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Women Should Be Allowed to Compete in All Winter Olympic Sports

By Samantha Woodruff
- Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The 2026 Winter Olympics are in full swing. Earlier today, athletes from around the world competed in Nordic Combined—well, male athletes, that is. Nordic Combined is the only sport in this year’s Olympic Games without a women’s competition. The Nordic Combined competition has two parts: cross-country skiing and ski jumping....

Beauty

Could K-Beauty Be Seeing The Rise Of Its Biggest Competition?

By Caitlyn Taylor
- Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The Korean beauty industry has settled well within the Western beauty market. In the last few years, its popularity has grown significantly and will likely be a powerhouse in the beauty industry for years to come. With K-beauty’s dominance certain, many within the industry have begun wondering what might compete...

Business and Finance

Why Broke College Students Stay Broke

By Jafari Porch
- Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Believe it or not, college students have it pretty hard. Yeah, yeah—they may not be drowning with bills and debt like their parents are, but they get the early experience in adulthood where saving money feels almost impossible. College students typically have a lot of responsibilities to juggle outside of...

Theater

What LGBTQ+ Musicals are Saying About Representation and Inclusion in Media

By Jafari Porch
- Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Everyday our world takes one more step forward to becoming a more diverse and accepting society. The depiction of queer stories in media was once very negative, often featuring homosexual characters in TV and film as the “butt of the joke”. It was rare that genuine struggles of homosexual and...

Rest in Peace, That One Random Show

By Emma Pearl
- Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Remember that one show? From two decades ago? It lasted one season, and then…fell off the face of the Earth. This is not uncommon in Hollywood. New shows are produced constantly, and we are fed advertising and promotion for them just to see them for only a few short weeks....

Sports

What’s Next for the Patriots?

By Emma Pearl
- Tuesday, February 10, 2026

I apologize in advance for all the New Englanders, but it has been two days since the Patriots faced a devastating loss in the Super Bowl. Despite a record-breaking season, and honorable performances from many players across each game, the Patriots could not take home the Lombardi trophy this year....

Politics

Recent Trump Posts Signalize New Wave of Racism

By Jafari Porch
- Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Donald Trump’s second term as The U.S. President has been quite memorable to say the least—and for all of the wrong reasons. Trump has, for years, encouraged the deportation of immigrants from the United States. While he claims that these persistent efforts to remove individuals who are not legal U.S....