• Why You Shouldn’t Ask Your Knitter Friend to Make You a Sweater

    Three years ago, 25-year-old Emma Ujifusa, who uses they/them pronouns, was graduating from college at the height of the COVID pandemic with a degree in opera singing and working a full-time nannying job. Now they’re a full-time knit influencer. Ujifusa’s friend had an Etsy shop for her crochet pieces and encouraged Ujifusa to try it…

  • A Look Into the Life of Dr. Lev Sviridov

    The American Dream: Immigrate. Struggle. Prosper. Dr. Lev Sviridov has done just that. Well, at least in some aspects.  Sviridov has been the director of the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College in New York City for the past nine years but most students know him as the man who is always running all over…

  • Macaulay’s Spooky Social

    Banana Bonanza! Macaulay Honors College hosted its annual Halloween party on Friday, Oct. 28 at the Macaulay building on W 67th St. The event, which had either been canceled or had its capacity heavily restricted for the past few years due to COVID-19 was finally back in full swing. All CUNY students were allowed to…

  • Heartstopping Celebrity Invasions

    By Hailey Gise and Jada Richardson On Oct. 31, 2022, 18-year-old Heartstopper actor, Kit Connor, was forced to publicly reveal his sexuality on Twitter. A few weeks prior, a viral video of him holding hands with a female co-star went viral causing fans of the show to question his sexuality. In a now-deleted tweet, he…

  • Small Town Festival Attracts More Than Local Attention

    “Oy with the poodles already!” Washington Depot, CT— Why care about a small festival in a tiny town in Connecticut? Two words. “Gilmore Girls.” Washington Depot, CT is famously known as the town that the creator of the television series “Gilmore Girls,” Amy Sherman-Palladino, visited before creating the fictional town of Stars Hollow. Every year,…

  • CBS’s “Survivor” Tests Survival of the Fittest on a Whole New Level

    The first season of “Survivor” initially premiered in May 2000, before some of its viewers were even born. Often referred to as “the greatest social experiment” by host Jeff Probst, the show has been pushing boundaries in reality television since its inception, always pushing itself to do more to be new and exciting. But have…

  • Has Emily Mariko Found the Recipe for Success?

    TikTok content creator Emily Mariko has arguably taken the internet by storm with her salmon rice bowl recipe, but has her rise to fame really been so quick? For those who do not spend 12 hours a day on TikTok, her recipe includes mashed-up salmon and rice, microwaved with an ice cube and parchment paper…