4 Contemporary Novels That Will Test Your Moral Code

If you’re looking for a list of superficial beach reads, you’ve come to the wrong article.

Why You Need to Be Watching ‘Sugar Pine 7’

The hilarious YouTube series, created by former SourceFed host Steven Suptic, is a sharply modern blend of irony, eccentricity and d.i.y. videography.

Meet Amanda Gorman, America’s Inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate

At nineteen years old, the Harvard student has turned her childhood, intersectionality and politics into a wealth of stunning feminist poetry.

5 Graphic Novels Perfect for Newcomers to the Genre

Traditional books not working out for you? Check out these engaging graphic novels—no prior experience required.

4 Gateway Hobbies for Professional Wrestling

If you think poorly of pro wrestling but enjoy any of these popular forms of entertainment, you might want to rethink your position on the ring.

Vlogging Is Killing the Reality TV Stars

Is today’s generation replacing ‘The Real World’ with real-world video bloggers?

This St. Catherine’s Student Is Making School Transfers Simple

As a recently relocated student herself, Abbey Millerbernd started the Transfer Student Organization to help new students deal with the social limbo of transferring.

Children’s Movies Have Changed (and Improved) Since We Were Kids

Although today’s children may never experience the same kind of movies we did, they’re being introduced to something far more important—the real world.

Why I Chose Not to Rush a Sorority

Don’t let FOMO decide your fate.

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Three Years Later

When Peter Frates, the former Boston College baseball player who popularized the challenge, filmed himself being doused in ice water, he had no idea the impact the video would have.

Why Netflix Needs to Bring Back ‘Scrubs’

The hysterical series was more preoccupied with the drama of transitioning to adulthood than with medicine, which is exactly why fans loved it.

The Pros and Cons of Living in Alaska

Alaska’s only real city is the chillest summer spot, but come winter, you may find yourself frozen in more ways than one.

When Country Goes Mainstream

Can country music really ‘cross over,’ or is the latest cultural backflip from ‘Cosmo’ just a newfangled version of appropriation?

Lana Del Rey’s Determined, Methodical Evolution

In her new album, ‘Lust for Life,’ Del Rey takes another step toward becoming the person she wants to sound like.

Why the ‘World of Dance’ Succeeded

Led by judges who know what they’re doing, motivations that feel less gimmicky than most and the captivating physicality of its contestants, the NBC series soared in its first season.

Winthrop’s Jennie Montgomery Combines Education and Entrepreneurship

The rising senior is currently developing her company, College Bound, as well as preparing to present a TEDx Youth talk next month.

Stanford’s Autumn Greco Slays in Both Heels and a Lab Coat

As a rising sophomore and Wilhelmina model, Greco shows the world that fashion and science not only go together, they work beautifully.

The Magic Behind the Cult B-Movie ‘The Room’

The ‘Citizen Kane’ of bad movies, which is the subject of an upcoming James Franco homage, has elevated its mysterious creator to ironic heights.

Six(ish) Movies with Insanely Misleading Marketing

Go into these movies having watched the trailers and you’ll find yourself quite confused.

Four Years After ‘Blackfish,’ SeaWorld Is Still Flailing

The recent death of Kyara is just the latest reminder that though orcas die at an alarming rate in captivity, SeaWorld has refused to free its remaining twenty-two whales.

What Is Sarahah and Why Is Everyone Using It?

Despite its popularity, the new anonymous messenger app seems to be little more than a new medium for cyberbullying.

Student Loans Giving You Anxiety? Try ‘Animal Crossing’

Who knew Nintendo’s quirky life simulation game could help you deal with impeding student debt?

MIT’s Izzy Lloyd Aims to Make Mental Health a Group Effort

After the suicides of two freshmen, Lloyd founded the Tell Me About Your Day movement to create a support system on campus.

UCLA’s Aaron Yih Is Revamping the College-Visit Experience

Yih’s first business venture gives prospective students a fresh perspective of campuses across the country.

In Defense of the Miss America Pageant

Though the competition is often maligned for promoting stereotypes, the organization has made positive changes in recent years and remains the largest provider of scholarships for women in the U.S.

