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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Taiya Jarrett | Assistant Opinions Editor | @ohsoootay


How to Have a Routine During this Quarantine
Opinion

How to Have a Routine During this Quarantine

Declared as a state of emergency amid concerns of exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced the closure of all public schools from March 16 through March 27, which led higher education institutions to follow in the same steps in an extension rooted in virtual learning ...

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Features

A guide to this upcoming Virginia primary

Withholding the weight of the 2020 Presidential race remains the six democratic presidential candidates and the general public’s expectations for a candidate of their choice to take the podium with number 45, President Trump, this fall. Yet for Virginia and many other states, that pre-decision is ...

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A&E

Childhood accessory revived into adulthood

Hair clips. Barrettes. Chic nineties aesthetic. Scrunchies and headbands meets this trifecta between what exudes a childlike image. This fad is nothing new, just designer. Maneuvering into society as a revived fashion trend, young adults have unequivocally resonated a sparked obsession with barrettes. Emerging ...

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Features

True Blue: Stomp and Shake Team Makes Imprint on Campus

Emerging into the 29 days of Black History Month, erupts the embodiment of a well-known collegiate sport and an African American cultural tradition onto the university’s Clubs & Organizations list, soon making history of its own. Integrating into the campus community just this past week under ...

Populism One
Opinion

Is Populism even popular and prevalent?

Editor's note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Approval. Acceptance. Attention. This trifecta is the outcome to the exaggeration of the not so complex approach of persuading like-minded individuals to adhere to their political concerns that likely go blatantly ...

The Setonian
Opinion

Is Populism even popular and prevalent?

Approval. Acceptance. Attention. This trifecta is the outcome to the exaggeration of the not so complex approach of persuading like-minded individuals to adhere to their political concerns that likely go blatantly unnoticed by elitists and is a more commonly used tactic than you may think, especially ...

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Opinion

Life and Lyrics

Editor's note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. The genre that’s harbored millennial rappers such as Young Thug, DaBaby, J-Cole, Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj to name a few, hip-hop is undoubtedly one of the most prominent and influential genres today. Generating ...

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Opinion

Instagram is not pressed for likes

Editor's note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Notoriously becoming the hub for instant viewership and validation in non-chronological order, Instagram is slowly but surely becoming a click away from reverting to that concept. Newly implementing an attempt to ...

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A&E

Ugly footwear is in style, are you?

Chunky. Bulky. Massive soles. Eccentric nineties pattern. Sound familiar? Integrating into society as a revived fashion trend, millennials have oddly resonated a sparked obsession with dad sneakers. Certainly, emerging into 2019 as an unlikely item that would have been considered archaic and unstylish ...

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