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  VOLUME 94                        THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 2019.                                                      ISSUE 7

                                                              Millersville Concerned
                                                              Women help Lancaster’s
                                                                homeless - pg. 10

                                                                                                 Men’s soccer takes
       MU ranked                                                                                 PSAC title - pg. 16
    greenest campus
         - pg. 2

                              President Wubah
                                 to speak in
                                Barcelona for
                                sustainability
                                 conference
                                   - pg. 2

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                                                                   NEWS                                                                                    PAGE 2 | NEWS

   Wubah to present in Barcelona
   on MU’s sustainability efforts

                                                                                                                         PHOTO COURTESY OF GUNI
Attendees at the 2018 GUNi International Conference pose for a photo. Millersville President Dr. Daniel Wubah will be attending the 2020 confer-
ence in March.
                                       The Lombardo Welcome               and will focus on showcasing,       Sustainability Director, re-       money received from the first
                                     Center on campus remains the         explaining and sharing scien-       mains enthusiastic about trav-     year of the PEF will help transi-
        JARED HAMELOTH
                                     major contributor to this fund;      tific research,” according to the   elling to Barcelona, and said      tion Project Green’s focus more
          Editor In Chief
                                     the money that the center saves      GUNi event description.             that “it should be an exciting     towards social media engage-
                                     by being a “zero energy build-          Dr. Wubah explained his          opportunity to share some of       ment to help raise awareness
   In March of 2020, Millers-        ing” (meaning it produces more       mindset regarding Millersville’s    our sustainability work with an    of the ways that Lancaster is
ville President Daniel Wubah         power than it consumes) goes         commitment to a sustainable         international audience and to      creating a greener, more sus-
will travel to Barcelona, Spain      into the energy fund, fueling        future: “It’s more of a process,    continue to make connections       tainable world.
to outline and share some of         sustainability projects in the lo-   not a destination,” he said. He     to elevate MU’s global profile.”      Students are encouraged to
the work that the MU commu-          cal area.                            talked about how the universi-      Dr. Wubah, Steuer, and Guil-       submit proposals for the proj-
nity has been doing during his         Wubah will be speaking at          ty has to have initiatives put in   bert Brown, who is the Interim     ects they would like funded
tenure. He will specifically be      the “International Conference        place that “promote an ongoing      Vice President for Finance and     through the university. This
speaking about the university’s      on Sustainable Development           effort to sustainability.”          Administration, will all be at-    includes “submitting a project
Positive Energy Fund (PEF),          Goals and Higher Education”             The university had to submit     tending the conference next        narrative that describes your
which is a generated endow-          put on by the Global University      a proposal to speak at the event    year.                              project” as part of the applica-
ment that helps fund “faculty-,      Network for Innovation (GUNi).       since it will host many organi-       Through the Positive Energy      tion on the Millersville website.
staff- and student-led projects      The goal of the conference is to     zations and institutions from       Fund, Millersville has financed    The 2020 cycle for applications
that will contribute positively      “put the spotlight on how high-      around the world. They were         projects such as “Project Green    will be available during fall
to local and global communi-         er education institutions are        officially accepted to speak as     Lancaster,” which was created      2019.
ties,” according to the univer-      embedding sustainable devel-         of Nov. 6.                          by the media and broadcast-
sity website.                        opment in their core missions,          Chris Steuer, Millersville’s     ing program on campus. The

         MU ranked greenest campus
                                               leges are monitored for their quality of
              SHAUN LUCAS                      withstanding life and health, along with
           Associate News Editor               how students are taught within the field
                                               of the clean-energy economy.
                                                  The company then provides a score for
   In the annual Princeton Review Guide,       the level of ecological friendliness, rang-
Millersville ranked within the top 50          ing from 60 to 99 potential points. This
most environmentally friendly cam-             year, Millersville scored an 87 and any
puses in the United States. Millersville       score above 80 is categorized as a “green
gained the status through its initiation       college.”
to support natural life, such as the main-        According to Millersville’s blog, one of
taining of gardens and wildlife reserves.      the most noteworthy aspects of Millers-
   The Princeton Review, founded in            ville’s green reputation is the Lombardo
1981, is an admissions service company         Welcome Center, as it’s the first building
which aids college and/or future univer-       within Pennsylvania certified as a zero
sity students with tutoring, academic ad-      energy building.
vice books, online courses, practice tests        Producing its own energy through
for standardized examinations, and ad-         renewable resources, the LWC is one
missions resources. While not associated       of around 100 buildings in the United
with Princeton University, the company         States to be certified by the International
is considered a reputable source, as cited     Living Future Institute.
in Millersville’s blog and other college af-      Another eco-friendly aspect of the
filiated blogs.                                campus mentioned by the campus blog
   The company’s annual review, the            is the staple pond. Besides being a popu-
Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Col-         lar place for students to stroll, study, or
leges, describes how ecologically mind-        take pictures, the pond is also a Certified
ful and resourceful the university and         Wildlife Habitat. The pond hosts numer-
                                                                                                                      PHOTO COURTESY OF MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY
its programs are. The company analyzes         ous animals, such as swans, Miller and
data from approximately 700 universi-          S’Ville.                                      Dr. Nadine Garner pictured at the Center for Sustainability’s organic
ties and colleges. Universities and col-                                                     garden located behind Huntingdon House.

