For years, J. Cole has used rap as a way to connect to his audience, with scenarios that they can either connect to or become enlightened by. He touches on issues about race, class, gender, and much more in clever ways that stay in the mind of the listener. This year, the rapper helped to produce The Off-Season. released May 14, 2021, before a short … Continue reading Review: The Off-Season by J. Cole
Image Credit: MSC Photographer McCaskey cheerleaders are the school’s pride and joy when it comes to getting our crowd fired up and having school spirit. Sadly, McCaskey will have 12 senior cheerleaders leaving us this year. A few of them gave their thoughts and experiences on what it’s like being a McCaskey cheerleader. As students who represent McCaskey in and out of school, cheerleaders know … Continue reading Saying Goodbye to McCaskey’s Senior Cheerleaders
2021 was a year of many things. I, like many others, have felt lost this year. I also learned a few things. For starters, it was hard to remember that mostly everyone around the globe was experiencing the same things as me. And this helped me a lot this year, because though I did have a really hard time, everything could always have been worse. … Continue reading Finding Unity in Struggle
On January 24th, 2021, Puerto Rican governor Pedro Pierluisi signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency to allocate resources to create more gender equality in Puerto Rico, responding to the pleas of thousands of protesters to improve the ongoing gender violence crisis in the US territory. The new order will create a committee called PARE (in Spanish: Prevention, Support, Rescue and Education of … Continue reading Puerto Rico’s Governor Recognizes Gender Violence as Emergency
TikTok, also known as Douyin in its home market Singapore, has users that are continuously making a grand impact on Earth’s well being, using viral videos to gain signatures for petitions to stop harming the environment. With 50 million daily active users, the platform is used by many accounts to spread awareness of the damage caused by human use of fossil fuels. These viral videos … Continue reading How TikTok Users Are Trying to Save the Planet
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