Are you pumped to gorge yourself on both food and entertainment this upcoming National Native Day of Mourning even as hundreds of thousands of Americans…
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Smallest Hill: Let’s Stop Allowing Child Labor in the Form of Child Actors
I’m watching Season Two of The Last of Us (there will be no spoilers in this piece!) over the summer with some friends, and we…
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The Smallest Hill: Why I Can’t Stand Horror Movies
This article initially appeared in a print issue of the Monitor published Oct. 31, 2025. I’ve wasted hours of my life watching horror movies. I…
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Ghosts Aren’t Real (…and that’s okay)
This article initially appeared in a print issue of the Monitor published 31 Oct. 2025. Every October, campus gets a little weirder. Someone swears their…
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This article initially appeared in a print issue of the Monitor published 31 Oct. 2025. It’s officially the end of October which means the spooky…
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Lecornu II: French politics feels like a fever dream
Sébastien Lecornu was appointed Prime Minister of France on September 9, before resigning 26 days later, stating that “the conditions were not right for governing.”…
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It’s a Great Day to Die Early Due to a Heart Condition Associated with High Levels of Chronic Anger and Stress: my official letter of complaint about 200-level CTI classes
This article initially appeared in a print edition of the Hilltop Monitor published on Oct. 6, 2025. We all like to complain about our classes.…
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Should We Mourn the Wicked?
Content warning: This article contains quotations of racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, and anti-queer rhetoric, as well as discussions of political violence. On Sep. 10, 2025, American…
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Political Violence in America: what we’re facing, and why it matters
The shooting of right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk shocked people on all sides of the political spectrum. Whether one agrees with Kirk’s politics or not, the…
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