AmandaJun 9, 20193 min readReflectionA year has gone by. It still feels fake to say that statement. The school year seems to have rushed by in a blur. Yet at certain moments...
AmandaMay 31, 20192 min readRecords of ExistenceTime ticks as the world wastes away. Every second of every day pollution billows into the sky, nature is destroyed, and animals become...
AmandaApr 14, 20193 min readThere's More Than One Kind of History"The god of history is an atheist, and nothing about his world is meant to be"- Ta-Nehisi Coates. The story of progress assumes that...
AmandaMar 22, 20193 min readHistory LessonsLearn from history or you will be doomed to repeat its mistakes. This cliché has graced the ears of almost every student, scholar, or...
AmandaFeb 22, 20193 min readTempusTime is money. As a profit- oriented society, Americans look at time like a river racing past that they need to keep up with. Wasted time...
AmandaJan 12, 20194 min readLost In Translation: Gods and DevilsLanguage. There are thousands of unique languages spanning the globe and as the world becomes more and more global, an increasing number...
AmandaDec 6, 20183 min readFantastic Beasts and the "Other"Fantastic Beasts is a film series that enraptured audiences from around the world with its mystical creatures and wondrous magic. But...
AmandaNov 29, 20183 min readJudging a Book by Its CoverWhile we’ve all been told to never judge a book by its cover, the fact is that many people do. According to a survey done by...
AmandaNov 8, 20182 min readGaston... A Hero?Arrogant. Vain. Hypermasculine. The hated villain of beauty and the beast. While Gaston certainly is not what we today would define as a...
AmandaOct 6, 20183 min readImagine DinosaursGoogle dinosaur. What do you see? Glimmering scales, skeletal frames, and spine-chilling teeth? Certainly not a medley of feathers and...