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LH Review: Squid Game Season 2

LH Review: Squid Game Season 2

Yomi Hemley, Feature Co-Editor February 11, 2025

Squid Game was released in 2021 as a Netflix original. This series immediately became a hit, gaining millions of international fans, many of whom were American. The cast featured lovable, smart, and complex...

What Makes a Good Horror Movie?

What Makes a Good Horror Movie?

Yomi Hemley, Feature Co-Editor February 11, 2025

There was a drought in horror movies these past few months with very little horror movies being released from October to December. Though modern-day horror movies are incredibly hit or miss, some horror...

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DeepSeek Shakes Up The Stock Market

Ahmed Basheir and Charlie Firmstone February 4, 2025

Heading into the week of January 27th, the stock market was looking up, with the S&P 500 rising 1.75%. But investors were in for a shock on Monday when a new large language model, capable of competing...

We Don't Care About Privacy Anymore

We Don’t Care About Privacy Anymore

Lily Rantanen, Opinion Co-Editor February 3, 2025

When TikTok left the United States for all of 14 hours, users–Tiktok “Refugees,” as they would call themselves–immediately downloaded the Chinese social media app RedNote.  XiaoHongShu, directly...

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‘Return to Oz’ and the Plunders of Disliking ‘Wicked’

Ben Haines, Reporter January 30, 2025

‘Wicked’ may have permanently ruined karaoke. Especially theater kid karaoke. This became certain when I threw a karaoke party for the ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical’ cast a week before the...

New Years Resolutions are Lazy

New Years Resolutions are Lazy

Floris Roorda, Reporter January 28, 2025

It was a summer day back in 2023. I had gone to the gym for the first time and I was excited to start going consistently. I planned out a plan to go six days a week, and ever since that first day, I have...

CFP National Championship Who Will Win?

CFP National Championship Who Will Win?

Notre Dame   Ahmed When Notre Dame comes to mind my mind races with excitement, from an analytical standpoint this matchup is everything a Fighting Irish fan could hope for in many of the following...

The Little Hoax: Horoscopes

The Little Hoax: Horoscopes

Isabella Young January 17, 2025

Aries: Invest in Bitcoin. Taurus: Invest in Bitcoin. Gemini: Invest in Bitcoin. Cancer: Invest in Bitcoin. Leo: Invest in Bitcoin. Virgo: Invest in Bitcoin. Libra: Invest in Bitcoin. Scorpio:...

MUSIC PROHIBITED: New Cell Phone Ban Also Bans Headphones

MUSIC PROHIBITED: New Cell Phone Ban Also Bans Headphones

Tessa Driscoll, Reporter January 16, 2025

As I am typing this, Noah Kahan is playing in my headphones. I enjoy listening to his music–the piano, the drums, the guitar, his voice. But as I am writing, I don’t hear the words he is saying. They...

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Better Than…Seriously?

Isabella Young, Co-Opinion Editor January 16, 2025

In recent years, more and more makeup brands have relied heavily on sexually suggestive names to stand out. Names like the "Better Than Sex" mascara from Too Faced and NARS’ infamous "Orgasm" blush have...

Reusable water bottles can be worse for the environment than one-time use plastic water bottles if used less than thirty times, according to the Washington Post.

Water Bottles Aren’t a Fashion Statement

Martha Willard, Copy Editor January 16, 2025

Nalgene. S’well. Hydroflask. Stanley. Owala.  The cycle of trendy water bottles goes on, and we follow it, buying a new water bottle every year even though your Nalgene from six years ago probably...

SENIORITIS:  My Current State of Mind, in All Its Strangeness

SENIORITIS: My Current State of Mind, in All Its Strangeness

Tai Caputo, Executive Editor and Feature Co-Editor January 14, 2025

It is here. It is undeniably, inextricably here. I never expected this. I never wanted this. It wasn’t in the plans. Why did it have to come for me?  Senioritis.  To be perfectly honest, I’ve...

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