Corsets, glitter, and, of course, a sexy garter belt: all Halloween classics. Halloween, although often thought of as a spooky, scary holiday, has recently become more associated with going out and dressing provocatively. For college students, “Halloweekend” has become synonymous with partying for several days in a row while wearing sexualized costumes. And though no […]
A five-second video has broken the internet. In the third quarter of the Oct. 17 Duke-UNC game, redshirt junior DeShawn Stone lay motionless on the turf after an injury, as his teammates surrounded him. A female member of Duke’s training staff, Grace Dietrich, ran onto the field to assist Stone. She placed her hand on […]
AI-generated fruit videos. Scroll. “What I eat in a day.” Scroll. Brutal, unflinching disaster in Nepal as hundreds die from floods. Scroll. “Get ready with me to try out a new nail salon!” Scroll. Reading this routine may feel unnerving, but nearly all of us have experienced this sequence of content. Social media has taught […]
On Sept. 16, 2026, a Cornell University student identified as Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court against several parties for gang rape by seven frat members. The suit sparked national backlash and resulted in broader conversations about frat culture and college policies at Ivy League universities. The suit […]
Purple made a splash at several notable 2026 fall-winter fashion shows worldwide, including Victoria Beckham, Valentino, and Tory Burch. At New York Fashion Week, purple dominated the catwalk, rocking shades ranging from violet to aubergine. Last year, however, kids and adults alike raced to the stores to grab the last red sweater or pair of […]
Tituba, one of the first people accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, was not Black. Over the next three centuries, writers made her Black anyway. Tituba, an enslaved woman living in the house of Reverend Samuel Parris, is described as “Indian” in the 1962 court records. She was an Indigenous woman, and Puritans shaped her […]
During the week of Sept. 27, a new object appeared outside Harvard’s Smith Campus Center: a temporary red phone booth. Inside, passersby found instructions to call their state representatives and discuss bills to regulate artificial intelligence. Ari Rosenthal, a Harvard Graduate School of Education graduate and co-founder of the Massachusetts AI Action Network, spent the […]
The drinks that we choose can say a lot about us. Do you like lemons? Cranberries? Sweet or sour? Often, what we choose to consume reflects who we are or are trying to be. Maybe you pick something fresh to feel like a “clean girl”; maybe you choose a bitter, serious drink to pretend that […]
Lately, it seems like we’ve been seeing a lot of Sydney Sweeney. The blonde, blue-eyed actress has been all over everyone’s feed in controversial advertisements, from Dr. Squatch to American Eagle and, most recently, Novig, a sports-betting company. Sweeney seems to lose more and more clothing as the advertisements continue, and backlash to such risqué […]
