their website now features two different...

Advice from Sally Seahawk

Advice from Sally Seahawk

Sally Seahawk, Staff Writer November 7, 2018

How early should you take the GRE before applying to graduate school? Most people recommend that you sign up to take the GRE at least a month before the application for your program is due. This will...

Screenshot of Shaun White's deleted Instagram post.

OPINION: Smooth one, Shaun White

Veronica Wernicke, Opinion Editor November 1, 2018

Shaun White can be described as a great professional snowboarder and Olympic gold medalist. But, a good judge of character? It depends on the situation. This past week White made an ill-judgment call when...

Advice from Sally Seahawk

Advice from Sally Seahawk

Sally Seahawk, Staff Writer October 31, 2018

My professor scheduled an exam for Saturday, but I have to work. Is this something I can be excused from? The university has given professors permission to schedule meetings and exams outside of the...

"Native American" costume.

The balance between Halloween and cultural appropriation 

Fairley Lloyd, Contributing Writer October 31, 2018

As Halloween rolls around the corner, it is probably a good time to talk about costumes and cultural appropriation.   Cultural appropriation is often defined as taking someone’s culture or part...

From left, The San Francisco 49ers' Eli Harold (58), Colin Kaepernick (7) and Eric Reid (35) kneel during the national anthem before their a game against the Dallas Cowboys on October 2, 2016, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

Celebrities vs. the NFL

Fairley Lloyd, Contributing Writer October 29, 2018

On October 18, Us Weekly reported that Rihanna turned down a performance at the Super Bowl LII Halftime Show in support of Colin Kaepernick. Later, Amy Schumer supported Rihanna’s decision via...

Daniel Craig as 007 in "Spectre." (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

James Bond would carry his baby in a papoose

Veronica Wernicke, Opinion Editor October 26, 2018

In the past couple of years, the conversation of masculinity and what it really means has been a hot topic. Our society has begun to see a shift from a stereotypical “manly man” version of masculinity...

Advice from Sally Seahawk

Advice from Sally Seahawk

Sally Seahawk, Staff Writer October 24, 2018

I was a student living in the university apartments and I got reassigned to live in an off-campus apartment. Since my roommates and I have moved off campus they have started partying a lot. How can I confront...

Standing out as a black student

Standing out as a black student

Darius Melton, Contributing Writer October 20, 2018

“So, in the ten minutes since we’ve arrived on campus, I’ve only seen… one black guy.” These were the first words my father told me when we got out of our respective cars on move-in day back...

Advice from Sally Seahawk

Advice from Sally Seahawk

October 17, 2018

What is the best way to complete a group project? We are having trouble meeting and getting everyone to participate. Group projects are super hard in general and now that everyone is trying to play...

MLB female umpire Jen Pawol working at a Detroit Tigers game in 2018.

The SheHawk: MLB is lacking in female employees

Veronica Wernicke, Opinion Editor October 15, 2018

Major League Baseball's (MLB) postseason is upon us, as is the excitement that surrounds it as thousands of fans — myself included — are glued to their televisions in anticipation of cheering on...

Gospel Gab: Peace among wreckage

Gospel Gab: Peace among wreckage

Ava Hicks, Staff Writer October 14, 2018

Whenever something devastating happens, everyone immediately wants to find someone or something to blame and figure out a reason for the hardship. Human nature is to try to make sense of things and put...

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