9 Things You’ll Only Understand if You’re Obsessed with Books

If you’ve stayed up until sunrise with a book in your hands, you can probably relate.

With ‘Reverberations,’ Sage Marshall Reimagines Criticism

The Wesleyan University English major and his friend, Linne Halpern, hope to democratize review-writing with their online magazine.

What It’s Like Going to College with Your Identical Twin

No, you’re not seeing double.

The Science Behind Going Viral

A recent NYU study of Donald’s Trump’s tweets has revealed the key trait in almost all viral content.

Why Remote Jobs Are Perfect for Students

Go from being a couch potato to a couch professional, all while making money and enjoying a flexible schedule.

‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ Marks a Historic Step

The movie adaptation of Jenny Han’s YA novel will bring substantial Asian-American representation to the big screen for the first time in two decades.

Why Every Millennial Should Watch ‘One Tree Hill’

The show’s plot may be a stretch at times, but it does a better job than most at depicting the vicissitudes of high school and college life.

Through Educational Theater, Cynthia Davis Finds Her Path

The UMBC student discovered her passion for theater while performing educational plays for kids, where she teaches lessons about race and tolerance in ways that children can understand.

Why Exactly Fad Diets Are So Dangerous

No quick fix will ever replace a healthy lifestyle, and any diet that promises otherwise is a bad idea.

This Morehouse Sophomore Created a Job-Finding App for Students

Courtlynd ‘Justice’ Mallory is the creator of Werk, an intuitive website and app that allows students to find and apply for work according to their major.

Misery Loves Comedy

Sacramento City College student Parker Newman is making a name for himself in the stand-up community for his dark, sharp humor and endless stream of self-deprecation.

‘Casting JonBenét’ Turns Obsession into Theater

The film, though ostensibly a documentary, is moored in the slipperiness of fact and the agency of intuition.

These 5 Student-Athletes Started Their Own Sports Agency

By creating a system in which athletes manage other athletes, the Cornell students hope to end the trend of professional athletes severely mismanaging their money.

5 Reasons Why Airbnb Is Perfect for Broke College Students

With the booking app’s help, you can finally travel and live like everyone else on your Instagram.

Let Buzzfeed Make Your Life Choices for You

It may be unconventional, but letting a series of internet algorithms determine your path in life sure takes a lot of pressure of off you.

4 Things You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Do Alone in College

Finding friends in college is important, but finding time to be alone is essential.

5 Lessons About Success in HBO’s ‘The Defiant Ones’

The docuseries offers an inside look at two careers that shaped the music industry forever.

4 Inexpensive Summer Date Ideas

There’s no shame in being on a budget when it comes to dating. Here are some fun things to do with your significant other while the summer’s still kicking.

How to Fit Meditation into Your Hectic Schedule

When life is crazy, use these six tips to try slowing it down rather than speeding it up.

‘Castlevania’ Lays the Blueprint for Video Game Adaptations

After decades of failed attempts to adapt a video game into a decent movie, the four-part Netflix series may have finally cracked the code.

Poet Katixa Espinoza Is an Eloquent Voice for the Latinx Community

In her writing, the Pratt student confronts the intangibility of discrimination by focusing on its specifics: language, deportation, stereotyping, self-doubt and trauma, among others.

This Penn State Student Started ‘Kelsey’s Dream’ in Her Sister’s Memory

After Kylie Kuhns lost her sister to leukemia, a fundraiser she created to finance a summer camp eventually turned into a non-profit that helps other cancer victims.

Too Big to Fail

Take it from someone who goes to one of the largest universities in the world—big schools might be intimidating, but they’re so worth it.

French and Indian Critics Are Justifiably Unhappy About ‘Dunkirk’

While Christopher Nolan’s WWII production is getting rave reviews in the English-speaking world, some groups feel that the film glosses over their historical contributions.

In Its Portrayal of ‘Nerd Culture,’ ‘Silicon Valley’ Trounces ‘Big Bang Theory’

The two shows ostensibly focus on exploring the same quirky demographic, but the HBO program appears wildly more realistic for two key reasons.

