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A Telephone Review

Sienna Ferguson, Managing Editor May 11, 2025

Mickey 17 is, determinately, a film. It came out this year, or maybe sometime close to the end of last year. The author seems to recall that Mark Ruffalo is in it. So is Robert Pattinson - a few times...

Victoria Watson, M.Ed
Assistant Director of Health Promotion and Basic Needs

The Importance of Harm Reduction in College

Victoria Watson May 2, 2025

While movies and media often represent college as a time of constant partying, bad decisions, and poor judgement, higher education professionals know from data and direct conversations with students that...

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Stop Using Deadnames, UCD

Grayson Adams, Web Editor April 8, 2025

Imagine my chagrin when I found out, upon my acceptance to UCD, that my school email blatantly used the deadname I've foregone for years. Transgender, non-binary, and other students who have changed...

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The Most Soulless Music Venue in Denver

Lillian Fuglei, Copy Editor April 7, 2025

If you’ve ever wanted to see live music in a soulless void, Mission Ballroom has you covered. Somehow, despite having a concert venue set in the heart of Denver Tech Center (the most obnoxious place...

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Best, and Worst:

Sienna Ferguson, Managing Editor March 17, 2025

With the recent influx in the Popular-ity of movie musicals (and especially adaptations of stage musicals), it seems that we are finally approaching a new musical renaissance. Films like Wicked (2024)...

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Modern Tamagotchi 

Juju Read, Editor-in-Chief March 3, 2025

I was not a child of the internet. I did not spend a lot of time on YouTube or the like, so my exposure to the digital world was rather limited until I was around 12 (thankfully). The majority of my time...

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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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Our Democratic Universe

Wrenn Gosch, Freelance Writer February 28, 2025

Though the world often feels unjust, with innocent people suffering and dying from forces outside their control, I find our state of affairs to be inherently democratic. Our lands are vast enough to house...

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Extending an Olive Branch

Wrenn Gosch, Freelance Writer February 17, 2025

One particularly beautiful summer day in 1969, Mr. Rogers, host of famously wholesome American TV show Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, decided to cool off on air. He laid out a kiddie pool, filling it first...

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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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The Sprinkler Setback

Madeline Grace, Freelance Writer September 29, 2024

On my way to my 12:30 class in North Classroom, I stumbled into a situation—a wet situation. On the grass lawn East of St. Cajetan's Church, adjacent to Plaza, CU Denver managerial horticultural staff...

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