by Priyanka Sarkhel ('20) In the digital age, mob mentality has evolved to find a new platform for unifying people who hate a common thing or person: social media. The comfort of a masked identity behind the screen makes it easier to hate as explicitly as possible. Due to the acceleration of social issues taking to platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, a new epidemic of mob mentality flourished: cancel culture. The top definition of the term ‘cancelled’ as it is use

By Ishani Chettri (‘20) Media encompasses everything from social media applications, such as Instagram or Twitter, to television commercials to print media. All these multiple outlets carry one purpose: to inform the public. Whether it’s celebrity gossip or updates on the continuous civil war in Syria, news will always be transmitted through some type of medium that alerts the public. However, not every country in the world is able to have freedom of expression nor freedom of

By Anvi Joshi (‘21) America in the 1980s was the mark of a changing culture, full of bold fashion choices, powerful social movements, and brilliant works of art, literature, and film. However, recent controversy has risen concerning popular films, from Back to the Future to Grease. Many think now is the time to look a little closer at the beloved classics our parents generation grew up with. Molly Ringwald, the star of Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and other noteworthy

By Priyanka Sarkhel (‘20) On the morning of October 5, 2018, gynecologist Denis Mukwege and human rights activist Nadia Murad won the Nobel Peace Prize. Mukwege is a gynecologist from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and he treats victims of sexual assault and abuse. Murad is an Iraqi Yazidi who was captured and used as a sex slave in 2014 by Islamic extremists (ISIS) until she escaped. Mukwege and Murad have both raised awareness specifically as to how rape is a prominent w