

How Big Oil Created the Carbon Footprint
By Ayush Deshpande December 10, 2025 Typically, one's impact is defined by lives changed or notable achievements. Yet, at each meal or car drive, a less visible influence grows: the carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases generated by a person, group or activity. In the face of rapid climate change, the term has become increasingly widespread in education and the media. The carbon footprint builds upon the earlier i
Dec 12, 20253 min read


Fulfillment or Function?
Picture a person who works out six days a week and eats five hard-boiled eggs for breakfast. Their refrigerator is completely devoid of processed foods—devoid of the joys of Hersheys and Lays—and is instead filled to the brim with...
Nov 12, 20253 min read


You Are What You Eat
The phrase “you are what you eat” is typically used to convey the importance of a nutritious, healthy diet—yet it can also be taken literally: families often sustain their cultural identity through cooking and eating traditional meals; many individuals seeking change in their lifestyle begin with...
Nov 12, 20253 min read


Skibidi Sigma Insanity
By Teresa Sun Sept. 24, 2025 Another innocent teenager curls into bed after a long day of school, crawling under the covers and...
Sep 25, 20253 min read


Chance and choice: the reality of luck
Initially confident in their biology test, a student approaches the final question with growing anxiety. Panicked, they mentally recite...
Apr 2, 20253 min read


World of fortune
Whether through 4th century BCE Greek philosopher Aristotle’s description of luck—irregular, incidental, indeterminable...
Apr 2, 20253 min read


Digitizing the future of comics
With an increasing popularity of the World Wide Web in the late 1990’s, the webcomic industry was brought to life: digital comics blossomed
Feb 14, 20253 min read