Cisgender People Would Benefit from Gender Neutral Bathrooms, Too

The transgender community is fighting for gender neutral public bathrooms, but they aren’t the only ones inconvenienced by the lack of them.

The West Coast’s 7 Best Theme Parks

If you live in the PNW and are looking for roller coasters, water parks or themed attractions, here’s where to go.

The Top 20 Superhero Movies Since 2008

From ‘Suicide Squad’ to ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ here are the definitive rankings of the last decade’s superhero movies.

6 Things Not to Say When Your Friend Gets Engaged

Yes, that means keeping your skepticism, concern or unwarranted advice to yourself. We’re all adults here.

The Science Behind Your Music Taste

Turns out, your musical preferences are almost entirely dictated by whether you’re an ’empathizer’ or a ‘systemizer.’

The 7 Inevitable Stages of Summer

From making ambitious plans you’ll never keep to counting down the days till school returns, your summers are a lot less unpredictable than you think.

10 Life Skills to Master Before Graduation

Once you can do everything on this list, you’re officially an adult.

The Most Demeaning Kind of Porn

Inspiration porn, which objectifies disabled individuals by pitying or praising them, remains one of society’s most cringe-worthy mainstays.

The Timely Wisdom of ‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem’

As the seminal collection from Joan Didion turns fifty, here are four of its best, most perfectly preserved lessons about youth and growing up.

Web Comic ‘OMG Check, Please!’ Is Getting Published

Ngozi Ukazu’s web comic about sexuality, hockey and copious amounts of pie will find itself on bookstore shelves next year.

‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ Revels in the Morally Grey

Though disguised as an action-packed summer blockbuster, the final installment of the simian trilogy is a cerebral exploration of what binds a society together.

What Kind of Vegan Are You?

Like everything else, veganism exists on a spectrum. Where do you land?

Noname, a Rising Chicago Rapper, Does Gender Her Way

Where other female rappers have broken into the male-dominated world of hip-hop by out-manning their competition, Noname flips the script, delivering soft, dense lines of poetry.

The Not Gay Closet

Citrus College student and comedian Caleb Kline is making the transgender community more accessible, one joke at a time.

A Smashing Success

A look into the burgeoning world of eSports through two of the college competitors who are helping shape its future.

Texas Tech’s Robbie Meyer Takes the Study Breaks Questionnaire

On this month’s ‘Meet the President,’ the Red Raider talks taking criticism with a grain of salt, except when it comes to his guacamole.

A Victory Nine Years in the Making

Messiah College student Carissa Gehman talks about what it takes to win a national title in the newly emerging sport of field hockey.

The Ebb and Flow of Oceanline

The indie rock group, helmed by two Music Productions majors, has battled against the realities of distance to produce their signature emotive sound.

The Cradle of Design

Meme Cisse, a fourth-year student at the College of New Jersey, combined her West African roots with a ’90s sensibility for her Black Student Union’s annual fashion show.

Activist Tom Erb Is Lobbying to End Climate Change

The Pomona College student spends his free time campaigning for a carbon tax, the single most promising step in the process of combatting climate change.

A Sense of Place

Photographer and Kappa Kappa Gamma sister Sarah Schecker, a rising junior in NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, captures the unseen side of the world by looking beyond the simple shots.

Bringing Order to Chaos

Vinesh Kannan, a Computer Science major at the Illinois Institute of Technology, is the co-founder of Omnipointment, a start-up designed to make group work a little less terrible.

Where Bollywood and Hollywood Collide

USC student, filmmaker and New Dehli native Aman Adlakha reflects on screening his short film, ‘The Spaceman,’ at Cannes and the crossroads of Indian cinema.

Wellesley’s Anah Lewi Is Giving Back to Tech on Her Own Terms

The rising sophomore and STEAM pioneer is using her skills as a front-end developer to inspire and mentor others.

Free Speech’s War on Free Speech

Spurred by suppressions of conservative thought on colleges across the country, state lawmakers nationwide are enacting legislation to protect a right that has founds its traditional protector and prosecutor reversed.

