The Gist: Everything is F*cked
By Olivia Schmid || Opinions Editor When I first picked up this book at Barnes and Noble, I couldn’t help but laugh— a book about hope… titled Everything is F*cked?…
Why Euphoria Works
By Rohail Spear || Managing Editor My mom watches Euphoria—a drama about high schoolers navigating relationships, addiction, mental health issues, and sexuality. If that doesn’t tell you something about the…
Mitski Explores the Tension Between Isolation and Artistry on her Latest Album, Laurel Hell
By Lexi Weaver || Copy Editor Laurel Hell, Mitski’s sixth studio album, was released February 4th of this year—her first since 2018’s critically acclaimed Be the Cowboy. In the wake…
good 4 u, Olivia!
By Skylar Zachian || Contributing Writer Breaking news: Olivia Rodrigo has received the title of Billboard’s 2022 Woman of the Year. Now, you might be asking yourself—wait a minute, the…
The Gist: Women Don’t Owe You Pretty
By Olivia Schmid || Opinions Editor Here’s the gist: it’s been awhile. At this point, we’re practically post-winter, post-Euphoria season 2 episode 5 or 6, and quite frankly, post-all the…
Wordle Sold to NYT
By Emily Hanson || Layout Assistant If you’ve been on TikTok at all throughout the last few weeks, you’ve likely heard of or even played the game Wordle, which rose…
Professor and Student Exhibitions: An Interview with Professor Sandra Eula Lee
By Ahmed Abukwaik || Contributing Writer Too often, the Arts are an inaccessible discipline. In an interview with Professor Sandra Eula Lee, she addresses projects and exhibitions at F&M that…
Spotify’s Joe Rogan Problem: Inside the Controversy
By Kate McBride || Arts & Leisure Editor In 1951, at the mere age of five years old, Neil Young became partially paralyzed from contracting polio. Joni Mitchell was just…
Artful Nature in Review: The Need to Decolonize Our Exhibits
By Ahmed Abukwaik | | Contributing Writer The Phillips Museum currently has an exhibition on display titled “Artful Nature: Fashion & Theatricality, 1770-1830” closing December 10th, 2021. The exhibition focuses…
Twelve Days of Christmas Playlist
By Emily Hanson | | Layout Assistant It’s terrible that finals season and the beginning of the true Christmas season fall at the same time. We need something to relieve…
The Best Thanksgiving Recipes
By Karissa Schwab | | Creative Director Thanksgiving: family, friends, and, most importantly, food. Thanksgiving is all about filling your plate with as much food as possible, going back for…
“Red (Taylor’s Version)” Review
By Rohail Spear | | Arts and Leisure Editor “All’s well that ends well,” Taylor sings in “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault),” and sure…
A Review of Six Degrees of Separation: Amusing Art Dealers, A Captivating Con Man, & Standing Ovations for All
By Sarah Nicell || Campus Life Editor “I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by six other people,” says Ouisa (Keats Dai), the wife of a money-hungry…
A Chat with a Chessman
By Skylar Zachian | | Contributing Writer I recently sat down with Ryan Squires, newly elected president of F&M’s only all-male acapella group, The Chessmen, to discuss all things acapella.…
The Gist: The Four Agreements
By Olivia Schmid | | Opinions Editor Although it serves as the smallest book in my self-help book collection (so far), the wisdom found within Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four…