Dismantling the patriarchy with every keystroke If you log onto Facebook nowadays, you’re more than likely to be bombarded with links, articles, BuzzFeed quizzes and…
Samantha Guter
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Exploring the spectrum of sex and gender For many individuals, sex is something static. You’re assigned male or female at birth, and that is how…
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It’s a fierce competition; there are more students applying to colleges than ever before. According to a study from the National Center for Education Sciences, 21.6 million students were expected to attend American universities in fall 2012, an increase of 6.2 million since fall 2000. Not only is the competition growing to get into these schools, but also there are more students to compete against. Those numbers are steadily increasing. NCES said in a study that there is an expected increase of 11 percent for students enrolling in colleges between 2010 and 2020.
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CompetitionMinistry of Cool
RAW FROM THE SAW: Hearthrob Album Review
by Samantha Guter March 27, 2013Tegan and Sara’s seventh studio album, Heartthrob, rings with all of the classic folk-indie-pop sounds you would expect from the identical twin duo, while adding in a new twist of electronica and synth.
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Finally, an equal split.
Eight out of the 16 directors in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category of the Sundance Festival this year were women. This is a rare occurrence in any industry in our country (or world) today, especially when it is in film: women only fill 29.8 percent of all jobs in the film industry, according to a recently released report by the Sundance Institute and Women in Film.
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Buzz BlogThe Cool
Review: Handwerker Gallery’s “re:(Collection)” by Patricia Bellen-Gillen
by Samantha Guter September 19, 2012It’s a topsy-turvy universe of darker fantasy, and this piece in particular presents a kind of dream-like world. The raw, exposed feet of the divers, a pool of contrasting white underneath their soles, makes the viewer ask him or herself where these divers are, what their purpose is, and how they exist, as well as if we, the viewer, exist in the same way.