People have expressed emotions, told stories and documented history through art for years and years. It has a profound impact on mental well-being, and it strengthens community and brings people together. Oftentimes, these Creative Arts Experiences are put on by students or showcase their work, and participating in these events supports the student body in doing things they study and love.

Humans love nostalgia. This isn’t harmful, but it has continuously shifted creators away from original ideas and toward the same remakes and adaptations of stories that are tried and true. The issue is we’ve gotten to the point where we are retelling stories for the sake of retelling stories. It’s safe, it’s familiar and it will bring in the audience needed to make a profit.

I’ve always wondered what makes the line between a celebrity crush being cute and being strange. Regardless, I don’t think there should be a line at all. Celebrity crushes are healthy expressions that should be celebrated, not shunned.

There are some sentences that should never sound casual coming from the president of the United States, especially when they involve missiles, American cities and millions of lives.

Memes have gone beyond what their original purpose was. Today they are more than just jokes, they are tools used to psychologically manipulate us.

Sitting in history class, I learn about slave trades and brutal racism, but as I leave my seat and open social media, I see we are right back where we started. So many people are blind to the harsh truth of our world, and we can’t keep using an oasis to describe the dystopian earth we know.