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   School shooting startles CA

                                                                                                              PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID CRANE, LOS ANGLES TIMES
                KAT VIRULA                                                                                         Students are escorted off campus at Saugus High.
                News Editor

  On the early morning of Nov. 14, a         Friday at about 3:30 p.m. local time with     What’s tragic with this analysis is that      A seventh person received treatment
student opened fire at a high school in      his mother present, according to the        the data shows more than 230,000 chil-       for noncritical injuries, according to of-
Santa Clarita, Calif., killing two people    Washington Post.                            dren have experienced gun violence at        ficials. ABC7. They stated that authorities
and wounding three others, and the sus-        Stated on the Post, Berhow’s attack his   their schools since 1999s massacre at        found a .45-caliber semiautomatic hand-
pect has died of a self-inflicted gunshot    motive remains unclear. In an interview     Columbine High.                              gun on the scene.
wound to the head, authorities said in a     with ABC7, County Sheriff Alex Villanue-      According to ABC7, Deputies were on           As the investigations continues, cam-
press release from the Washington Post.      va said that the gunman shot seemingly      the scene two minutes after a 911 call re-   puses across the William S. Hart Union
  The shooter is now identified as Na-       at random but appeared “very familiar       ported the Saugus High shooting at 7:38      High School District were closed on Fri-
thaniel Tennosuke Berhow and he shot         with firing the weapon” and did not com-    a.m.                                         day in a show of respect to victims, ac-
himself on his 16th birthday after pulling   mit a “spur-of-the-moment act.”               They found the shooter, dressed in         cording to their Facebook page.
a gun from his backpack at Saugus High         It was at least the seventh shooting of   black, among six students with gunshot
School.                                      the school year, according to a Washing-    wounds in the school’s outdoor quad
  Berhow received treatment, but died        ton Post analysis.                          area.

               Hate speech divides MU
                        CHLOE BARRETT
                      Associate News Editor

     On Sunday, November 3,        this kind of thing happens
   an incident of hate speech      every year for the last four
   happened at Millersville        years that I’ve been here,
   around 3 p.m. at the Look-      and it just seems like not
   out within Gordinier. The       much is being done about
   incident involved the “n”       it. Not much is being done
   word displayed in salt on       to prevent like hate speech
   the table. As noted by Dr.      and things like that from
   Wubah, the incident ap-         happening on campus, so
   pears to be isolated and        that was my disappoint-
   there have been no other        ment with it.”
   reports made. The hate             Moving forward since
   speech has also been re-        the incident Dr. Wubah is
   moved from the dining lo-       working closely with stu-
   cation.                         dents impacted by the hate
     In an email sent to the       speech to develop a plan to
   campus community Presi-         move forward. Millersville
   dent, Dr. Wubah said, “I’m      is committed to their EPPI-
   appalled that this hap-         IC values which include Ex-
   pened on our campus and         ploration, Professionalism,
   I’m so sorry that others in     Public Mission, Inclusion,
   the dining facility were        Integrity, and Compassion.
   subjected to hate speech.”      Within these values no
     On the topic of the inci-     hate speech nor crime is
   dent, Millersville student,     acceptable.
   Mikayla said, “I thought we        If you have any informa-
   would be past that”             tion regarding the incident
     Another Millersville stu-     on campus please contact
   dent had said, “I’m a senior    University Police at 717-                                                                          PHOTO COURTESY OF KAT DELANEY
   so I’ve been here the last      871-4357 or email Chief        Students protest hate crime through historical quoting.
   four years, and my impres-      Anders at Peter.anders@
   sion of it was not really the   millersville.edu.
   incident itself. [That] was
   not my issue. It was more

