By Ayush Deshpande Nov. 12, 2025 Nakshatra Arun Art On Sept. 30, over 800 generals and admirals, constituting the most important of America's military leadership, left their posts from around the world to gather in an auditorium at Marine Base Quantico. However, the speech that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave was far from the crucial address the officers had flown thousands of miles to hear. Masquerading as a call to defend the nation, Hegseth furthered hi

By Winston Chu Nov. 12, 2025 Leona Hung Art Halfway through a university lecture at Texas A&M, a student silently takes out her phone. As the professor projects a gender unicorn graphic to discuss gender identity, expression and sexuality, the student makes her move—pressing record, she exclaims, “I am not entirely sure this is legal to be teaching, because according to our president, there are only two genders.” After a brief back-and-forth, the professor asks

By Srihita Madiraju Nov. 12, 2025 Kira Yoshioka-Gutierrez Art The clock reads two-thirty in the morning. A half finished practice test, an unopened Quizlet and an unrevised essay glare through the computer screen beside drained energy drink cans. The following week, just like any other, brings multiple AP assessments, project due dates, college application deadlines, extracurricular commitments and sports practices while running on excess amounts of caffeine and a

By James Yu Nov. 12, 2025 Emma Wang Art Fire doesn’t discriminate. It ravages everything in its path: good or bad; rich or poor. It’s fitting then that for better or worse—and I’d say worse—revolutionaries in Nepal have employed fire’s wrath as a weapon against the country’s deeply embedded inequality. On Sept. 8th, protests led by the youth in Nepal, which for decades has been dominated by the same three corrupt political parties, toppled the political establi

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On April 2, President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sweeping 10 percent tariffs on all imported goods, escalating his “America First Trade Policy.” The order also targeted 57 nations with additional tariffs that ranged from 11 to 50% in an attempt to curb “decades of unfair trade practices,” per the Trump Administration. The general import tariffs took effect on April 5, with the higher country-specific tariffs rates followed on April 9.