CULTURE

By: Nick Cosgrove Screenshot from the lyric video to Sasha Allen’s song “The Bluebirds” This summer, I began working for the marketing team for the Mighty Sound of Maryland, UMD’s marching band. It has been awesome so far; I’ve gotten to develop my photography skills, create a variety of social media designs on various platforms, and have gotten a ton of positive feedback on my work, which is always nice. Being able to express my creativity across a number of disciplines whil

By: Billy Kennedy A typical example of frictionmaxxing social media content. This was not the post that started me down this rabbit hole, but it is quite similar. (Source: @workinghardpod). Do you ever get the feeling that your algorithm is trying to tell you something? One day, while idly scrolling on Instagram, I came across an infographic, an earth-toned exemplar of the Pinterestesque style, with a list of analog hobbies to pursue to cut down on screen time. Since I believ

Ben Shabad was crowned winner in Chicago’s Jeremy Alan White lookalike competition November 2024 Lookalike competitions have grown in popularity online for the better part of the last two years; hundreds of people gather in a park or other public space and cheer and boo over the supposed doppelgangers of a given celebrity. While the trend was most popular in 2024 and Summer 2025 it has continued worldwide with the release of new media like Heated Rivalry in the past few mon