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   Dr. Carrie Smith
    wins borough
    council seat
                                              don’t? What do we have to cut back on?’
              KAT VIRULA                      Those are the kinds of decisions you
              News Editor                     have to make.
                                                The other possibility in terms of com-
   Dr. Carrie Smith won her seat on Mill-     munication, and I’m going to, I’m going
ersville Borough Council on Nov. 5th.         to officially propose this to you all so you
Smith explains how she felt once she          guys can think about it. I think it might
found out she won,                            be interesting.”
   “It’s very surreal ...It was very sur-       Smith closes with an idea to make the
real because the very next day I went         borough more exciting and beautiful,
out to get lunch and people stopped me          “I would love to see public art, more
and congratulated me. It’s an interesting     public art here. Yeah. And we can in-
shift and people have warned that this        volve students, we can involve residents,
will happen, sort of you are now a public     we can involve the elementary school
figure.                                       and high school.
   But it didn’t really occur to me what        I just think that will be something that
that meant. It didn’t really hit me and it    would also help beautify the borough
still kind of hasn’t.                         people will be invested,” Smith contin-
   I think it will once I get sworn down to   ues, “...I love going to the George Street
actually doing the work. But it is a little   cafe, primarily because there’s art by lo-
surreal.”                                     cal artists; I find that really welcoming
   Her campaign promises to explore           really nice. It’s vibrant, different styles of
ways of establishing new and efficient        art. But that might be something to do.
ways of communication and find the bet-         I know that many borough residents                                       PHOTO COURTESY OF CARRIE SMITH’S FACEBOOK
ter collaboration between borough resi-       are invested in beautifying the borough          Smith is ecstatic to represent MU Borough Council.
dents and students/faculty at Millersville    making it look prettier, making it look
University.                                   nicer.”
   Smith will not be sworn in until Jan.
6th, after she is officially sworn in, she
will work on relieving the inefficient
communications borough residents and
students at MU alike,
   “After I’m sworn in there will be a re-
organization meeting. People will sit on
different committees and decide who
serves on what committees and elect of-
ficers. I’m bouncing around some ideas
and I had, I would like to start looking
for people to collaborate with and one of
the things I believe we can do better is to
make use of short videos to connect with
people.”
   On the topic of Frederick and Duke
Street Smith explains, “A few things that
I’m thinking, in particular, is explaining
what is going on in a section of Frederick
and Duke Street, which a lot of people
are very upset about.
   Nobody seems to have a clear under-
standing of what’s happening. The Bor-
ough I think owns a piece of property,
but it’s also complicated by the fact that
half of the Borough is also Penn Manor
Township. So what are we, right?
   We don’t promise to fix things but
we promise to get accurate information
out.”Smith also stated that she wants to
work on making the Millersville Bor-
ough website more user-friendly and
plans to make an app to give updates on
the Borough,
   “Somebody actually suggested to me
a possibility of some kind of app where
you can tap into and figure out what’s go-
ing on with the borough.”
   Smith adds, “And this is somebody
who lives in the borough who proposed
this idea. I think that’s something really
interesting to look at.”
   Along with this, Smith is also willing
to look for ways to better communicate
with residents and students by the use of
short videos that are shareable.
   Smith especially wants to create some
sort of short informal video addressing
the 2020 budget:
   “ The law requires us to advertise the
budget, but I think we can be more pro-
active and say in addition to advertising
it, let us explain to you, what’s actually
happening here.
   Because I find that once people get an
explanation, they go, ‘Oh, now you can
make the decision about do I want my
taxes to increase?
   What what are the outcomes? If we

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                                                  OPINION                                                                        THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 2019.

