When sophomore Ava Basso noticed that there were no contrast lines — non-slip, contrasting markings on the edge of steps to differentiate one from another — on the stairs leading to Jewett Hall, she decided to bring up the issue. Basso said once she sent the email, the disability task force agreed to do it…
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Newspapers Are More Than an Aesthetic
Nine out of 10 times growing up, I would walk into my childhood bedroom to a pile of newspaper articles on my desk. As I flipped through them, there was no set topic, no niche interest that I was fanatically researching, instead, they were diverse stories that my dad had set aside for me during…
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Banned Books
Book bans are increasing in numbers, so it is important to show our supportfor the authors being silenced. A 2022 study done by WordsRatedfound a 60.99% percent increase in requests to ban a book from 2021, which is a total of 2,571 unique titles that were targeted. According to areport from PEN America, “an organization dedicated to…