Jacqueline Mendez/Contributing Writer If Google guesses you’re between the ages of 18 and 50—aka, at your quarter-or mid-life crisis—you’ve probably been bombarded with advertisements offering enlightenment through meditation and zero-waste swaps for your nonexistent kitchen. The artisan-spun hemp tweed tying this all together is America’s most ironic consumerist trend: Minimalism. Headed by influencers across the […]
Jacqueline Mendez/Contributing Writer After grieving over Steve’s departure on “Blue’s Clues,” millennials and Gen Zers have been spoon fed the “going-away-for-college” trope. This, along with a thousand other references to prestigious colleges (think “Suite Life on Deck’s” Yale prejudice), has helped spread the (since-debunked) college-equals-good-job promise. Although this may have fostered a worthwhile ambition to […]
Jacqueline Mendez/Contributing Writer Despite being one of 57,000, the odds of a student finding their niche is guaranteed at FIU. With sites like Panther Connect enabling students to find clubs interests, there’s no reason any one student couldn’t find their place. But what about the students attending from their homes, online—should they participate on campus? […]
