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By Laura West The rain began to fall in the North Carolina mountains long before the brutality of the storm reached the area. Hurricane Helene made landfall in northwestern Florida on Thursday night, September 26. No one was aware of the tragedy it would cause. The torrential rain caused widespread flooding, more than these people in the mountains of North Carolina had ever seen. Now countless homes are destroyed, and even more are considered uninhabitable, which leaves so many people in need. A significant amount of homes that weren’t underwater or suffering structural damage are still left without power and clean water. The death toll from Hurricane Helene has surpassed 230, with many more hurting and suffering gravely. As more people get closer to the most devastated area...

By Laura West In this time of bombarding politics, news stories, and world events brought to us viathe ease of social media platforms, it seems many have begun to long more eagerly forthe American Dream. Hopes of living on our own land, making our own sourdoughbread, setting our own work hours, and living in partial solitude from the rest ofsociety in order to maintain our peace of mind is a tempting ideal, to be sure. Finding An Escape The birth of social media in our lives brought with it immediate communication. Weare the first generation to have endless data at our fingertips, which means we receivean overload of information—updates from our friends who constantly share theirday-to-day lives, ideas from the companies and communities we follow and which arepromo...

By Hannah Gebhardt As Summer passes into Fall, it’s the perfect opportunity to light a candle, grab a blanket, and snuggle up with a good read. Below we have compiled a list of various classics, no matter your style, to enjoy as you take in the changing leaves and nostalgic feels of the season.  Frankenstein By Mary Shelley “It’s alive!” with monsters, murder, and regret. This sci-fi thriller digs deep into the notations of human nature as viewed from Romanticist, Mary Shelley. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson Ready to take on the horrors of man’s consciousness? Explore the duality of human nature as both good and evil fight for survival in Robert Louis Stevenson’s original Gothic Horror of ...

By Hannah Gebhardt Last Friday, the 2024 Summer Olympics kicked off in Paris with a trip down the Seine, basked in the glamor of the city of lights. But what Paris holds in architectural beauty, it quickly tarnished with the accompaniment of several crude and tasteless performances. But we’ve chosen to highlight two particularly sordid performances that stood out among others. Framed in the windows of the building where the real aristocrat once awaited death, several decapitated Marie Antonette’s celebrated the so called “liberation” of France. Satanic and morbid, this performance left the average viewer uncomfortable and disgusted.  The evening's events only got worse with the outright mockery of Christianity. Gathered down a long table, creatives paid homage...

By Hannah Gebhardt Hannah Neeleman, better known to the social world as @ballerinafarm, and her husband Daniel have risen back into the limelight of mainstream media after playing host to a Sunday Times reporter Megan Agnew, whose representation of the former Juilliard ballerina and mother has received much deserved backlash.  Agnew released the interview of her time spent with the Neeleman family on their farm, of which Hannah Neeleman spoke out about on social media saying, “A couple of weeks ago we had a reporter come into our home to learn more about our family and business. We thought the interview went really well, very similar to the dozens of interviews we have done in recent memory. We were taken back, however when we saw the printed article which s...