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Category: Culture

Shiny Things and Paper Rings

19 September 2025
Molly Haynes
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Pop and football fans alike were in for the shock of a lifetime last month when the nation’s sweethearts, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, announced…

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Sandy Pages and Screen Scenes: Comparing The Summer I Turned Pretty Book and Show

5 September 2025
Molly Haynes
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Have you spent the past few weeks wrapped up in Cousins Beach? If you answered yes then you and a majority of Gen-Z have something…

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Britain Didn’t Just Colonize Land — It Colonized Art

2 May 2025
Alee Dickey
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Photo by Kristina Gadeikyte via Uplash. When we talk about colonization, we usually focus on land, armies and political control. But Great Britain’s empire-building wasn’t…

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Parking Lots, Pavement and Pain: The Problem with Car-Dependent Cities

9 December 2024
Alee Dickey
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Photo by Sanjeev Kugan via Uplash. How often do you think about the physical makeup of your city? I’m not referring to the demographics or…

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Brat Summer: The Resurgence of the Pop Girlies

9 October 2024
Alee Dickey
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Photo by Gustavo Spindula via Uplash. Redesigning Pop  At the core of this resurgence is how pop stars have fundamentally redesigned the genre, blending sounds…

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“The Bachelorette” has finally cast the first Asian lead and why this matters

3 May 2024
Teresa Mainzer
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As a longtime fan of “The Bachelor” franchise, I anxiously awaited the announcement for who would be named the next “Bachelorette” in the Season 28…

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“Head Over Heels”: Here and Queer

3 May 2024
Ethan Naber
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On the weekend of April 8 , Jewell Theatre Company put on its spring show: the musical “Head Over Heels,” a jukebox musical featuring the…

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A Spring Guide to Kansas City

3 May 2024
Alee Dickey
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As the weather turns warmer, I have been looking for the perfect outdoor activities to celebrate spring, and the Kansas City area offers much to…

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We’re Getting Out of Dema With This One: A Skeleton Cliquer’s Response to Twenty One Pilots’ Upcoming Album

22 March 2024
Naomi Speck
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“Welcome back to Trench.” The first words of the newest song released by American music group Twenty One Pilots resounded in my head as I…

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