In recent months, an app has swept the Geneseo campus with the promise of anonymity and an ability to spread information rapidly. It’s called Yik Yak, and you may have heard of it years ago—the app launched in 2013, and was wildly popular throughout schools of all levels in the United States. Now, after a successful rebrand and relaunch in 2021, the app has regained popularity. 

Titanium dioxide, potassium bromate, azodicarbonamide, butylated hydroxyanisole, brominated vegetable oil and color dyes: just a few food additives that are banned in Europe, but still used in the United States, according to Becky Upham’s article on Everyday Health. These additives have all been researched and found to do or pose possible harm in areas including genotoxicity, carcinogenicity, reproductive harm, nervous system damage and behavioral issues. So why are these things still allowed in our food?

I’m going to break the rules and give you all some good news: Trump and his two kids, Ivanka and Donald Jr, are being investigated by the New York Attorney General for their business practices. The Trumps will have to sit for depositions and have two weeks to hand over specific documents related to his 2016 campaign finances.

As Black History Month comes to an end, we wanted to give a final tribute to the ways in which we need to and should be defending, recognizing and appreciating Black history and Black lives, each and every day.

Letchworth State Park is considered the best state park in the entire country—its raw beauty allows for it to present its greatness in any season. While it can be assumed many come to the area during the warmer months to take in all it has to offer, there are still those who go in the winter months, as it has a very contrasting feel when it's covered in snow.

Here's a hot take: Winter is the best season. I’m not talking about December winter, but winter winter—January through March, and sometimes April. The blissful time of year with snow days and weeks of freezing temperatures, blankets, slush, layers of clothes and, the most joyful of all, sledding. Being from an area that is, frankly speaking, the great plains of Western New York, hills are at a premium and sledding is rare. Unlike my home, Geneseo is positioned on a mountain, not a “hill,” which makes it the perfect location for this engaging activity.

Let’s address the elephant in the room: soup simply isn’t a beverage. So, soup is just soup, right? Wrong. As it turns out, soup may fall into another category of food. That’s right—soup is a salad.

It’s bids season in Geneseo, and it’s hard to ignore.

It is in a way unbelievable that it has been almost two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. So much has changed, ranging from daily interactions with other people to how entire institutions operate. In this span, from 2020 until now, tests have become readily available, and a vaccine has been developed with an additional booster shot to increase immunity to new variants.

I know most of you are probably tired of the lectures—usually given by older generations—about turning off that darn phone or video game and opening a book. Well, I’m here to tell you why you should actually consider that advice. I know, I can sense the disinterest and eye-rolls already, but just give me a chance. I’ll only take a few minutes of your time.

Since the dropping of the New York State indoor mask mandate on Feb. 10, 2022, controversy has erupted as some colleges continue to require masks. Even though the state mask mandate has been lifted, I believe that colleges should continue requiring masks as it is beneficial to their students and the surrounding community.

George Orwell is one of the most critically acclaimed writers of his time. His writings have created a new adjective to describe authoritarian regimes—Orwellian. This term has been misused by conservatives for quite a while. Conservatives use it as a synonym for authoritarian or totalitarian, which is only partially correct. To really examine how the word is used incorrectly, we must analyze its use and discuss Orwell’s own political leanings.