New beginnings are tough. Leaving home to begin life at a university can be especially difficult, because it means you are embarking on a new chapter in your life without the comforts and people who make it “home.”
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Thus far, Marvel’s Netflix outings have created one truly great show: “Jessica Jones.” While the rest aren’t bad (so long as you ignore “Iron Fist”), that first season of “Jessica Jones” was truly something special.
Gonzaga was one of the most searched locations on Google in 2017. With this honor comes great responsibility: a responsibility to look modern, fresh and relevant.
I felt betrayed. I didn’t even check, because I knew. The second I took that fateful step onto the raised stage, I felt the snap. I heard it too.
With the heightened environment surrounding sexual assault and rape in the media and popular culture, I thought it was important to define sexual assault in a way that is meaningful. As someone who has experienced this and supported many friends who have gone through this terrible affair, I …
I don’t ask for much. In fact, I like to think of myself as a pretty understanding, open-minded individual. Most people describe me as chill and know that — although I am passionate — it takes a lot to make me upset.
“To be continued…”
With his State of the Union address on Jan. 30, President Donald Trump marked his first year in office. And what a year it’s been.
Growing up in San Diego for the majority of my life, I always enjoyed the privileges of the beach, sunny blue skies and killer California burritos. I idly watched as other states struggled with social issues, making a profit off of goods and division of political beliefs.
Dialogue with student activists and the creation of a new perspective
Movements like me #MeToo and Time’sUp are long overdue.
Almost two weeks ago I flocked to Riverfront Park with a few thousand strangers and Zags alike for the Women’s March.
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Since President Donald Trump began his presidential campaign in 2015, the idea of “fake news” and dishonest media has run rampant. Journalism and journalists have been smeared as untrustworthy.
Research shows mindfulness and meditation can help students reduce anxiety and depression, lessen fear and increase pain tolerance.
Finding good friends in college can take time, and sometimes you feel left out, but it's just a part of life and you should always be yourself.
Staying in touch with friends from home after going to college can be as easy as sharing a music playlist or calling them on the way to class.
NASA is facing changes in leadership as well as budget cuts, which would eliminate their education program and valuable missions to study the climate.
Hurricane Harvey would have happened regardless of human activity, but climate scientists suggest that rising ocean temperatures intensified the storm.
Critics may claim that Taylor Swift's new single is petty and taking the low road, but the song is a way to fight back and reclaim her personality.
For the past year, incoming college students have been forced to listen to a disgusting amount of advice from everyone they know. I won’t burden anyone by listing out any of these travesties, mostly because it would be redundant and hypocritical. All I will say: the amount of advice a studen…
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The horrifying violence that occurred in Charlottesville on Aug. 12 has been plastered all over the news since it happened — as it should, because neo-Nazis need to be exposed — and it got me thinking about the science behind hatred and prejudice. Is racism something you’re born with, or i…
Hello, everyone! My name is Nicole Duke. I am a senior here at Gonzaga and the voice behind this column, “Ask Nicole.” I became a mom at a young age, and in addition to work and school, I have traveled with my daughter to over 20 countries before her second birthday. I believe that my unique…
I turned onto Boone Avenue, my tires sliding over the November snow in Spokane. The Gonzaga campus shrunk in the distance as I approached I-90. When I reached the freeway, my first weekend on campus would end and my normal life begin. A rowdy two days of being the "visiting prospect": gettin…
Even if you’re not a science nerd like myself, you may remember learning about the genetic changes that occur within an animal population when a barrier suddenly cuts through their habitat. One population becomes two, and if the population wasn’t large to begin with, inbreeding will occur, w…
For most of these columns, I write about a big scientific discovery halfway across the world that will likely have far-reaching implications and lead to larger questions. As important as this information is, have you ever wondered about the science happening in Gonzaga’s own backyard?
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Welcome back from Thanksgiving break, Zags! This submission came to me before the long weekend and I thought it was a perfect issue to address this week as many of us are just returning from visiting our families for the holiday.
When we come down with the flu in the midst of winter, or something just doesn’t feel right, most of us pick up the phone and make an appointment with our doctor. However, not all of us can afford a doctor, and those living in poverty or a lower social class often have less access to healthcare.
In one of the most democratic countries in the world, the most anti-democratic form of the United States’ government has determined the next president-elect. The presidential election is not decided by the voters, but by the Electoral College.
Gonzaga will proudly host the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a historic event not only for us but for the entire region, on Nov. 14. His visit comes in a moment when we should all reflect on our Catholic, Jesuit, humanistic mission, when STEM has dominated discussions…
Last week, I took some time to sit down and watch Leonardo DiCaprio’s new documentary on climate change, “Before the Flood.” It was partly because he’s a very beautiful man, but mostly because it’s important to be knowledgeable about what’s destroying our planet every second of the day.
A Facebook status began to gain momentum on Monday, Oct. 31.
Drug related offenders make up about 1 out of every 5 prisoners in our country’s state level prisons, and well over 40 percent of the federal prison population. With the General Election a day away, many voters are either not entirely decided on one candidate or another, or those who are dec…
On Jan. 20, 2017, at noon, either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. These are the only two mathematically possible occurrences.
Members of any political party seem to agree on one issue: it’s about time for the 2016 presidential election to end.
Climate change initiatives aren’t the only green measure on the ballot across the country for this Nov. 8 election. Five states – Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada – will vote on legalizing marijuana for recreational use, and four more states – Arkansas, Florida, Montana a…
Donald Trump’s vulgar comments and the accusations of sexual assault against the presidential candidate have filled the pages of newspapers and permeated television programs for at least a month.
The animal kingdom is full of weird sexual behaviors. Male giraffes taste the female’s urine to determine if he wants to court her, garden snails shoot “love darts” made of calcium at each other and male bedbugs stab the female’s abdomen in order to deposit their sperm.
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For the unlucky people who want biological children but aren’t able to conceive, there may be another option on the horizon besides surrogacy: one that pushes the limits of standard in vitro fertilization (IVF).
It’s been two weeks since Hillary Clinton abruptly left the Sept. 11 memorial in New York and, no surprise, we’re still talking about it. And I’m not sure I can say we’re talking about it for the right reasons — or that we should be talking about it at all.
America has a race issue.
the first few weeks of college, known as the Red Zone, are a time of increased vulnerability to sexual assault for freshmen. According to The New York Times this period is: “When freshmen first walk onto campus until Thanksgiving break.”
Do you believe in aliens? Perhaps not the green, big-headed Martian characters portrayed in cartoons, but the universe is pretty huge, and I’d like to believe we aren’t the only living things out there.
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As a Gonzaga student and a journalist, I am very confused about the hiring of Dr. Melissa Click to work in the communication studies department. Our mission statement says we are devoted to social justice and encouraging ethical discernment, reflective thought and leadership. So I am wonderi…
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The origin of life is a pretty crazy thing to think about. How can we go from no life to life, just like that? It’s an intriguing question studied by many and current evidence points to life springing up approximately 4.1 billion years ago.