My time at                                                                                                    illersville
                               A reflection on my time at the University
                                                            in with a semester’s worth of credits. When I came to        red flags and needless to say, I quit halfway through
                JESSIE GARRISON                             Millersville in the fall of 2016, I had dreams of teach-     the summer. Remember, just because you are work-
              Associate Opinion Editor                      ing kindergarten. I started teaching preschool when I        ing for free does not mean you should be the advan-
                                                            was 14, thanks to a vocational high school program,          tage of, even more than what you already are.
                                                            and it was my dream. However, that all changed in              After applying to over 40 internships, my second
    Millersville University has been my home for the        the spring of 2017.                                          and third internships happened simultaneously. I
 last 3.5 years and it is quickly ending. Throughout my        When I went to meet with my advisor in the spring         worked for a nonprofit through Millersville’s trainee-
 time at Millersville, I have had countless roommates,      she asked me what I planned on taking in the fall of         ship program and worked under Dr. Pfannenstiel on
 changed my major, had two internships, wrote a the-        2017 and told me my choices were fine. I then received       One Book One Campus. Both of these experiences gave
 sis, joined The Snapper, made friends, and learned         an email two weeks before I was supposed to register         me the skills I needed to be employable after college.
 a lot about myself. And as the last article, I will ever   that I had to take a standardized test, which I failed.
 write for The Snapper will be a reflection on all of          My advisor at the time told me that since I did not
                                                                                                                                                  Thesis
 these things.                                              pass I had to take a semester off to stay in my major be-
            Countless Roommates                             cause I didn’t choose the correct classes. At that point,      I chose to write a senior thesis in order to graduate
                                                            I learned that the classes for dual majors are laid out      with departmental honors. And let me tell you, don’t
                                                            on a convenient handout, one that I never received.          write a thesis if you are a procrastinator. Because dear
    When I say this I mean it, do not move in with             So I changed my major to writing studies and a mi-        lord is this hard.
 people you don’t know. Nor should you move in with         nor in journalism. Although it is not anything I ever
 people who you ignore red flags for. While not all of      imagined about studying, I now can’t imagine study-                                 Friends
 my roommate’s situations were bad, one of my best          ing anything else. And thankfully through my educa-
 friends is my first-year suitemate, most of them were      tion at Millersville, I will be graduating and starting a      As many say friends come and go in the blink of the
 awful. And by awful I am not referring to them being       full-time job, with benefits, the day after graduation.      eye. Friends I thought I would have forever turned
 mean or rude, although some were, they just never             I am forever grateful for everything my professors        out to be different. It is easy to make friends freshman
 cleaned and then were angry because I somehow              have done for me and the education I have received           year, but as I grew and moved more into my major I
 cleaned too much. In my opinion, I don’t think clean-      here.                                                        realized some friends aren’t forever friends.
 ing the kitchen after I cook every time or cleaning the
                                                                               Internships                                 That being said, the college has been a great expe-
 bathrooms once a week is a big deal, but that is not                                                                    rience to find people who wholeheartedly accept me
 what this is about.                                                                                                     for who I am. It also has taught me what I deserve in
    Having roommates is exciting and challenging and          I have had three internships while at my time at           relationships and to learn the signs of toxic and un-
 sometimes different personalities don’t mesh, espe-        Millersville; the first was awful and the last two were      healthy ones.
 cially if you are entering into an already established     great.
 friend group. But through those experiences, I learned       My first internship was so bad, that they forgot I                              Conclusion
 a lot about the kind of relationships I want, which is     was coming because the lady that hired me quit unex-
 one of the most valuable lessons I learned.                pectedly. The first red flag. Then when I got there they
                                                                                                                           Overall, the college has been hard and extremely
              Changing my Major                             informed me that I had to commit 30 hours a week for
                                                                                                                         stressful but I am thankful for everything I have re-
                                                            no pay. The second red flag. After that, my boss gave
                                                                                                                         ceived at Millersville.
                                                            me a project to basically start a whole new depart-
    When I first came to Millersville, I was an early                                                                      Here’s to the last graduation for the class of 2019,
                                                            ment for no pay. Additionally, they did not give me a
 childhood and special education major. I spent my                                                                       may we forever be able to pay off our loans and bills
                                                            task list on what they needed from me, forcing me to
 first year at Delaware Community College and came                                                                       while working our dream jobs.
                                                            try and figure it out on my own. Those were the major

          Sensory overload: The death metal edition
                                                                                                                         for the features section and     cate for that condition.
                                                                                                  NICK HUGHES            like I said in that section         What I am most proud
                                                                                                  Opinion Editor         review, I loved the entirety     of is that I am able to go
                                                                                                                         of the set I was able to at-     to concerts now. Five
                                                                                            The metal show I went        tend. A good, foot-sized         years ago this would not
                                                                                         to this past weekend was        bruise later and I left the      have even been a possibil-
                                                                                         awesome in every sense          pit and continued to watch       ity. I had multiple fears of
                                                                                         of the word. I loved every      the show. I started to feel      people and crowds all tied
                                                                                         second that I was able to at-   a strong pressure in my          to my autism. My sensory
                                                                                         tend, but there was a catch     chest and I knew that I was      overload was a daily issue
                                                                                         to that. I could not attend     going to have a panic at-        and, while I loved metal
                                                                                         the whole concert due to a      tack. I proceeded to power       back then as well, I never
                                                                                         sensory overload that I ex-     through the panic attack         had a sense of wanting to
                                                                                         perienced halfway into the      and watched the rest of the      go to a concert. I am really
                                                                                         concert and I had to leave.     Necrot set. I was able to buy    impressed with my growth
                                                                                            The concert in question      a t-shirt as well. I shook the   over the past five years and
                                                                                         was the Judiciary, Necrot,      lead singer’s hand and con-      I have increased my social
                                                                                         Gatecreeper and Exhumed         gratulated him on a great        threshold so much. Autism
                                                                                         show at the Chameleon           set.                             is hard to deal with and it
                                                                                         Club on Friday night this          My friend that was with       is a daily struggle that I feel
                                                                                         past weekend. I love all        me during the concert left       confident with my ability
                                                                                         four of these bands but af-     with a slight black eye and      to deal with autism and all
                                                                                         ter the Necrot set, I had to    noticed that I was uncom-        of my issues now.
                                                                                         leave for my own sanity. I      fortable after the Necrot           The main facet of my
                                                                                         was in the mosh pit for part    set. I told him that I had to    own mind that I need to
                                                                                         of the Necrot set. For those    get outside and we left the      stay mindful of is that I
                                                                                         who do not know, a mosh         concert. My senses were          have limits and to stay
                                                                                         pit is an area in the crowd     overloaded at this point         aware of those limits. That
                                                                                         that will pop up where fans     and I needed to lower the        is true of everyone and I
                                                                                         ‘dance’ to the music. This      stimulation that I was feel-     find that this experience
                                                                                         dance usually involves          ing. It has happened before      is and will continue to be a
                                                                                         punching and kicking and        at different concerts that I     great learning experience
                                                                                         flailing around to the mu-      have been to and I am not        for me. I am constantly
                                                                                         sic. Most of the time it is a   surprised that it happened       striving to better my men-
                                                                                         lot of shoving and pushing      but I am saddened that it        tal well-being and I hope
                                                NICK HUGHES/SNAPPER                      that is never mean in na-       did. If my readers are un-       that this concert was a way
Death metal concerts can be a grueling experience, but there is a lot of                 ture.                           aware, I am autistic and I       for me to continue that
fun to be had when the mosh pit awaits.                                                     I reviewed the concert       am a mental health advo-         trend.

