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Why are kids not being kids anymore?

Why are kids not being kids anymore?

By Shivani Nayyar February 4, 2026
Children want to look like tweens, tweens long to look like teenagers, teenagers want to look like grown women and grown women long to have clear, wrinkle-free skin like they did as children — a vicious cycle of trying to reach an unobtainable ideal.
Heed this warning: Social media has a cost to our health | Terms and Conditions

Heed this warning: Social media has a cost to our health | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom April 24, 2025
When former President Joe Biden’s Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy held office, he made a daring proposal: Social media should be the next product slapped with a compulsory warning. “The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency — and social media has emerged as an important contributor,” Murthy wrote in an op-ed published by The New York Times in June.
Gianna Horcher | Graphic Artist

‘A Complete Unknown’ keeps Bob Dylan a mystery

By Ruby Voge, Opinion Co-Editor February 7, 2025
The film’s title, “A Complete Unknown,” serves as a guide for how it approaches its subject material. Mangold’s script works to uphold the mythology of Dylan as an unknowable artist — who, from the beginning, was reluctant to be defined by others and by himself. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Good thing TikTok was only on time-out | Editorial

By Editors January 24, 2025
Although the initial ban lasted less than a day, from Jan. 18 – 19, it has been a major talking point for almost a year. Millions of American content creators — both big and small — have feared the loss of their income sources, while users have mourned the loss of community and  sense of belonging. 
Liza Berdykulova | Graphic Artist

Ask Abby (Or Analise): If you like it, then should you put a promise ring on it?

By Analise Bruno January 21, 2025
Well, Beyoncé said it best — if you like it, then you should probably put a ring on it. You know, just in case somebody else does.  “Single Ladies” perhaps takes a bit too literal of an approach to the message here, but you get the idea: don’t take for granted what’s right in front of your face. And when it comes to relationships, sometimes the solution to that thing is a ring — a promise ring, to be exact.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

MBTI: Modern zodiac signs

By Aguo Wang February 12, 2024
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is becoming popular among Gen Z. It is a personality test that categorizes people into 16 personality types. These types are represented by different letters: E (extraversion) or I (introversion), S (sensing) or N (intuition), F (feeling) or T (thinking), P (perceiving) or J (judging). 
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