Category: Reviews
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The Champlague
It’s here. It’s in your dorm room. It’s in your classrooms. It’s in your food. There is no escape. Orange juice and sheer determination aren’t enough to save you from it. It’s the Champlague. Just like campuses across the country, Burlington’s Champlain College is one giant petri dish. The…
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Aesthetic Facebook
In recent years, Facebook has become overrun with middle-aged women sharing Minion memes about wine and girls nights. They see everything, they comment on everything, and they’re always there with a picture of you from middle school. These people have driven today’s misunderstood millennials to different social media like Instagram,…
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LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX: End the Shit Talk
Why is it that the people who slut shame girls the most are other girls? Stop doing it–it’s more harmful than light gossip. Read these words I put next to pictures and then help change the culture surrounding sexual choice.
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Tinder For “Hippies”
I’ve been on (and off and back on) Tinder for a while now. After a while of becoming well-versed on the Burlington Tindersphere, I’ve noticed a trend. These girls keep acting like hippies. I suppose it’s fashionable now and I understand why. Being environmentally conscious and caring is fucking sexy. I love…
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Finsta
The next dank craze: FINSTAS. Yes, I said finstas. Oh, but what is a finsta, you ask? It’s a fake Instagram account where you post all of your “unappealing” pictures that only a select few are allowed to view: “just woke up,” “drunk as fuck,” “hungover,” “feelin’ myselfies,” “me eating.”…
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5 Ways To Avoid Emotionally Drowning Yourself This Valentine’s Day
It can be easy to find yourself lonely, frustrated and jealous when you’re single on Valentine’s Day. This year, the holiday that does its best to make you feel worthless falls on a Sunday–the most depressing of all days. Unless you’re excellent at Tinder and can find love at a…
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What Your Choice of Champlain Coffee Says About You
IDX Coffee, Paper Cup: We get it–that all-nighter was rough. But at least your Core paper is done. We all make mistakes. You deserve a frikken’ nap. Zime Coffee: Either it’s the start of the semester and you’re bingeing on Flex Points, or you aren’t on campus enough to have spent them all…
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“We’re on the Road All The Time, Man Our Lives are Hard”
The Bright Light Social Hour is a psychedelic rock band from Austin Texas. They’ve recently released their second studio album Space Is Still the Place on Frenchkiss Records. I took a few minutes to talk to vocalist and signer Jack about the latest record, some of the themes behind…
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Students Address “Matt” Problem at Champlain College
Underneath the innocuous cover of Champlain’s varied and seemingly inclusive social environment lurks a discriminatory secret society that adds to the inherent elitism in Matthews everywhere. This society is the “Champlain Matts.” Champlain Matts is a closed Facebook group on the Champlain server that is open only to students at the college…
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How to Use Your Cell Phone in Class and Not Be a Fucking Pleb About It
1. Know your teacher. This step cannot be stressed enough. Is your teacher a hawk-eyed dictator who rules their class with an iron fist? If so, you should probably wait to text or at least excuse yourself if you can. Is your teacher a kindly old person with bad eyesight? Get to…
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