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A pro-Palestine protest in Washington, D.C., on January 13, 2024.

Gaza: A Year’s Worth of Tears

Maroua Rahaoui October 7, 2024

I was sitting on my bed, elbows on my knees trying to keep my voice down, when my sister found me in our room a couple months ago. My phone was face down next to me on my gray comforter, and although it...

Pew Research Center data set on women in congress

The Absence of Female Leadership in the U.S., According to U.S. Citizens

Molly Hughes, Editor-in-Chief May 7, 2024

As of 2023, women make up 28 percent of congress. This number is seen as a victory compared to the numbers of the past. Twenty-eight percent translates to 128 women and 312 men in the 118th Congress.  In...

The main staircase on WSU campus.

Stairway to … A Parking Lot?

Molly Hughes, Editor-in-Chief May 3, 2024

Worcester State's campus differs from its sister schools like Framingham and Bridgewater for one jarring reason. While the center of most college campuses are the students, the center of WSU is a parking...

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When Free Speech is a Pointless Pursuit

Rembrandt Pearl, Creative Director May 3, 2024

Everybody loves free speech… Until somebody says something they don’t like. The solution to this is obvious, however: Simply use your own right to free speech to speak even louder and drown out...

This pride flag represents the trans community, of which Mulvaney is a part. (Creative Commons license)

Dylan Mulvaney’s Womanhood

Molly Hughes and Sydney Anderson May 3, 2024

In the tumultuous world of social media, few figures have found themselves at the center of controversy quite like Dylan Mulvaney. As a transgender influencer, Mulvaney's journey has been marked not only...

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