Walking into the flower shop was like walking through a tunnel in a dystopian novel. Not because there was anything haunting about it, but because it was dark, cavernous, humid and at the end of a long hallway was a little room with a check-out desk and skylight.

Multi-millionaire Bryan Johnson is on quest to use his wealth to achieve immortality. While it may be easy to scoff at a rich man unable to accept his own mortality, the fear of death is something we all must reckon with in life.

Students are not getting the expected college experience, but the result of an increasingly dystopian world. Amid the pandemic, students' academic performance and general well-being are threatened.