Farewell

Volume 3, Issue 8

Art by Mani May

By Ashley Park

What if growing up followed the logic of exponents? My grandmother has a theory saying it does. Standing at seventeen, I’m learning that the hardest part of gaining power might be the waiting.

Celeste: The Game that Knew How to Say Goodbye

Ashley Cult. Crit

By Sidharth Maheshwari

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is meant to honor football’s greatest of all time. But, it falls extremely short on its purpose and simply doesn’t deserve the attention or appreciation from fans or players.

Goodbye to Girlhood on 2x Speed

By Naomi Bach

Power is often imagined as something loud and easily recognizable. But sometimes it shows up quietly, disguised as simple advice and repeated over family dinners. Thank you, Dad, for teaching me the three ways of power.

Minecraft civilization videos have taken over YouTube. Many treat it as a representation of an actual society, but a closer look at the empires reveals that the Minecraft world is simply a stage, and all the players performers. 

By Jiawei Gu

When the president of the economic and military power of the world decides the only limits to his power are his own sense of morality, established norms and laws become secondary to his own whim. This “strongman” style of politics, in Venezuela and beyond, is eroding the US’s standing as everyone’s favourite mediator of global affairs, and invites less friendly superpowers to play by their own rules. When does Trump’s ‘act now, explain later’ model start to just make his country look like a rogue power following the law of the jungle?

By Luke Nicholson

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