Aug 26, 2025 | Global, Music, Words |
By Eros Preston For as long as any society has existed, there have been expectations for its members to fit themselves into the larger group. In The Normal Album, Will Wood examines these expectations as they exist in America and explores how one may go against (or...
Aug 26, 2025 | Events, Global, Music, Words |
By Eros Preston America is in a mental health crisis. Although there is no one thing to point at as the direct cause, there are two polarized viewpoints on mental illness that have exacerbated the issue into the ongoing crisis it is today. On one side of the divide...
Aug 21, 2025 | Community, Events, Global, Music, Words |
By Trevor Potts “A poem will not stop a bullet. A novel can’t defuse a bomb,” once wrote author Salman Rushdie. “But we are not helpless. We can sing the truth, and name the liars.” On a recent Thursday night in Broadripple, Indiana, the audience in...
Aug 21, 2025 | Global, Music, Words |
By Sky Hawkins. Historically, queer people have grown with a lack of space — a notion of “behind closed doors,” or even a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. These were highly influenced by the treatment of homosexual and transgendered individuals....
Aug 21, 2025 | Global, Music, Words |
By Beah Corrales The goal of this essay is to to highlight the song Guilty by Korean artist Taemin and its impact. Lee Taemin, 31, is a dancer, singer, and k-pop idol who is also a part of the popular k-pop group Shinee. Taemin has been prominent in the industry since...
Aug 21, 2025 | Events, Global, Music, Words |
By Emily Vincent Introduction Bella Ciao by Manu Pilas. The origins of this song date back to the 19th century as an Italian protest folk song against the harsh working conditions of Mondina workers in Northern Italy. Mondina workers, who were mostly women...