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The Machine preventing Taylor Swift from using her own material
                 KAT VIRULA                                                                                                                 has with her fans.
                 News Editor                                                                                                                   Her fans would be devastated that they
                                                                                                                                            won’t get a chance to see her perform
   Just to be clear, I would never write                                                                                                    her past smash hits. Swift’s fan base was
an article related to Taylor Swift. I have                                                                                                  quick to defend her on social media. On
nothing against her. Hell, I used to listen                                                                                                 Friday morning, the hashtag #IStand-
to her first hit “Teardrops on My Guitar”                                                                                                   WithTaylor was trending.
on repeat in middle school. I’ve listened                                                                                                      According to a press release from The
to almost all of her albums from 2006                                                                                                       Cut, On November 15, Big Machine is-
first debut album to her 2017 Reputation                                                                                                    sued a lengthy statement denying Swift’s
album. I haven’t heard her recent album                                                                                                     accusations. The statement insisted that
“Lover” that came out on Aug. 23 and I                                                                                                      Big Machines “[does] not have the right
don’t plan on doing so. Her music today                                                                                                     to keep her from performing live any-
is just not my taste. Sorry but not sorry.                                                                                                  where,” and in turn accuses her of ow-
I’m not really that much of a fan, but I                                                                                                    ing the company “millions of dollars and
also don’t really particularly like her ei-                                                                                                 multiple assets.” Big Machine also claims
ther. I don’t know how I feel about her.                                                                                                    that the label and Swift were starting to
   So why am I talking about Swift?                                                                                                         get close to finding a “private and mutu-
   So according to her recent tweet on                                       PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS                            ally satisfactory solution,” but that Tay-
Nov. 14th, she has been announced by           Taylor Swift not being able to use her own songs for the concert is                          lor negated their progress by making the
the American Music Awards that they            outrageous to say the least.                                                                 “unilateral decision last night to enlist
will be honoring Swift with the Artist of                                                                                                   her fanbase in a calculated manner that
the Decade Award for this year’s ceremo-       of their own songs that they wrote is just     songs next year and also to keep quiet        greatly affects the safety of our employ-
ny. She is planning to perform a medley        fully disgusting. These two men have           about the situation.                          ees and their families.”
of her hits throughout the decade.             the audacity to restrict the one and only        These two boneheads had the audacity           And you are probably wondering what
   I personally think that she does deserve    Taylor Swift, to perform the first hits that   to tell her to shut up and wipe it under      Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun have
the award because she had made herself         transformed her to the artist that she is      the rug or face the consequences.             said about these claims and allegations.
an iconic influencer for the last ten years.   today. Like how dare you.                        I’m just overall baffled at the fact that      Well so far since Swift’s lengthy twitter
She has made hit after hit, sold out many         Last year, Netflix created a documen-       Borchetta and Braun act like they helped      posts on Nov. 14, neither she nor Braun
concerts, and is a unique performer.           tary about her Reputation tour and about       create and write her songs. Taylor Swift      has publicly commented on the feud
   But there was a catch. She is not al-       her life. There hasn’t been any mention        wrote those songs herself, she even stat-     — explicitly, that is. On Nov. 19, Braun
lowed to perform her old hits.                 of both Borchetta and Braun or anything        ed that herself in her tweet. Most of her     tweeted a photo of the phrase, “Kindness
   CEO of Big Machine Records, Scott           related to Big Machine Records that Swift      earlier songs were written by HER. Bor-       is the only response,” with the message,
Borchetta and American business per-           is signed with, according to Twitter.          chetta and Braun had nothing to do with       “Words to live by.”
son and record executive, Scooter Braun           But it doesn’t end there.                   that or help create the relationship she         I am at a loss of words.
have restricted her to perform any of             According to The Cut, Taylor Swift
her old songs on television because ‘they      tweeted that Borchetta has reached out
claim that it would be re-recording her        to her team and stated that they’ll allow
music before she’s allowed to next year.       her to use her music only if she agrees
   Now to limit an artist’s performance        to not re-record copycat versions of my

