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The Revealing Nature of Costumes
Halloween has always been considered to be the scariest time of the year. There are ghosts and ghouls, bones and blood, and horror-themed decorations hung everywhere. Although these things may seem scary, Halloween actually gives people the opportunity to express themselves in ways they otherwise never could. Adults and children alike are able to celebrate […]
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Look Mom, I’m on TV!
Summer vacation is a great time for young learners to sit back, relax, and enjoy uninterrupted hours in front of a screen to catch up on the lives of their favorite TV characters — who, regardless of their main plots, often seem to be involved in some scope of romance. In the midst of rampant […]
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Fact or Fission: The Allure of Oppenheimer
After two years of memes, marketing, and hype, “Oppenheimer,” the newest film from famous director Christopher Nolan, finally released this July. In a manner fitting for a story about nuclear bombs, it proceeded to completely blow up. In a good way. Like, in a “it’s one of the most popular movies of the year and […]
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Why Twitter Can’t Be X-tinguished
At first glance, Twitter seems like a perfect app. While that may seem like an exaggeration, it was perfect — at least for a bit of time. What started out as a simple way for people everywhere to share their random everyday thoughts in real time quickly became one of, if not the most, popular […]
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Ratford: Back to School Edition
Q: I’m new to UTD, is there anything to look forward to? A: UTD has a lot of things to offer! Food, video games, a gym, I practically live here! No, that isn’t a joke, I literally live here! Q: Skateboard or bicycle? A: Skateboard! My little feet can’t reach the pedals on a bicycle… […]
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DJ Showcase: Ethan Cabrera
Taking the reins as this year’s station manager, Ethan Cabrera has some fairly large shoes he’s hoping to fill — but after only a brief conversation, I’d say they’re exactly his size. Alongside his co-host, Katya Zakarian, you can tune into his show “Anima Sola” from 12-3 pm every Wednesday. He calls it “one of […]
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Descent Into Madness: A Beginner’s Guide to FNAF
After years of being passed between studios like a casserole that everyone is too scared to eat but too polite to officially turn away, the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” movie will finally be releasing next month, and it actually looks promising. This is a momentous occasion for fans of the franchise who have been watching […]
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Dungeons & Diversity: How Racism Permeates the Fantasy Genre
In a turn of events that I cannot imagine Gary Gygax ever saw coming, Dungeons & Dragons, or D&D, has managed to take the world by storm once more in a sort of nerdy renaissance. First introduced in 1974, D&D has recently grown in popularity through the help of web series like Critical Role and […]
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Whooshing Red: Beyond the Ballot Box
Voting is a ritual. You walk into the polling place, take your seemingly-incomprehensible sheet of bubbles and numbers, slide it into the machine that makes sense of the chaos, and that’s the climax of two to four years of repressed political frustration. Voting is a ritual, and American society is intent on ritualizing it more. […]
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The C.R.A.P. Manifesto
In the midst of 2020’s contentious and tumultuous political cycle, a new right-wing sect has recently gained public notoriety with their aggressive stance against all forms of genital concealment. Known as the Concerned Republicans Against Predators (CRAP), these activists have argued for banning all lower-body garments including pants, underwear, and jorts. Spurred on by a […]
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Why So Serious? A Look at 20 Years of Batman Movies
The Batman (2021), starring Robert Pattinson, is supposed to show us a version of Bruce Wayne onscreen that we haven’t seen in a long time. Set in his second year of crime fighting, between his dramatic origin story and being a fully-established vigilante, the film is set to be more of a detective story than […]
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Ken Paxton: A Man of the People
On October 3rd, the Austin-American Statesman and KVUE-TV got ahold of a letter written by seven of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top aides alleging that Paxton was “violating federal and/or state law” by supposedly abusing his office and accepting bribes. This isn’t the first political hit job Paxton has been the victim of. For […]