Rhiannon Phillips | The Seattle Collegian With the season of love blooming around us, one question arises: Is Valentine’s Day overhyped or over-romanticized? The moment New Year’s Day passes, Valentine’s decorations seem to appear overnight. People go above and beyond to find a partner—or to ask their established partner to be their Valentine—with extravagant ideas and grand gestures. Valentine’s Day feels…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian Before we get started here, I want to place this at the beginning so everyone reading this article will see it. If you can, please donate here or here. These are relief funds dedicated to helping out those displaced, hurt, or otherwise in peril in Palestine and Gaza due to Israel. Any amount helps. With…
Vrindha | The Seattle Collegian Located on bustling 5th Avenue, the Museum of Illusions made its debut in Seattle in summer 2023. It quickly captured the public’s attention due to its prime location, photogenic spaces, and mind-bending exhibits. The museum promises a minimum of 45 minutes of fun, confusion, and interactive entertainment to its guests, but the question remains: does…
Politico Media, The Washington Post Eleven days out from the 2024 presidential election, The Washington Post (The Post) made a decision to opt out of endorsing either presidential candidate, just as its editorial staff prepared to publish an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. The controversial decision not to publish the endorsement was made by The Post’s owner, billionaire and…
Rhiannon Phillips | The Seattle Collegian Have you ever read an adaptation of Greek mythology that focuses on a nymph and her journey to gain her family’s approval, win her husband’s love, and help Odysseus on his quest in the Odyssey? “Circe” is told from the first-person point-of-view of the daughter of Helios, the nymph and enchantress Circe, who discovers her…
Vrindha | The Seattle Collegian Laika is a popular animation studio among cartoon buffs, especially for fans of Coraline, the studio’s most popular film. Hidden Worlds, a temporary exhibition at Seattle’s MoPop museum, is worth the visit for every Laika fan. The exhibit displays exact recreations of six movie sets including Coraline, The Boxtrolls, Paranorman, Missing Link, Wildwood, and Kubo…
Danny Barber | The Seattle Collegian “How many times in life can we make decisions that are important but will not hurt anyone? Are we obligated- maybe we are- to say yes to any choice when no one will be hurt? We use the word hurt when talking about things like this because when these things go wrong it can feel…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian There’s no better place to see a showdown on the global stage than from the front row. Growing up in Hong Kong and Mainland China alike, I had the best seat in the house to a decades-old conflict that has recently escalated to new heights. Here is one thing I know for sure: Hong Kong…