Balancing act: How Apple TV’s ‘Severance’ exemplifies collegiate stressors
Kofi Mframa, Opinions Editor Imagine you’re given an opportunity to completely separate your work identity from your personal one, resulting in two distinct consciousnesses in one body. The Apple TV show “Severance” explores this possibility and the consequences therein. The show follows Mark Scout, played by Adam Scott, who consensually undergoes a “severance” procedure to […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Online classes should not come at the expense of your mental health
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, was I the only one taken aback by midterm season these past two weeks? It feels like just yesterday I sat in front of my computer screen and received all my syllabi online. Virtual learning has become the new norm for students across the nation. From elementary level to […]
Opinion | RPD, do you feel proud?
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor This is a letter to the Richmond Police Department. I am not here to attack you. I am not here to question you. I am simply here to understand. Do you really think what you are doing to protesters is right? I find it difficult to believe that you see these […]
Rams in Recovery is the epitome of supporting students through their addictions
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor It’s something that floods the media networks; something that seems so far yet is so close. As we grow older, it starts happening right in front of our eyes: addiction. One in seven Americans, averaging 40 million people, suffers from addiction every year. Addiction is stigmatized to be a choice, something […]
Abortion Demonstration: Questioning Method and Morality
Moira Snyder Contributing Writer Anti-abortion group Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR) set up its “Genocide Awareness Project” last week, presenting photographs of mutilated infants and fetuses in protest of the “lives” lost to abortion. Although the group proved to be peaceful in its demonstration for anti-abortion laws, showcasing such explicit pictures on a reasonably sensitive […]