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It's Time to Change the Way We Think About "the Media"

There it was again, my worst nightmare: the all-too-common phrase “the media won’t show you this.” It struck my social media feed in a tweet referencing a video of Black Lives Matter protesters in Colorado marching for justice, undeterred by a torrential downpour. It racked up 159,

AstroWeekly: The power of Zuck

AstroWeekly: The power of Zuck

I had the opportunity a few summers ago to spend an afternoon with Mark Zuckerburg. As the founder and CEO of Facebook, he has ultimate control over what has become a cornerstone of civilization and the modern world as we know it: social media. Whether social media is a good

MSU hands down verdict on Roundtree Incident

A seemingly routine traffic stop escalated into a tense confrontation between MSU University Police Department (UPD) officer Angela Roundtree and Bozeman citizen Krystel Saatjian on January 8, 2020. An investigation was opened and, on February 14, 2020, the MSU police department released a full, detailed report of their findings on

Call a Ceasefire on the Generational Warfare

The generation gap was on the back burner until the phrase “OK, Boomer” took over the internet earlier this fall. Becoming the headline of memes, conversations, and even uttered in New Zealand’s parliament, “OK, boomer” has revived the decades-old topic of intergenerational hatred. This has long been a

It’s Not Okay to Be Silent

It’s Not Okay to Be Silent

On Halloween, the MSU campus was plastered with white flyers. No, they weren’t fun advertisements for corn mazes or little ghosts made of tissue paper. Instead, they bore the message, “IT’S OKAY TO BE WHITE.” This statement may seem innocuous enough, but it is actually connected to white

Clothesline Project puts empowering voices on display

T-shirts are a common item of clothing worn every day. Some carry meaning important to students while others are chosen just for comfort. In the past few weeks, the VOICE Center has utilized T-shirts to create a message board for empowering victims of interpersonal violence with the Clothesline

MSU Joins the International Climate Strike, March on Main

MSU Joins the International Climate Strike, March on Main

The voices of hundreds of Bozemanites echoed down Main Street on Friday, combined as part of a global movement demanding action on climate change by world governments. Despite a cold downpour of rain, groups of protesters gathered at Montana Hall, Bozeman High School and Cooper Park before converging downtown on