The Gut Microbiome

Written By Natalie Mendoza What is the Gut Microbiome? The gut microbiome is bacteria that live in the gut and help you digest food and gain nutrients from what you eat. The bacteria are helpful, and millions of different species perform different functions for us. So how exactly do we get our microbes, what should we feed them, and what does the gut microbiome have to do with a person’s health? The short answer is that we get our microbes through the foods we eat and vaginal birth, we should...
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Equinox/Equinoccio

Written by Brooke Anderson The time has finally arrived. The time in which the word silently changes, and prepares for its idyllic slumber. The leaves are a canvas for autumn colors, which create a canopy of painted trees. The air is colder and the sun goes to sleep earlier these...
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Immersive Van Gogh: Homage or Exploitation?

Written by Alex La Loggia For the past few months, advertisements for the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit have been unavoidable. Every time I ventured online I was greeted with advertisements of sunflower projections and newspaper articles raving about the latest cultural experience. As a fan of art, I was intrigued...
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La La Land, Let’s Keep Dancing

Written by Olivia Dedham Musical Theater Let's be honest, we all went through a musical theater phase. If you're like me you still blast Hamilton on repeat. As an avid musical theater lover knows these songs tend to stick in your head and stay with you like a good but...
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The Fall of the Romonavs

Written by Gracielle Dedo The last Russian imperial family to ever rule, the Romonavs, fell tragically at the hands of the Bolshevik soldiers at the brink of Communist Russia. The family was manipulated, persuaded, and taken advantage of by one of the most menacing and threatening men in history, Rasputin....
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Rowing

Written by Natalie Mendoza What is Rowing? One of the sports many people enjoyed watching in the Olympics this year was rowing. Rowing is a sport that can be done as a team or individually and strengthens rowers’ leg muscles. Squats are a good example of an exercise that builds the...
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3 Tips to Stay on Task when Faced with a World of Distraction

Written by Billie Fetcher Staying on task is challenging. For a lot of people, your mind naturally wanders. During this age of social media, most things revolve around a notification. While this notification connects you with others, it’s not the best when you’re trying to focus. We have all struggled...
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