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                                was always the kid who           As opposed to the print                        Nick Hughes                         expressed in commentar-
      JESSIE GARRISON           would get in trouble for      books above, I have to                            Opinion Editor                      ies and/or advertisements
      Associate Opinion         reading in class or staying   spend the extra money                                                                 do not reflect the views
           Editor               up way past my bedtime,       on print textbooks. When                         Jessie garrison                      of the publication as a
                                                                                                           Associate Opinion Editor                 whole.
                                just to finish one more       I tell people, print text-
    With the increase in
 technology, there is a con-
                                chapter. It was never and     books are easier for me,                          carly o’neill
 stant debate on online
                                still is never one more       they seem to not under-                          Features Editor                             Contact us:
                                chapter.                      stand. When reading an
 books versus traditional
                                   Additionally,      book-   online textbook, I get                            simren shah                                      Mail:
 paper copies. While there                                                                                 Associate Features Editor                        The Snapper
                                stores are my favorite        lost and have to reread
 are many benefits to                                                                                                                                   21 S. George Street
 having an online book-
                                place to go. When I go to     the same section way                              josh rittberg                           Millersville, Pa 17551
                                bookstores, I can spend       too many times. I have                         Arts & Culture Editor
 -reduce     environmental
                                hours upon hours read-        learned that in order to                                                                        Email:
 footprint, lighter to carry,
                                ing the first ten pages of    give myself the best edu-                       Rachel Laughlin                         editor@thesnapper.com
 thousands of books at my                                                                               Associate Arts & Culture Editor
                                a book. If you find me in     cation I can.
 fingertips--I just don’t                                                                                                                                  Facebook:
 prefer online texts. I have
                                my favorite book chances         To further elaborate,                          Sydney Clark                      facebook.com/TheSnapper.MU
                                are I am sitting on the       I have learned that with                  Associate Arts & Culture Editor
 the same opinion of this
                                floor in the poetry section   my Attention Deficit Dis-
 on textbooks versus lit-                                                                                        jared kish
                                reading every book I can      order, ADD, using an on-                          Sports Editor
 erature, but for very dif-
 ferent reasons.
                                get through. While con-       line textbook has many                                                                 Letters to the Editor
                                trary to popular opinion,     opportunities for distrac-                       Brian Markley
    There are many rea-                                                                                     Associate Sports Editor
                                I do not do this to prevent   tion. If I am not reread-                                                                    The Snapper wel-
 sons why I do not prefer
                                spending money. I do this     ing the paragraph many                                                                 comes letters to the edi-
 online texts. First, when                                                                                      jay lindblad                         tor submitted by students,
                                because I want to know        times, I am on social                          Photography Editor
 I read for fun just re-                                                                                                                             faculty, staff, alumni and
                                if I will love the book be-   media, playing a game,
 ally wholeheartedly love                                                                                                                            community members.
                                fore I buy it. Through the    watching animal videos,                            Kat Delaney
 the feeling of holding a                                                                                Associate Photography Editor                      Letters should be
                                years it has prevented me     or reading articles. On-
 book in my hands. There
                                from wasting hundreds         line textbooks just don’t                                                              exclusive to The Snapper.
 is something nostalgic                                                                                        jessie garrison                       We do not publish open
                                of dollars on books I am      work for me.                                     Head Copy Editor
 about curling up under                                                                                                                              letters or third-party let-
                                not in love with.                Overall I think having
 a blanket and holding a                                                                                                                             ters.
                                   Print versus online        access to online literature                     colin vanden berg
 brand new book, cue a                                                                                       Associate Copy Editor                         Letters should prefer-
                                textbooks seems to be a       is beneficial for people of                                                            ably be 150 to 175 words,
 cozy fireplace and fresh
                                no brainer for most col-      all ages, however, for me,                        nina plaksin                         should refer to an article
 snow for added effect. As
 I look back and conduct
                                lege students--online is      it is not the most ideal.                    Multimedia Coordinator                    that has appeared in the
 a quick Freudian analy-
                                normally cheaper, text-       For living a minimalist                                                                Snapper, and must include
                                books are as heavy as an      lifestyle, having a small                         Julia Meassick                       the writer’s address and
 sis on myself, a lot of
                                elephant, most used text-     apartment, or not want-                  Associate Multimedia Coordinator              phone numbers.
 this stems back from my
                                books are in garbage con-     ing to carry around a                                                                        The Snapper reserves
 childhood.                                                                                                    Katelyn Canady
                                dition, and we don’t have     book having books on de-                        Business Manager                       the right to approve, edit
    When I was a child, I                                                                                                                            or reject any submissions.
                                to worry about sending        vices is perfect, and may-
 was bullied quite often                                                                                        Robert Spicer
                                them back. However, I         be one day I will make the
 and would find solace
                                hate online textbooks.        switch.                                           Faculty Adviser
 in dystopian literature. I

