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Finding my passion

As important as art is to me now, I do not think it was this way my whole life. Yes, I am one of the kids who loved arts and crafts and even doodled everywhere since I could first remember.

For the ghouls

If there’s one thing I love more than Halloween, it’s Halloween music. There’s something about Halloween that gives people the creative freedom to just go wild.

Spooky, scary sustainability tips

As a college student, the best part of Halloween is dressing up in a costume. Some people go all out, while others do the bare minimum.

How Can We Help Our Long-term Future?

Philosophers bicker over what morality means, but you could define it as simply helping others. The moral movement called longtermism says we should do more to help those who might live in the future; we should try to maximize the numbers and happiness of possible people.

First book fair

As a little kid, I had been one of the kids to always look forward to the Scholastic Book Fairs which had books, magazines, those invisible pens, the notorious chocolate calculators (famous for their fake chocolate smell which I was not a fan of) and those obnoxious (and a bit pointless) pointer poles.

Save money and the environment

College is expensive. From tuition to food, everything costs money. This is especially true in Hoboken where a cup of coffee can easily exceed $5.

Biden’s talks of nuclear armageddon

Introduction

Following Ukraine’s recent successes on the battlefield in the war against Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that the war could escalate to nuclear conflict, vowing to “us[e] all our forces and means at our disposal.”

In time’s hands

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

Old Time is still a-flying;

And this same flower that smiles today

Tomorrow will be dying.

From meatatarian to vegetarian

As a child, my mom fondly referred to me as her little meatatarian. It’s not that I was a picky eater or that I hated vegetables.