Coming back to Carnegie after an 18-month break was nerve-wracking, exciting, and welcomed for many. And to the delight of many students, and disgust of others, so did return the wonderful adolescent...

Fifty-two years ago, in 1969, Black History Month was observed for the first time at Kent State University in Ohio. A short six years later, in 1976, President Gerald Ford nationally recognized the month-long...

 Pepsi and milk. Takis and Cream Cheese. These controversial ‘food combo’ trends have been popularized on platforms such as Tiktok and Twitter, largely because of how polarizing they are. But are...

Binx Bolling, the protagonist of Walker Percy’s 1960 novel, is no hero. In fact, at some points, he barely even seems a protagonist. The book is mostly comprised of his internal monologue and observations...

March 29th, 1975: the first day of North Vietnam’s campaign into the crucial central city of Danang, following the American withdrawal of troops. My grandfather, who was stationed with his regiment at...

Man is good. Or are we? The perennial debate about  the core nature of humanity is still being argued, eons on, because the statement: ‘Man is good’ appears to be just as contractidible as it is defensible....

What makes a book great? What must it have to be deemed a ‘favorite’? These questions of subjectivity are questions we as readers subconsciously ask ourselves as we work our way through a piece of...

In her complete 2003 illustrated memoir, Persepolis, Marjane (‘Marji’) Satrapi captures the struggles and triumphs of being a woman and growing up in post-revolutionary Iran. Through thoughtful prose...

*Full disclosure: the book ‘Lot: Stories’ has somewhat frequent mention of substance abuse, sex and foul language* Living in a city of nearly two and a half million people, it’s easy to lose sight...

“Night was striding across nothingness with the whole round world in his hands . . . They sat in company with the others in other shanties, their eyes straining against cruel walls and their souls asking...

Never has ‘La Peste’, or The Plague, as it has been translated in English, been more relevant. It’s now a classic commentary on the human condition, and its striking message of resistance only rings...