First the pepper spray came out, then the switchblade. At that point, I began to wonder about my life choices. See, it all started with a Motorola and an ad […]
The Motorola epic
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The never-done-right diagnosis
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ADHD sucks, but it’s often treated as the disorder everyone and their kid brother has. When it’s on television, the actor portraying it often is jumping off the wall, he’s […]
Storytelling: Changing the world one brain at a time
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is perhaps one of the most important books in American history. Enraged by the injustices perpetrated against African American slaves and laws that […]
A divided America — one year later
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On Nov. 4, 2008, I was on a school bus when I heard that Barack Obama had been elected president. I was in sixth grade and I wasn’t exactly emotionally […]
On a quest to level up your writing
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How do you get better at a task, especially a difficult one? You practice it. You think about it. You listen to people talk about it. I play a lot […]
Disconnected
On the day my grandpa died, I was in the middle of a game of League of Legends. My mom got a call from my grandma. I didn’t know what […]
Do not lock me in a box
I was nine when I happened upon a letter from my dad’s young lover, who later died from the effects that AIDS had on his frail body. I didn’t understand […]
Suicide’s imprint
My cousin killed himself on April 21, a week before WSU’s graduation. I was at a Jazz game with my dad when we got the call. My dad walked to […]
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After receiving reader feedback and going through editorial review, we have redacted this column and cover graphic. We realize that the combination of the two stigmatizes people of color and […]
The darker side of English literature
As a note: this column will be discussing material some readers might find distressing, disturbing or traumatizing. In this column, I delve into literature which focuses on extremely dark aspects […]