stars dance around in twilight a few points on Nyx’s blanket incomprehensible yet sought to be understood but neither wonder nor courage can capture the essence of their immortal shine stars their luminescence a perpetual comfort their presence an eternal gaze yet their longevity a reminder that our time spent curiously probing is just a…
Christmas holidays never fail to excite me, but I also dread awkwardly following my parents around during family dinners. If you are an individual like me, who enjoys reading novels with dystopian settings or who just enjoys the works of George Orwell in general, I would highly recommend reading “1984” by George Orwell during the…
Tis the holiday season. Sure, “Christmas isn’t just about the gifts”. But in reality, the presents do play a big part in Christmas celebration. Whether you’ve been invited to a last minute Christmas party, or you got the invite for the party two months before hand, and still managed to leave the gift buying until…
Christmas is a holiday filled with joy for families around the world. Over time, different areas have come to develop very different customs for how they celebrate Christmas around the world. 1. Kentucky for Christmas On Christmas Eve, hundreds of people would line up in front of Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants all over Japan to…
Foreword: Book covers are a great source of inspiration for a short story or anecdote. Simply browse the internet, find a book cover image that stimulates your curiosity, and begin writing. This is a creative writing piece based off the “False Dawn” book cover (above). Enjoy! An engine revved in the distance. Eriq couldn’t see…
We’ve all done it one time or another. Cramming. It’s that single word that brings fear to adolescents’ hearts all over the world. It’s a last resort and is viewed as unreliable and ineffective. But is it really? Does cramming work? The simple answer is yes. Yes, it is does work for tests the day…
Cloud9 are crashing out of the sky and burning on re-entry. They got absolutely railroaded at Blast Pro Series: Copenhagen 2019. Cloud9 did not win a single map at Blast Pro Series: Copenhagen 2019. They were absolutely dominated by NiP, Astralis, and Liquid even though they themselves seemed out of form. They lost 6-16 against…
Jazz became a mainstream staple of American culture in the early 1900’s with the rise of Be-Bop. Many rising artists from this era of jazz suffered from heroin addiction. A Brief History of Jazz Jazz developed from Rag and blues in the late 19th century, and was born in New Orleans. Louis Armstrong was one…
Chilly vibes have faded for the summer, Allowing the time for new adventures. People are free to take a sun shower, Knowing this point will not last forever Summer sparkles beautify the earth with, Vibrant skies and fields of dancing colours. Daylight’s power molds snow’s to be a myth, When sunshine rises and winter falters.…
It has taken me some time to learn and appreciate my identity as a South Asian woman. To know that there’s a history of South Asian people breaking barriers way before it was even considered slightly possible to do so. South Asian people are on that page of history, and one of those people is…
Global waste could rise to 70% by 2050 as urbanization and populations continue to rise, according to the World Bank, particularly South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, are set to generate the biggest increase in trash. World Bank’s urban growth specialist Silpa Kaza states, “South Asia’s waste will double, sub-Saharan Africa’s waste will triple,” so, why…
There has been a growing trend of plant-based and vegan diets across the world. Although many are interested in the environmental sustainability, health improvements, and other benefits, there is a growing population of vegetarians and vegans who are attempting to live a cruelty-free diet. Its estimated that 9 billion animals are killed each year for…
Scientific publishing is a hugely profitable business regardless of its narrow audience, weighing somewhere around the size of the film industry. In order to make money as a traditional publisher, not necessarily scientific, a multitude of costs must be covered. These costs range from paying writers, employing editors to commission, shape, and check the articles,…
Forward Gaming Region: North AmericaClosed Qualifier Result: 7W-0L Forward Gaming, the new kids on the block. They haven’t made much of a splash as of yet, but perhaps that will change with the EPICENTER Major. They’ve struggled to break the top 8 at minor tournaments, struggling to break top 10 at majors, sometimes even failing…
Sicko. A documentary that investigates health care in the United States by focusing on the pharmaceutical industry and it’s health insurance. Michael Moore is famous for his works concerning globalism and capitalism. It compares the for profit/private care system to the public health care system. This 2007 documentary focused on several different countries during it’s…