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The Negative Stigma Around Being A “Theatre Kid”

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The Negative Stigma Around Being A “Theatre Kid”
by KorDale Jackson-Powell

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Theater

The Negative Stigma Around Being A “Theatre Kid”

By KorDale Jackson-Powell
- Friday, September 11, 2026

Nowadays high school isn’t as black and white as you would have seen in movies a few decades ago. In most high schools nowadays, the “nerdy” kids aren’t being shoved into lockers and the “jocks” aren’t all douchebags. But from this era of overdramatized high school cliches, there is one...

Books

The Absence of Visuals and Sound

By Zach Viera
- Friday, September 11, 2026

Books have been portraying stories for thousands of years, and in the last century we’ve been able to communicate stories with visuals and sounds with the rise of video technology. We have movies, television shows, comics, manga, video games, and many other ways to portray stories in modern day, but...

What Anime Gets Right About Feeling Like an Outsider

By Kelsey Iffert
- Friday, September 11, 2026

I’ve enjoyed watching anime since I was about 12 or 13 years old, and I’ve connected with a lot of characters from different shows. A lot of shows have a story about the main character being sort of an outcast. Whether it be someone who is cursed, someone who wasn’t...

Politics

9/11 Attacks Caused a lot of Islamophobia that Still Persists Today

By Zach Viera
- Friday, September 11, 2026

25 years ago the 9/11 terrorist attacks shook the world and took the lives of 2977 people. As we all know, these attacks were carried out by Osama bin Laden, a Muslim al-Qaeda extremist, and with this public knowledge, Western views on Muslims changed for the worse overnight. To a...

Sports

Western Michigan Robbed: How Referees Affect Sports

By KorDale Jackson-Powell
- Friday, September 11, 2026

On September 5, 2026, in the first week of the College Football season, the Michigan Wolverines and the Western Michigan Broncos faced off. It was a low-scoring game, with the Wolverines winning 13-12. But there’s a big catch that came alongside this win for the Wolverines, as the game had...

Latest News

Never Forget Betty: Remembering the Flight Attendant Who Made the First 9/11 Call

By Kelsey Iffert
- Friday, September 11, 2026

25 years after the historical 9/11 terrorist attack, Harry Ong, the brother of the flight attendant who made the first reported call of the hijacking, still gets anxious as the anniversary approaches. “As September 11th approaches each and every year, the tension just builds up and the stress, sometimes debilitation,...

Food

What Will It Take To Get AI Images Out Of Food Menus

By Caitlyn Taylor
- Thursday, September 10, 2026

AI usage, particularly within restaurants and other food-related shops, has reached a tipping point for consumers. People have flocked online to voice their annoyance with AI menus and food advertisements, making many wonder if there will be any end to this. It’s a testament to the ease of AI images...