It’s time to face reality: your parents know Facebook just as well as you do. At least, that’s what Pew Research Center found in their 2015 study of social media demographics. While 82 percent of adults...

Elvis Presley, James Dean, Adam Levine. Everybody loves a bad boy… or so they think. When a boy holds open the door for you, he’s a nice guy. When a boy offers to pay after a meal, he’s a nice...

As their first album since former band member Zayn Malik left the group, One Direction’s “Made in the A.M.” faced a new level of high expectations. After listening to the 17-track deluxe album, it’s...

There was a time when I was always ahead of the game when it came to schoolwork. Then I graduated high school, and it was never the same again. Much like any other college student, I’m no stranger to...

The College of DuPage board of trustees, at its bare minimum, exists to make the school a better place for students and staff. In order to accomplish this, the board members procured the Prairie Light...

It’s been a long time coming, but College of DuPage finally got it right: gender-neutral bathrooms are making their way onto campus. For a large majority of students and staff, the addition of two...

Online classes and assignments are, in theory, the most accessible form of education. The manifest function of them is pretty obvious: the convenience of learning anytime, anywhere, with the same quality...

In a very obvious way, sexism, specifically misogyny, exists in our world. Any news debate or politician or idiot wearing a meninist T-shirt cannot say otherwise; it isn’t an opinion. It’s a fact. ...

Let it be known, I’m not a cell phone addict, but I also don’t think I could comfortably go throughout a day without mine. I’m somewhere between “won’t check my phone during a movie in the theater”...

I have a serious problem with American politics. It isn’t only the corrupt nature of many of those in office. It isn’t just the corporations that pay millions of dollars toward funding politicians...

The first day of class, no matter what course you are taking, is typically the same for everyone. You review a syllabus. You participate in an uncomfortable icebreaker activity. You are reminded that plagiarism...

Time and time again, teenagers are the butt of every adult rant. Kids these days don’t know real music. Kids these days don’t tip well. Kids these days are so irresponsible. Kids these days are dangerous...

Breasts. Blunts. Booze. Bullying. If you’ve befriended COD Snaps, a Snapchat account stylized as “cod_snaps,” you’ve seen more than enough of these. While COD Snaps’ stories run rampant with...

In a world where online dating is stereotypically for middle-aged divorcees, I was pretty shocked when Tinder became so popular among young adults and teens. Six billion matches have already been made...

We’ve all heard the horror stories from College of DuPage’s parking lots, and most of us live through them everyday. To say there is parking problem is an understatement; in order to get a good spot,...

The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. In that case, I am a Netflix addict. Call it what you will—binge watching, a TV marathon or wasting entire days—I did it this winter break,...