The time has come once again to select classes for the next semester, which means it’s time to load up Rate My Professors, a site where you can do exactly as the title suggests: rate professors based on their course’s difficulty and quality. If you think it seems like a small thing that isn’…

Southwest Virginia is known for many things: its landscapes, its cultures and regrettably, its poverty. According to WSLS, approximately 140,000 people in the region face food insecurity — they lack access to a sufficient quantity or quality of food to meet their basic physical needs. The si…

In the 1970s, electronic calculators quickly gained popularity, becoming widely available and affordable for U.S. consumers. However, many teachers and parents had strong reservations about the new technology, fearing that students would become overly reliant and lose basic computation skill…

Today, sadness is deemed a weakness and an emotion that should be avoided at all costs. Fortunately, this is a resolvable misconception. Sadness should be embraced and recognized as one of the most influential emotions that the human body is capable of producing and appreciated for its abili…

Women represent forty percent of professional athletes, but women only receive representation in 4% of sports media content. When the players are highlighted, it is usually for their bodies over their skills. The sports media industry slates the news and stories surrounding female athletes t…

Most of us have experienced the same feeling as we rapidly approach a holiday such as Valentine’s Day. Stores like the Dollar Tree and Target are suddenly full of pink and red, and every inch of the store is covered in hearts, flowers and teddy bears. Above all, there are dozens of tchotchke…

If you’ve been following recent news, it might seem like the world is full of cheaters. Last month, Rick Singer was the latest to be charged in connection with a nationwide college admissions scandal, implicating more than 50 people. Parents, coaches and test administrators cooperated throug…

“Shazam!,” “Fury of the Gods,” “The Flash,” “Blue Beetle,” and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” — an era is ending. Finishing this Christmas, the last of the DC Extended Universe movies will be released, and after that, Gunn and Safran's DC Universe will begin. Director James Gunn (“Guardians …

When leaving for winter break, it can sometimes be forgotten among the seemingly endless studying and testing that when we arrive back at school for the spring semester, we are going to be met with some pretty crazy new things. Coming back from such an extensive winter break can be a pretty …

Sometimes people complain that politicians do not care about the voters’ true interests or desires — they only care about your vote. If this is the case, then any person seated or running for public office should recognize, address and prescribe policies appealing to young people's interests…

Throughout history, there have been many circumstances of brave and creative activism. Iconic and inspirational figures rose up in times of need and led thousands together for a common cause. Greta Thunberg, a 19 year old youth activist who started a school strike for climate change outside …

Have you ever been casually strolling through the grocery store in August, only to find the shelves stacked with candy corn, pumpkins and Halloween decor? Or how about opening up your phone on November 1 only to find social media riddled with videos of people putting up their Christmas trees…

As Virginia Tech continues to receive record numbers of applicants each year, including 45,214 from the class of 2026, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to accommodate the number of students the university would like to admit. Many students and faculty across campus have expressed their c…

Theater at Virginia Tech, like on many campuses, is alive and ready to be seen by students and faculty. Currently, there are numerous opportunities for students to see theater productions on campus. In fact, the theater department at Virginia Tech recently put on a production of the 2018 sho…

Unless you've been living under a rock, you have heard the name Harry Styles. Styles has been popular since 2010 when the boy band group One Direction launched into the spotlight of mainstream media and garnered fans internationally. Ever since then, he has securely held a spot in celebrity …

Taylor Swift’s name seems to always be floating around, and the buzz this time revolves around her latest album. If the recent pop culture news evaded you, the singer-songwriter released the newest addition to her discography, “Midnights” this past Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, and three hours afte…

Coming into college with the excitement of being independent, being social may seem like a given for most people. But the complicated thing about social lives at college is they get harder to maintain when people move off campus. During the first year of college, students are constantly surr…

A global superpower, land of freedom and opportunity and the home of the brave and courageous. The United States of America can be described in many ways, but can it be described as the best country on Earth? If the question was asked 50 years ago, one would expect to hear a much different a…