Author: Ana Maria Soto
Succeeding as an introvert
Being an introvert can mean many things. You may not be able to make friends easily or it may take you longer to transition from high school to this new form of adulthood. However, do not let being shy deter you from having the best years of your life. You will never know what you […]
BlendFlex, you’ve been great
It is official. We have made it through more than a year in the time of COVID-19. For me, nothing much has changed. I have never been a person who spent much time out and about, so the pandemic hasn’t impacted my social life as much as it has my school life. If I am […]
International Tidings – 4/6
Outcry against rape culture in U.K. schools Since the abduction and killing of Sarah Everard in early March, a national conversation about the violence women face has been set off in the U.K. One response to this nationwide problem was the utilization of the testimonial platform called Everyone’s Invited. While the platform launched last year, […]
Water Your Thoughts: Can we really follow our dreams?
We are told from a young age that we can be anything we choose to be and pursue any career we want to, but is that really true? In a society where the people with the most money benefit, can we really choose to follow a dream that would maybe not grant us as great […]
That time I… went ziplining in Roatan, Honduras
Ana Maria Soto is a sophomore communication major with a focus in strategic communications and a minor in psychology. My family and I have been fortunate enough to cruise through the Caribbean each Thanksgiving — with the exception of 2019 — for the last seven years. On these vacations, I realized that I wasn’t as […]
Spring Cleaning: It’s time to declutter
As much as I hate to admit it, sometimes, I find that I am emotionally attached to things — and yes, that includes my clothes. This attachment becomes very relevant whenever spring comes around. Each year I make the life-altering decision to declutter my closet — and no, this is not an exaggeration. Since the […]
Keep Messi or stay messy
What is a team without their superstar? That is a question FC Barcelona should soon begin asking itself. The pandemic seems to have negatively affected one of the world’s richest soccer clubs, and maybe, it can say its success has been its greatest fault. Being the club that brings in the most money isn’t always […]
International Tidings – Feb. 23, 2021
President of the Tokyo Olympics, Yoshiro Mori, resigns According to The New York Times, on Feb. 12, Yoshiro Mori resigned as president of the Tokyo Olympics after sexist comments. Mori made controversial remarks suggesting that women talk too much, causing meetings to run longer than usual. Although calls to resign have come a week after […]
Soundbite: “DEMIDEVIL” by Ashnikko
Ashton Nicole Casey, otherwise known as Ashnikko, is a rapper and singer who blends her music with a variety of genres, but is mainly known for electronic pop and rap. Ashnikko’s music is all about dismantling the patriarchy and female empowerment, and she has a personality that is hard to ignore in her image, songs […]