The Bechdel Test’s Diverse Successor

The DuVernay test, named after the African-American director, assesses films’ racial representation in the same way the Bechdel test did for gender inclusivity.

‘To the Bone’ Leaves Audiences Hungry for More

The film manages to show the reality of eating disorders without fetishizing them, all while doing so with a very wry dark humor.

A Crusader by Any Other Name

The College of Holy Cross is just the latest institution to consider changing its mascot to reflect the times, but moves like these are rarely the social justice victory they hope to be.

What Does the Return of Bruce Arena Mean for U.S. Soccer?

Arena’s second stint as the USMNT coach matches an old wolf with a team of young pups. Will he be able to rescue the U.S. from obscurity?

Caitlin Seluzicki’s Pursuit of Groundbreaking Research

An epiphany in her middle school band class led the Clemson student into the field of medical research, for which she received two prestigious awards this year.

3 Tips for Surviving a Long-Distance Relationship

If you and your SO are separated for the summer, dealing with the distance is hard but definitely doable.

‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ Is an Aesthetic Flex

Despite a few hiccups, director Luc Besson used the film, to great success, as little more than an opportunity to showcase a stunningly visual world.

A College Student’s Guide to Entering the Kitchen

If you’re tired of dining hall food or delivery fees from Postmates, here’s where to start.

6 Sexy Workouts You Should Try at Least Once

Work it while you work out.

What Does the Future Hold for ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’?

After more than nine seasons, the series has become an institution in the LGBT+ community. If it’s ever going to be mainstream, though, a few things need to change.

LA’s Youth Poet Laureate Discusses Her First Collection, ‘Branches’

Poet and UCLA student Rhiannon McGavin talks about her favorite poets, working up to fiction and writing alongside her friends in The Love-Inns.

With Beautype, Pratt’s Amy Paraskeva Makes Representation an Art

After struggling with a biracial heritage and conservative upbringing that left her feeling alienated, Paraskeva created the website to communicate a message of self-love and care, regardless of appearance.

Do Confederate Monuments Represent Southern Heritage?

There are plenty of ways to celebrate antebellum society that don’t involve commemorating the Confederacy.

Let’s Get Ready to Journal

There are dozens of reasons why and a variety of ways how, but the important thing is that somehow, in some form, you put pen to paper.

3 Non-Pot Ways to Brew Coffee That Are Perfect for Dorms

You’re going to drink a lot of coffee in college, so you might as well find your favorite way to make it.

Spider-Man’s Precarious Role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Spidey’s return to the MCU was celebrated by fans everywhere—but is it really a return?

What ‘Ms. Marvel’ Gets Right About Muslim Representation

Kamala Khan, a teenager growing up in Jersey City, uses the ordinariness of her life to subvert many of the stereotypes surrounding Islam in America.

The ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ Reboot Succeeds, Wildly

For a series based on ten seasons of comically bashing terrible movies, the show feels remarkably fresh.

Nice Guys Finish First, Too

When it comes to sexual stamina, it’s time to stop pressuring men to last longer in bed.

The 3 Qualities of an Exceptional Professor

Not one of which is ‘doesn’t take attendance.’

5 Korean Television Shows You Should Be Streaming on Netflix

If the popularity of K-pop is any indication, it’d probably be a smart move to hop on the K-TV wagon early.

Snapchat’s Endless Pursuit to Remain Relevant

As Facebook and Instagram continue to copy its ideas, the ghostly app has been forced into a state of perpetual-innovation.

What Explains the MLB’s Vertiginous Rise in Home Runs?

After logging its fewest homers ever in 2014, the MLB is now on pace to shatter its home run record this year. Some theorists claim the uptick is no accident.

The 8 Best Albums of the 2010s

These are the albums that are (or should be) defining the decade.

Are You a Bad Feminist for Enjoying Misogynistic Pop Culture?

Pop culture is full of problematic media, but finding pleasure in hip hop, ‘The Bachelor’ or ‘The Lord of the Rings’ doesn’t mean you can’t be critical.