As a young woman who is one quarter Japanese through my mother, it outright infuriates me to see Asians discriminated against, notably women. And this discrimination often comes in the form of stereotypes.
For...
In a place I go to dodge my other responsibilities, a place I consider a safe haven and a place that often hides me as well as I hide my addiction to it, the phrase “no ethical consumption under capitalism”...
There was once a little girl obsessed with the Disney movie The Little Mermaid. Though lacking in red hair and a tail, Ariel was reflected in her through curiosity: the defining trait of the princess and...
In December of freshman year, on a display table to the left of the cash registers on the right side of the Disney store in Grapevine Mills Mall, I found a black fuzzy jacket with a small Mickey Mouse...
Generation Z is an x variable in the equation of the modern world. The oldest Gen Z is 24 years old, the youngest is 9. Not only are we mostly in the dark about what makes us unique as a generation, we’re...
Avani Kashyap, Daily News/Assignment Editor
• May 14, 2021
If I had a dollar for every time I looked at my Home Access Center, freaked out over my subpar grades and turned into a math whiz to see what score I needed on the next test to max the class, I would be...
Two years ago, when I joined The Sidekick, I wasn’t quite sure if the program was a fit for me.
Contrarily, as I wrote my first story, I noticed how fulfilled I felt after learning about someone...
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Dear Reader,
My name is Akhila Gunturu.
That’s 13 letters total. Six and seven in English, three syllables each in Telugu.
A-khi-la....
Shreya Beldona, Executive enterprise editor
• May 13, 2021
When you get to Austin, keep heading down Guadalupe Street towards West Campus until you hit a small white building with purple accents; and unlike the rest of Austin, actually decent parking availability.
As...
What are the most common ways to slide a meaningless comment in a conversation? How about, “I’m tired,” “my neck hurts,” “my skin looks awful.” These are the things everyone seems to constantly...
Trisha Atluri, Advertising/Circulation Manager
• May 12, 2021
Don’t judge a book by its cover.
An age-old adage passed down between generations and the moral of countless children’s books, this lesson is ingrained in our minds from the day we can comprehend...
I started the school year with clear skin.
I was a very hopeful incoming junior. Online school meant an easy GPA boost, I was on the leadership team for The Sidekick and I was going to get a perfect...
