Issues

You laugh. You cry. You drool at the dreamy actors and actresses. If you’re me, you enjoy the company of Ben and Jerry, two of the most dependable men I know, and then you wish the heart-warming romantic comedy you spent the last two hours watching could one day be a reality.

During his time at Ithaca College, Daniel Haack was the Big Gay on Campus. He flirted with everyone, went on dates every few weeks with the best-looking guys at the school, and used his naturally charming swagger to easily fill up his social calendar.

A piece by Garen Whitmore

Huxley creates a society so preoccupied with pleasure and trivial distractions that they ultimately ignore the greater issues surrounding them.
Huxley’s dystopia seems to be echoed in today’s world. As a society, we have just about everything we need to achieve happiness. We have the latest gadgets, we have houses, and the perfect pets. However, these material items are distracting us from larger scale issues.

A piece by Melissa Shutter

When you’re 17 and planning your first international vacation without your parents, alongside your best gal pal, your priorities generally lie in three areas: boys with accents, getting lost, and boys with accents helping you when you get lost.

Shangri-La, Iram of the Pillars, and Atlantis are famous utopias that people have yearned to find. Some have succeeded in discovering these perfect societies by turning to videogames.

A piece by Jenni Zellner

Review of ‘Undun’ by The Roots, Released December 2011

The recent outbreak of edible substance abuse in the New Hastings Community has had the Police Department looking for any possible avenues into its source. The epidemic first came into light when boxes and boxes of what seemed like Samoas and Thinmints intoxicated members of a second grade class.