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              Look at him now: Sonic the
            hedgehog got a major makeover

                                                                                                        PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Sonic the Hedehog looked horrible, but Paramount pictures heard the fans outcry and redesigned the classic Sega character.

                     KAT VIRULA                             made its debut on April 30th, there was a huge wave of            According to a press release from the Guardian, di-
                     News Editor                            backlash against the character’s eyes, legs, and impos-        rector Jeff Fowler tweeted, “The message is loud and
                                                            sibly human-like teeth. Overall, the look of the iconic        clear... you aren’t happy with the design & you want
   After extensive backlash over the atrocity of the ini-   character was horrifying and cringy.                           changes. It’s going to happen.”
tial Sonic design in the upcoming live-action Sonic the        The criticism was so intense that just weeks later,            The movie is slated for release on Feb. 14, 2020. So I
Hedgehog movie [Which was scheduled to release on           Paramount announced that they would take the un-               feel that we all have to go see The Sonic movie when it
Nov. 8th but was delayed to February 14, 2020, in or-       usual step of delaying the release of the film in order to     releases because Paramount Pictures, Jeff Fowler, and
der to redesign Sonic]. Paramount Pictures unveiled its     redesign the character for fans.                               everyone in the design team, worked their butts off to
revamped version of the blue hedgehog on Tuesday to            The new trailer released on Nov. 12 and fans alike          help fix the issues that fans, plus a multi-billionaire
far more positive reviews.                                  gave a breath of relief at Sonic’s new appearance.             company actually listened to fans and took the time to
   If you have no idea what I’m talking about don’t wor-       His half-moon eyes, thin, long legs, and a perfect set      fix those issues.
ry I’ll recap. If you have no idea who Sonic is or what     of teeth are now erased. The new Sonic has bigger eyes,           That is just an outstanding marketing move by Para-
SEGA is or anything, why are you even reading this?         shorter legs, less discernible teeth. He is, in short, much    mount. So I applaud you Paramount, Fowler, and ev-
Also, how dare you not know who Sonic the Hedgehog          less human-like than the first design. He actually looks       eryone in the design team.
is.                                                         like the classic Sonic, that I grew up with. And other            Thank you Paramount for listening to your fans. It
   Anyways, when the first Sonic the Hedgehog trailer       Fans on Twitter have said the same.                            means a lot to the Sonic fans all over the world.

