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‘Joker’ faces controversy amidst national gun violence debate

Luke Murphy, Contributing Writer

September 30, 2019

It all started with a Twitter post. Heather Antos, a comics editor at Valiant & Image, logged onto the site Sept. 5 and wrote, “Why the Joker movie is problematic. Rachel Miller nails it.” The tweet has already been liked 55.1K times and retweeted 16.6K times. “I don’t want to be shown what a p...

Tags: arts & life, Joker, movie

The plight of VSCO Girls

Emma Oxnevad, Opinions Editor

September 30, 2019

Living in the digital age, trends come to life — and die just as quickly — right before our eyes on social media. If you’ve spent any time online in the last month or so—particularly on TikTok— you may have noticed a new Generation Z subculture emerging to the forefront called “VSCO Girls...

Tags: arts & life, Opinion, vsco

Avoiding cosmetic reactions from unsafe makeup

Jenna Ranieri, Contributing Writer

September 30, 2019

Red and blotchy skin, acne breakouts, hormone imbalances potentially leading to infertility or even death are all side effects of the products you use every day. Octinoxate, Tocopherol, Dimethicone and other chemicals are found on the backs of products you use every day. Severe side effects of these ch...

Tags: arts & life, health, makeup

Breaking down the best Seinfeld episode in each season

Brian Gilbert, Contributing Writer

September 30, 2019

Here is the best episode from each of the nine seasons, according to IMDB ratings and critic reviews: “The Stakeout,” Season 1 In this episode, the second episode of the series and the first featuring Elaine, Elaine drags Jerry to a birthday dinner for one of her friends, where he meets an attract...

Tags: arts & life, Netflix, seinfeld

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