“Grief, in the popular imagination, is a sadness to be experienced and carried and borne as silently and as stoically as possible. And yet, mourning, too, has a public face: condolences, wakes, the sharing of memories and sympathies. This juxtaposition leaves many confused about how to celebrate the dead, how to comfort the living—how, in…
On August 6, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order to restrict the app TikTok from US app stores (Lerman, 2020). Since then, TikTok has been a hot topic in the media, with constant debates concerning whether the app should be banned. The discourse surrounding these discussions are typically US-centric and politicized, but there is…
This past July, I was one of the lucky (or unlucky) takers of the LSAT-Flex: a digital version of the Law School Admissions Test that specifically caters to the unique circumstances created by the coronavirus. The test is taken at home, as in-person test-taking poses too much of a risk for all parties involved. To…
If you are a student at Millsaps, then you’ve heard of the Bacot Plague. Every year, like clockwork, residents of Bacot Hall fall ill with flu-like symptoms. Though its origins are unknown, the Bacot Plague seems to spread by way of contact between students who share the living space. Students who contract the Plague usually…
Social distancing…social distancing…social distancing…that’s the singular phrase I have heard constantly these past few months. Beginning in April, federal and local governments issued guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, and on April 13, 2020, Dean Dunn announced Millsaps’s plan to extend spring break and to transition classes online for what…