

The Somber Sombr Controversy
By Mahika Khosla Dec. 10, 2025 Tiktok user @meganator__ created a video shaming singer Sombr for making indecent jokes directed toward a crowd full of young women during his concert at Washington D.C. on Oct. 13. Sombr, whose birth name is Shane Michael Boose, went viral on TikTok with his debut album “I Barely Know Her.” As a resul
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Is Rap Music Missing the Beat?
By Amie Ahn Dec. 10, 2025 The dropping of Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s 13-week No. 1 hit “luther” from the Billboard Hot 100 marked the first time in over 35 years without a single rap song ranked among the top 40 most popular songs in the U.S. The two-week drought was brought to an end by Megan Thee Stallion’s new song “Lover Gi
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Anti-Aging Cosmetic Surgery
By Chelsea Lu Dec. 10, 2025 At 28 years old, Canadian beauty influencer Emily Cipryk underwent a face lift, lip lift and rhinoplasty, all in the hopes of enhancing her features and maintaining her youth. Yet, Emily’s case is not rare; in fact, she is part of the quickly growing group of patients under the age of 30 undergoing a
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KIMMEL IN THE KENNEL
By Lauren Law Nov. 12, 2025 Mingyue Xiao Art Spanning 22 years and over 3,000 episodes, American late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” averaged 1.7 million viewers and featured thousands of actors, musicians, athletes and other public figures—until it was pulled off the air indefinitely. Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show career began in 1999 when he cohosted “The Man Show,” a show aimed at young male audiences and featuring celebrity interviews, comedy sketches an
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Military Marred By Politics
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
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Academic Appeasement Undermines Freedom
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
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