Devious lick challenge — A schools’ worst nightmare About a week ago, a teacher explained to my class the catastrophe that had been taking place within the wall of our school — the devious lick challenge. I’m sure you’ve seen it: broken toilets, stolen lockers, stolen sinks, fire extinguishers; well say thanks to the new TikTok trend. It…

We are living in our “new normal” while the same pandemic that haunted us in the summer of 2020 is still rampant. When I was told that I would be attending school in person, quite honestly, I was scared. My sister had just had my nephew and I was getting…

On the day of June 19, we celebrate the emancipation of those who have been enslaved in the United States, we celebrate those who fought hard to protect the lives of those who mattered — of those who matter. This past month, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrated by many Texans since…

It seems like we are more urgent to get back to normal than we are to ensure that we are minimizing the risk that we are not infecting others. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, people had reasonable fears about contracting the virus and running out of vital supplies…

Why are we as a society obsessed with prestige? University is the place we’ve all been convinced is necessary — necessary for success, necessary for life. And while to some extent that may be true, our obsession with it or rather a few individuals’ obsession with withholding power and staying…

The murder of George Floyd spread like wildfire on social media, forcing everyone to deal with a “post-racial” US but what we consume daily is far more insidious. 9 minutes and 29 seconds. The time it took for Derek Chauvin to prostrate to the gods of police brutality to exact…