The temperature is above 40 degrees in March, the sun is shining, and absolutely no song fits the mood better than the smooth, breezy melodies of “Cruisin’” by Huey Lewis and the News feat. Gwyneth Paltrow. That is, until musical sister trio HAIM’s “Gasoline” entered the scene last month and presented itself as a serious...
Student grows green thumb through horticulturalist job
It all started at three in the morning for Mattie. “My love for plants kind of happened. It just took off from one night over the summer,” Mattie said. “I started researching plants and landscaping until three in the morning. Then I began landscaping my parents’ yard back home.” Schmidt, a junior and rhetoric and...
The classic burger is ‘Impossible’ to replicate
I was tricked. And for the carnivore that I am, I was slightly disappointed in myself. Whether I’m eating rice or beans or cheese or bagels or just about any other random food, there’s always a piece of meat. Pork. Chicken. Carne Asada. Chorizo. Hamburger. The list could go on—I’ve once had a squirrel quesadilla. ...
Sociology department tailors program to students
One of the smallest majors in both course offerings and student enrollment will only be listed on one diploma at this spring’s commencement: sociology. Senior Cal Abbo, the only senior in the sociology major graduating this semester, entered the major late. Beginning with the intention of studying politics, Abbo first declared a psychology major before...
Stop “bean” a heretic
This may be the first time you are hearing this, but I think it’s important to know that your life has been a lie. That thing you call “chili” is not. Unfortunately, the pervasive sin of putting beans in chili infects the minds of people outside of Texas and even some inside the confines of...



