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A black iPhone sits on a wooden table with the subfolder "social media" open, containing instagram, facebook, and twitter (now x)

The Struggle of New Social Media Apps

Grayson Adams, Web Editor March 17, 2025

The market is continuously flooded with new social media platforms, and they all aspire to become one of the greats — they want to be the next Facebook, TikTok, X, Instagram, Snapchat, or Tinder. Despite...

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Students Set to Vote on Potential Fee Increase

Lillian Fuglei, Copy Editor March 12, 2025

A new student fee may be on the horizon—but that’s up to the University of Colorado Denver student body.    The fee—called the Mental Health and Wellbeing Fee—would provide funding for mental...

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The Subway Sandwich Spiral

Sienna Ferguson, Managing Editor March 3, 2025

The Appetizer (or, a taste of backstory)  Nearly two years ago now, back when I was still a freelance writer, I pitched a similar idea to this article to the Sentry after receiving a Subway coupon page...

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America Has a Problem

Madeline Grace, Leisure Editor February 24, 2025

 It's no secret America has a drug problem. Like the black sheep of the first-world family, Americans spend over $100 billion annually on illicit drugs. Despite a voracious appetite for uppers, downers,...

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And Another Thing… A Column

Madeline Grace, Leisure Editor February 17, 2025

Stashed between the stove and bottles of homemade cleaning solution, there exists a drawer in my house that acts as an abyss of sorts, where plastic goes to die and my sanity proves to deteriorate—it's...

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Society Diversifies, Yet Language Declines 

Pierre Giguiento, Freelance Writer February 3, 2025

Language. It’s our means of communicating thoughts and ideas from one person to another, whether consciously or subconsciously. It takes the form of spoken words but also of the slightest movement of...

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MLK Celebration Stands Against Incoming President

Juju Read, Editor-in-Chief January 27, 2025

Just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, thousands across the country joined to celebrate the life and late birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. Denver’s own...

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