Alumni share stories of navigating intense media landscape
Finding a job after graduation can be the most stressful part of college. Pew Research found that at the end of 2021, 41% of college graduates aged 22 to 27 were underemployed, which means working in a job that typically…
Media summit panel treads shallow on tech topics
This year’s media summit promised a discussion on the evolution and future of television technology. The panel itself, made up of alumni with careers at large media companies, concluded that social media was taking over television’s territory. Jake Piacenti, a…
Peace Walk interrupted by racist heckling, university investigating incident
Amid the positive atmosphere of cars honking in support of the Peace Walk on Sept. 21, the International Day of Peace, a motorist slowed next to a group of marching students and uttered words that sparked confusion. “F*** all of…
Puerto Rican poet finds strength in vulnerability
Ricardo Nazario y Colón wears a suit to his formal, professional dealings in university administration. He did the same in Penfield Library, not to officiate a meeting, but for his other passion: poetry. “Writing is therapeutic,” Nazario y Colón said….
Seneca artist Luanne Redeye colors kinship on canvas
A family of four poses for a group portrait, two children in front, their parents’ heads cropped from the top. At a brief glance the image may seem like a typical painting, but looking longer, one notices something peculiar: the…
Professors ponder approach to ‘post-literacy world’
The encroaching influence of social media has stoked fears in experts of a “post-literacy world,” in which popularity and controversy impede on truth. In the premiere of a series of panels on civil discourse, university faculty from various fields took…
Goodbye Brat Summer, Hello Brat Autumn
I hope you had a brat summer. I hope you made intentional typos in your texts to show off your relatability. I hope you were “demure.” I hope you gave “indie sleaze.” I hope you streamed “Red Scare” semi-ironically. I…
Taylor Swift leaves fans exhausted amidst release of new album
Rating: 0.5/5 Stars Taylor Swift (“Midnights’’) did not need to do any of this. She has enough industry power and wealth to free herself from the album deals that pressured her before her cultural omnipresence. She has enough of a…
Aunrée Houston discusses generative AI as Quest symposium keynote speaker
“People are too horrible,” Aunrée Houston, keynote speaker for the 2024 Quest symposium, uttered. “Oh my god.” Houston intended to demonstrate the abuse of artificial intelligence by playing a YouTube video titled “AI Gone WRONG.” The video showed a montage…
Seemingly nobody knows origins of ‘Everyone Knows That’
It sounds familiar. It goes like this: “You’re counting all the shapes in the sky/Caught up in your world of lies/Everyone knows that/You got/Ulterior motives/Tell me the truth!/Every move shows it…” At least you think it does. The clip muffles…
