Our alert systems failed the test
At 11:15 p.m. on Monday, April 10, Pittsburgh police responded to a report of shots fired at the Hillman Library, in an unsettling parallel to the March...
Novel-tea: Can you really show me the world?
I recently finished “Rabbits” by Terry Miles, a book that was just good enough to make me binge-read it. I would describe it as a better "Ready Player...
You aren't alt, just be normal
Two weeks ago, the world was blessed with a collab album from Danny Brown and JPEG Mafia, two rappers who have maintained a strong presence in the music...
Confessions of a Coke addict
I love Carnegie Mellon, and I’m genuinely very happy that I chose to come here. However. I was raised in the South. Specifically, I was raised in a shitty...
Don't let big oil blame you for climate change
Are you meant to recycle pizza boxes? Milk cartons? Compostable forks? There’s a lot of pressure on you to know what to recycle. And how to do it. And...
Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s Breakup from a Semi-Swiftie
I found out that Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn broke up the way I find out all news that’s worth knowing: by someone next to me picking up their phone and...
Genetic testing is cool, but knowing your health risks is cooler
As a little experiment, my mom got DNA kits for my twin brother and I for Christmas one year. I got one from 23andMe and my brother one from AncestryDNA....
Heard v. Depp, a year later
Content Warning — sexual assault, domestic violence, Ben Shapiro If you're anything like me, you were probably extremely ambivalent about the Amber...