CT seniors say farewell
Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves, Executive editor “Today I used my new ‘press pass,’ and it was so cool. I’m going to give this newspaper thing my all. I have my work cut out for me,” I wrote in my journal in October 2021 after working on one of my first articles for The Commonwealth Times. […]
Weaponizing self-care is yet another tool of American individualism
Kofi Mframa, Opinions Editor Popular news TikTok account @underthedesknews posted a video on Oct. 12 urging users to “stay off social media for the weekend” after conflict in the Middle East had spurred the week prior. This post represents an increasingly popular sentiment where people, specifically those in the Western hemisphere, use the preservation of […]
The children are, in fact, being left behind
Kofi Mframa, Opinions Editor My mother never read to me as a kid. She didn’t have time to. After her 12-hour nursing shifts, she would come home tired to the bone. By the time she made us dinner and situated my brother and me, barely managing to steal some minutes for herself, the day had […]
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘GUTS’ is an edgy soundtrack to the trials of girlhood
Kofi Mframa, Opinions Editor For the past two years, singer Olivia Rodrigo has soundtracked the lives of many teenage girls. Her debut single “drivers license” catapulted her to the apex of popular culture as she chronicled a past heartbreak. On her debut album “SOUR,” the stories of failed romance and teenage anguish continued. Now, with […]
The first GOP debate was a clown show
Kofi Mframa, Opinions Editor From the onset, the word “democracy” being placed under “Fox News” is oxymoronic at best, but what more is to be expected from a Republican Party debate? Eight republican presidential hopefuls gathered in Milwaukee on Aug. 23 to interrupt the moderators and ignore the questions asked. It made for an interesting […]