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Playing with House money: thoughts on the shutdown drama

While political intrigue may not excite the general readership as much as prison breaks, I found myself equally on the edge of my seat reading about how the US government narrowly avoided a shutdown as I was following the story behind my last column.

The drenched chronicles: a tale of soggy news and sunny spirits

It was a dark and stormy morning on Friday, September 29, at 7 a.m. when Isy and Ava set out to do the impossible: deliver the fourth issue of The Stute across campus — a seemingly ordinary day transformed into an unforgettable tall tale of two girls braving the Stevens deluge. 

Dangerous assumptions: stereotypes about autism

Autism, as we are discovering in this column, is shrouded in mystery — enhanced by the problematic nature of defining what autism is and the vast diversity of individuals who identify on the autism spectrum.

Artist Spotlight: Jeffrey Smart

In this week’s Artist Spotlight, I will be covering the Australian Precisionist and contemporary realist landscape painter Jeffrey Smart, one of Australia’s most celebrated artists for his unique perspective on the industrial landscapes of the modern age.

Writers Guild of America strike ends

Hollywood was frozen in its tracks starting in May when the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike. The WGA had a host of issues with which they were significantly concerned, and after a failure to find a solid compromise, the WGA started striking in May.

Mystery “ticket man” on campus

On September 21, an unfamiliar “special events” vendor was seen walking into academic buildings on the south side of campus. He approached multiple students as classes were occurring in these buildings to sell tickets for a comedy club located in New York.