2026 GRAMMY Nominations: Shocks and Surprises
On November 7, music lovers sat anxiously waiting for the 68th annual GRAMMY nominations. The release came with both excitement and disappointment. Although the awards ceremony will not take place…
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AWS Outage Disrupts Canvas Access Across the East Coast
Early Monday, October 20, the host platform Amazon Web Service (AWS) experienced outages and widespread disruption along the East Coast. Canvas, Dana Hall’s online course management system, went down as…
Is Black Friday Ruining Thanksgiving?
With Thanksgiving break around the corner, the community has begun to prepare for the holiday. Thursday: Family, friends, food, gratitude and love. Friday: Consumerism, capitalism, greed and rummaging through stores.…
Varsity Co-ed Squash Home Opener Recap
On Sunday, November 16, the Varsity Squash team had their first matches of the season, facing the Latin School of Chicago and MetroSquash. After a successful 2024 campaign, the team…
‘Illegal Alien’: The Most Dehumanizing Term in Politics
When one thinks of the term ‘alien,’ the mind naturally conjures up the image of a big, green, ugly creature with huge black eyes from an unknown origin. An alien…
Marching for the Planet: Tens of Thousands Protest during COP30 in Brazil
On Saturday, November 15, over 20,000 environmental activists and indigenous people marched over two and a half miles through Belém, Brazil, to demand greater climate protection efforts from the government.…
Thanksgiving: What Are We Really Celebrating?
Stuffing, mac & cheese, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and best of all a big ol’ turkey, these are just some of the popular dishes that surround one of America’s most…
Album Review: Everybody Scream by Florence and the Machine
Florence + the Machine’s sixth full-length album comes two years after the band’s last record and manifests the dark, witchy style their music has been growing towards for years. As…
The 2025 NFL Trade Deadline Recap
The 2025 NFL Trade deadline came and went very quickly, a day that arrived with plenty of hype and ended up revealing more about the team’s mindsets rather than blockbuster…
Cyberattack Hits University of Pennsylvania Databases
The University of Pennsylvania has experienced a data breach, leaving student, alumni and financial information exposed. The data uncovered could go back decades, and according to the hackers, about 1.2…