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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Death by Pitchfork | On the Record

Addison Schmidt January 24, 2024
Condé Nast’s merge with champion music publication Pitchfork threatens to kill the spirited focus on the underground music scene that made Pitchfork worth reading.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Why Gen Z is bad at consuming good news: news habits of an “instant gratification” generation

Anna Welsh October 24, 2023
Instant gratification is a curse and a blessing. The digital era that we live in has fostered a desire for satisfaction and fulfillment at our fingertips. While this can just be seen as yet another byproduct of the pandemic — the desire for instant gratification is a trend that has its roots far earlier than 2020.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

Matt Gaetz Doesn’t Understand the Young Voter | EDITORIAL

Editors September 29, 2022
Matt Gaetz streamed on twitch to 6 people. What does this mean for the future of political engagement?
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Should we be dreaming of labor?

Editors September 7, 2021
It is difficult to parse the value labor should have in one’s life, but there is always going to be inherent value in simply being.
hands of different ages

Generation names explained

Veronica Thompson March 15, 2021
A “generation” is defined as a group of people born in the same time period, and generation names exemplify our human tendency to categorize ourselves. Here’s a brief, non-comprehensive list of the Western cultural generations.
Transformations Under Trump: How “OK, Boomer” says so much about our country

Transformations Under Trump: How “OK, Boomer” says so much about our country

Paul Stephen Hutchinson Maltaghati November 21, 2019
In a country obsessed with social media, popular internet memes spread rapidly. Recently, a new meme has stirred major controversy. “OK, Boomer” is being used by many young people to refute the opinions and values of the older Baby Boomers.

LETTER: Obamacare and a Millenial’s Point of View

Daily Free Press Admin October 7, 2013

Obamacare exchanges opened Oct. 1 in nine states as our government has recently shutdown (how fitting). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, aims to alleviate the skyrocketing...

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