On Tuesday, March 8, a bill titled Parental Rights in Education passed the Florida Senate. Then, on March 28, Governor DeSantis signed it into law. While the name sounds fairly innocuous, this bill became known in public discourse as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, for its true agenda.
Read moreHide and Seek
I looked for you.
You were not in the kitchen,
The ugly orange tiles lay there, lonely.
You weren’t in the dining room.
Read moreClub Spotlight: Lively Lucy’s
Lively Lucy’s is the hub of all things music and performances here at Skidmore College.
Read more#FreeBritney: Britney Spears Goes to Court
Britney Spears is immersed in an ongoing trial over her 13-year conservatorship that officially ended on November 12, 2021. According to a Deadline article, there is a mini-trial set for July 27th, 2022 to further examine illegal activity, such as surveillance and total control over Britney’s personal finances, that occurred during the conservatorship.
Read moreWelcome to LunchBox Mag
Welcome to LunchBox Mag, the new female-founded Magazine on Skidmore’s campus.
Read moreAlien, Robots, and Theses, Oh My
This Is Bigger Than Sports: Trans Rights and Athletics
Over the last few decades, the LGBTQ+ community has made tremendous progress in the United States and some other countries. However, there is still a long way to go in most of the world towards liberation, and unfortunately we are in the midst of a backlash which focuses on a particularly vulnerable subset: transgender people. How did we get here, and what does this mean for the future?
Read moreHank the Tank: A Loveable Thief?
He’s on the run from a criminal past. Police are scrambling to find and catch him before any more damage is done. But who is this dangerous perpetrator? Why, he’s a five-hundred pound black bear named Hank the Tank! And it turns out, he might not be that dangerous after all.
Read moreWhat's the Word on Wordle?
Wordle is the word puzzle web game that has been blowing up the internet ever since 2021 blended into 2022. But, where exactly did Wordle come from? Well, Brooklyn-based Josh Wardle invented the game (naturally), where every day, a new mystery five-letter word is chosen by the algorithm, and players have six tries to successfully guess the correct answer. Every time a player guesses a letter in the correct place, the letters become green; when they have guessed a letter in the word, but not in the correct place, the letters become yellow. Letters not in the word remain black. Using these clues, players have been guessing and spelling away to crack the code each day.
Read moreThose Who Fail to Learn from History: COVID Restrictions
For the last 2 years, restrictions have been instrumental in containing the spread of COVID-19 and continue to be the first line of defense in protecting us from the virus which has claimed millions of lives worldwide. However, individuals and governments alike have spent the last few years caught in a cycle of loosening and subsequently tightening restrictions, never learning from failures or breaking the cycle of mistakes.
Read moreFirst Semester in London Versus Saratoga: Is There a Winner?
With the fall semester in the books, I, alongside many other first-years, entered the spring semester feeling much more established than in August.
Read moreTexas Freeze of 2021: One Year Later
During February of 2021, Texas was hit with a wave of unusual and powerful winter storms. Many people were left without food, drinkable water, and power. There are many stories of how people made it through this week, but I’m here to give you mine from Houston, Texas.
Read moreEvent Preview: Khameleon Productions to Present at Skidmore College on March 8th
Khameleon Productions, a U.K.-based BIPOC theater company, will be performing their “uprooted” version of Euripides’ ancient Greek tragedy, Medea at Skidmore College in the Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theater on March 8th. This is but one stop on Khameleon Productions’s four-month “Uprooting Medea” U.S. tour to promote their company and production at over thirty colleges in the nation—including Boston College, Smith College Brown University, University of Miami, and Yale University—crossing twelve states.
Read moreA Dive into the Black History of Country Music: Giving Credit Where it’s Due
If you picture a stereotypical country music band, you might call to mind a crew of musicians playing the banjo, a mandolin, the fiddle—maybe the harmonica, perhaps a pedal steel guitar—and someone on mic with a twangy Southern accent. While the specifics of your band may vary here or there, whether you realized it or not, your imaginary country band is most likely white.
Read moreThe Garwood Line
Summit is on the Garwood line; I don’t know why I need to double check every time. Summit is always on the Garwood line. Summit will always be on the Garwood line.
Read moreTensions Rise in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
I asked my brother, Nathaniel, how he was getting acclimated to his new school. “It’s a ghost-town, Stephanie,” he replied, “everybody left.” My brother was referring to the American embassy kids who had left.
Read moreBeneath the Glitz and Glamor: An Honest Review of Sam Levinson’s "Euphoria"
After nearly two and half years, the award-winning HBO original “Euphoria” has returned for a second season, which premiered on January 9th, 2022. The first season received high praise, winning Zendaya, who stars as 17-year-old drug addict Rue Bennett, an Emmy for her stellar performance. Brimming with unconventional shots and costumes, Euphoria masterfully conveys the fantastical, often over-dramatized teenage life. Beneath this tasteful production lies a myriad of more sinister themes, including the hypersexualization of minors and the glamorization of substance abuse and mental illness. This review digs deeper into these themes to explore the show’s potentially damaging effect on its young audience.
Read moreJoe Rogan and Spotify: It Isn’t About Free Speech
In May 2020, when the pandemic was still in its infancy, Spotify paid over $100,000,000 to become the exclusive platform of mixed martial arts commentator Joe Rogan’s popular Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) podcast. Now, nearly 2 years later, this decision, which received relatively little media coverage at the time, is coming back to bite them.
Read moreFilm Review: "Licorice Pizza" Asks, Are You Ever Too Old to Come of Age?
Paul Thomas Anderson’s renown lies largely in his consistency. After decades of filmmaking, Anderson continues to feature flawed characters seeking fame, fortune, and love in suburban Southern California. In Licorice Pizza, Anderson returns predictably — though not disappointingly — to the San Fernando Valley to chronicle two entangled stories of shaping up and striking out.
Read moreVandalization at the Skidmore Dance Theater
On February 2nd, Lori Dawson, technical director for the Dance Department, found and reported a vandalization case at the dance theater. Graffiti in sharpie was found written on the bottom of the Cyc.
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