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An invite to Leeroy’s Halloween Party

An invite to Leeroy’s Halloween Party

Riya Vankamamidi, Copy Editor October 31, 2024

I’m writing this from the bathroom stall. If you’re reading, help me. Please help me. All I wanted was a date to LeeRoy’s Halloween party. My friends were going with their significant others,...

Maybe Mabee Market does have what you need

Maybe Mabee Market does have what you need

Riya Vankamamidi, Copy Editor October 24, 2024

Mabee Market has been through a lot since I entered Trinity University as a first-year. Everything has changed: the name, the breakfast place and most importantly the items available along with their prices....

How highways divide the rich and poor in San Antonio

How highways divide the rich and poor in San Antonio

Riya Vankamamidi, Copy Editor September 26, 2024

We’ve all seen it. Driving through neighborhoods anywhere in the country, white-picket fence American dream houses are just one block away from homes that look worn-down and ready to be bought out by...

Friendly reminder to stack up your resumé in college

Friendly reminder to stack up your resumé in college

It's getting harder and harder to get a job with just a measly bachelor's degree...
Riya Vankamamidi, Opinion Columnist April 11, 2024

Why are we even here? The median wage for high school diploma holders is $809 per week, while for bachelor’s degree holders, it’s $1,334 per week. That’s certainly a sizable difference, so continuing...

Health care in America is high cost, poor quality

Health care in America is high cost, poor quality

A look into the horrors of the treatment and costs in the American health care system
Riya Vankamamidi, Opinion Columnist March 21, 2024

Health care in this country sucks. Insurance rates are prohibitively high, making quality care inaccessible. Although programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act have decreased the...

Is tenure the solution to academic censorship?

Is tenure the solution to academic censorship?

Riya Vankamamidi and Diya Contractor March 7, 2024

Tenure is an indefinite academic appointment, the impetus of which is to prevent teachers from being fired without due cause or reason. Historically, tenure was instituted to provide academic freedom to...

Accommodations aren’t unfair, the system is

Accommodations aren’t unfair, the system is

Riya Vankamamidi, Opinion Columnist February 22, 2024

I feel like a drone. Wake up, go to class, work on assignments, eat food (optional), go to sleep (optional), repeat. Carving out time to socialize, take care of myself or just take a deep breath seems...

Cupid on vacation (color)

Why does Cupid get to take a vacation?

Riya Vankamamidi, Opinion Columnist February 8, 2024

If you’re currently in a happy relationship, bam boom we hate you. For many, Feb. 14 is a day of pure love and bliss, but for the rest of us, it’s a time to angrily devour heart-shaped chocolates and...

So ... I just bought something stupid on TikTok Shop

So … I just bought something stupid on TikTok Shop

I’m just kidding; I actually didn’t, I never will and no one else should either
Riya Vankamamidi, Opinion Columnist January 25, 2024

I open TikTok to watch funny videos, not to buy overpriced puffy Skittles. As the internet evolves and the world becomes more connected, advertisers have wormed their way into every aspect of social media....

Psychology Department in the Center for Sciences and Innovation Building

Questioning psych’s place in STEM is ridiculous

Riya Vankamamidi, Opinion Columnist November 2, 2023

Today’s breaking news includes a bunch of 20-year-olds using an anonymous Google Form to fight about whether or not psychology is a STEM major, so let’s bring the debate into a more formal environment....

You should care about voting

You should care about voting

Your vote counts, even if you don’t take an interest in politics
Riya Vankamamidi, Opinion Columnist October 20, 2023

I’ve never cared about politics. As terrible as it sounds, keeping up with current events is not a priority for me, and I seldom have knowledge about what’s going on in the world until I overhear some...

Remember: You're always allowed to say no

Remember: You’re always allowed to say no

Take charge of your mental health and relationships by avoiding toxic positivity and setting boundaries
Riya Vankamamidi, Opinion Columnist October 6, 2023

You don’t have to smile through an uncomfortable situation for the sake of someone else’s convenience. Toxic positivity refers to putting up a facade of happiness in any situation or suppressing any...