Taking a Mental Breather With Music
Michelle Shteynberg mulls over the effects of music on mental health.
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Vacation: Proceed With Caution
Reese Coblentz encourages conscious travel amid ever-changing COVID-19 guidelines.
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I Have a Digital Bridge To Sell You
Blake McQuilkin discusses the newest nonsense to grace our digital landscape: NFTs.
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New Year, New Habits … Or Not.
Samantha Lopez reflects on the difficulties of maintaining resolutions nearly four months after the start of the new year.
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Turn Down Your Speakers, It’s Time to Start Listening for the Snowy Plovers
Lola Watts reflects on the beauty of Santa Barbara's often overlooked natural environment.
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What You Can Do to Help the People in Ukraine
Reese Coblentz outlines ways to support the people of Ukraine.
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A Personal Crisis Across the World: Ukraine’s Fight
Michelle Shteynberg reflects on the crisis in Ukraine through a personal lens.
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Graduate Students Deserve Better Dental Care, and Resources Other Than Student Groups
Janna Haider and Jamiee Cook unpack the importance of dental care for graduate student employees and the apparent lack of support from the University of California in ensuring its provision.
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University’s Unequal Accessibility Exacerbated During Fall Quarter
Kareena Dhillon illuminates the faults within UCSB's accessibility framework.
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2, 4, 6, 8 … Which UC Mascots Do We Appreciate?
Amitha Bhat issues her definitive ranking of the UC mascots, all of which are unsettling in one way or another.
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“Euphoria”: A Case of Ecstasy or Misery?
Zuri Wilson unpacks explorations of mental health and drug abuse in the hit TV show "Euphoria."
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Why Social Security Needs to be Saved
Vijay Homan unpacks the benefits and flaws of the American social security system.
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Black Beauty and Fashion Creators on Digital Platforms
Robyn Violanda explores the contributions and lack of recognition for Black content creators on social media platforms like TikTok.
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The Effects of Systemic Anti-Blackness in Healthcare
Emily Kocis and Toni Shindler-Ruberg investigate the intricacies of systemic anti-Blackness in the healthcare system.
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Stories from Storke: A Late Look at Lunar New Year 2022
Writers Yiu-On Li, Toni Shindler-Ruberg and Alice Zhang share their connections with Lunar New Year in the 21st century.
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Resisting Game of the Year
Aries
March 21 - April 19
Forgetting to take off the ratty AF1’s at the potluck (most Asian households don’t take kindly to shoes in the house!)
Taurus
April 20 - May 20
Wearing your only red t-shirt to every final (Red is a lucky color in many cultures, especially Chinese cultures)
Gemini
May 21 - June 20
Putting spiders in your friend’s wedding dress for good luck (Has its origins in old english folklore, and represents abundance for the couple)
Cancer
June 21 - July 22
Accidentally summoned a ghost by leaving their chopsticks straight up (A superstition that has Chinese origins because the chopsticks are reminiscent of funeral incense)
Leo
July 23 - August 22
Didn’t like your friends significant other so they gifted them an umbrella (The word for umbrella ‘san’ sounds like the word for divorce in Chinese)
Virgo
August 23 - September 22
Believing in horoscopes (The modern western zodiac actually came from Babylonian astrology)
Libra
September 23 - October 22
Walked backwards in Portugal to live out the Faust fantasy (In Portugal, walking backwards allows the devil to know exactly where you are)
Scorpio
October 23 - November 21
Stole a raven from the tower of london as reparations (According to UK superstition, if there aren’t 6 ravens in the tower, the kingdom will fall)
Sagittarius
November 22 - December 21
Breaks a knuckle knocking on wood for good scores on finals (Knocking on wood may have originated from the Celts and their love for tree spirits)
Capricorn
December 22 - January 19
Drunkenly rearranging their apartment for the feng shui at 3 AM (A Chinese cultural practice that harmonizes a person with the energies of the environment around them)
Aquarius
January 20 - February 18
Left out their middle name on their taxes because the Fae run the IRS (Giving the Fae your full name gives them power over you, and the IRS has too much)
Pisces
February 19 - March 20
Hit by a car but the license plate had an angel number (Beyond just blowing up on TikTok, angel numbers were invented by... Pythagoras)
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