           Pokémon Starter Choices!
            Which should I choose!?
                                                                                           The dreaded editorial:
                                                                                            The scariest type of writing
                                                                                                   in newspaper
                                                                                                   NICK HUGHES             ions. Writing opinions          articles.
                                                                                                   Opinion Editor          is a great way to engage           Political opinions are
                                                                                                                           in civil debate as well.        inevitable and I had res-
                                                                                                                           I have voiced my view-          ervations about writing
                                                                                               Editorial writing, at
                                                                                                                           points a lot through the        them for a long time. It
                                                                                            least at the Snapper, is
                                                                                                                           Snapper and I feel that         took about a year for me
                                                                                            the hardest style of writ-
                                                                                                                           it has made me better at        to get over that hurdle
                                                                                            ing that the paper does. I
                                                                                                                           debating and asserting          that I had. With Donald
                                                                                            am sure our readers no-
                                                                                                                           myself.                         Trump being in the white
                                                                                            tice that there is not a lot
                                                                                                                              Being assertive is a trait   house, I had to start writ-
                                                                                            of variety in the writing
                                                                                                                           that I believe all editorial    ing political opinions.
                                                                                            staff for the Opinion sec-
                                                                                                                           writers should have. Be-        Being a journalist means
                                                                                            tion.
                                                                                                                           ing strong in your convic-      that you have to be a
                                                                                               I have become great at
                                                                                                                           tions is a great way to in-     guardian of the truth and
                                                                                            letting my readers know
                                                                                                                           spire confidence in your        I felt compelled by the
                                                                                            my opinion, I would like
                                                                                                                           writing. Writing an opin-       Trump       administration
                                                                                            to think, and I want to
                                                                                                                           ion on a topic that you         to start writing opinions
                                                                                            extend that skill to other
                                                                                                                           are not invested in will        and editorials about the
                                                                                            writers at Millersville. I
                                                                                                                           lead to a bad article that      trump white house.
                                                                                            am not going to be here
                                                                                                                           does not contain any con-          This would have been
                                                                                            forever at Snapper and
                                                                                                                           viction. It is important to     regardless of my political
                                                                                            editorial writing is a key
                                                                                                                           find your wheelhouse. A         affiliation. I am a demo-
                                                                                            skill that writers need
                                                                                                                           subject that you are well       cratic socialist and that
                                                                                            to have. It is a harder
                                                                                                                           versed in and have a lot        political leaning makes
                                                                                            way to write because of
                                                                                                                           of knowledge about. That        my opinions pretty obvi-
                                                                                            the writer putting them-
                                                                                                                           topic, or topics I should       ous. That being said, I be-
                                                                                            selves and their opinions
                                                                                                                           say, are autism, Star           lieve that political opin-
                                                                                            out there. I know it can
                                                                                                                           Wars, and liberally slant-      ions are necessary for
                                                                                            be scary and I know that
                                                                                                                           ed political pieces.            any newspaper.
                                                                                            various writers have nev-
                                                                                                                              The autism piece is be-         Editorial writing is
                                                                                            er attempted the craft of
                                                                                                                           cause I am autistic myself      hard and it is not for ev-
                                                                                            editorial writing.
                                                                                                                           and I can give a good per-      eryone, but I hope that
                                                                                               The biggest advice I
                                                                                                                           spective in the journal-        this article has convinced
                                                                                            have for potential writ-
                                                                                                                           ism world on autism. Star       some of my readers to
                                                                                            ers is to not be afraid of
                                                                                                                           Wars is because I love          write for the Opinion
                                                                                            writing your opinion.
                                                                                                                           Star Wars and it is a topic     section for The Snapper.
                                                                                            It is likely that another
                                                                                                                           that I enjoy greatly. A lot     Opinion articles have
                                                                                            person has the same
                                                                                                                           of my articles are about        been making impacts in
                                                                                            opinion as you and your
                                                                                                                           Star Wars and some of           the world as of late and
                                                                                            writing could influence
                                                                                                                           my Star Wars articles, in       I love that I am able to
                                                                                            them to voice their opin-
                                                        JULIA MEASSICK/SNAPPER                                             my opinion, are my best         make my voice heard.

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                                                FEATURES                                                                                                  PAGE 8 | FEATURES

                                    THE INTERNATIONAL FACES
                                      OF MILLERSVILLE PT.1
                     CARLY O’NEILL
                     Features Editor

     Brazilian international student Thomás Claro,
currently studying communication and theatre at
Millersville, gives his insight on the educational ben-
efits of studying abroad. Claro is a transfer student
and this is his first semester studying at Millersville
as a sophomore, but he knew he always wanted to go
to college in the United States.
     Claro moved to Lititz, PA with his mother and
brother after his mother got a job here with Johnson
and Johnson. During this time, Claro started looking
for a nearby university where he could finish up his
studies.
     Once he discovered Millersville and its humani-
ties area of study, he booked a campus tour with his
family. He knew then he could see himself taking
classes through the university and started exchang-
ing information with the international admissions
office. Shortly after going back to Brazil to retrieve
all the necessary documentation he would need to at-
tend, Claro was accepted.
     Claro loves that he is able to study theatre and
arts here at Millersville, since he would not have the
same opportunities back home. Due to Brazil’s poor
economy, it’s even harder for an artist to get their feet                                                                  PHOTO COURTESY OF ROMAN PARHAM
off the ground and find a job than it is in the US. Claro   Thomás Claro is an international student studying theatre here at Millersville. He suggests
confirmed that if he was still living in his hometown       students visit the famous city of São Paulo, Brazil if ever visiting his home country.
of São José dos Campos, he would most likely still be
studying journalism.
     “I feel that I can have the chance here. Here I be-        While Claro does love his country, he felt he           many art studios, paintings, there is a lot around
lieve I can do this and I’m really excited. This is one     needed to get out of his comfort zone and travel to         here. It’s cool,” says Claro.
of the reasons I wanted to come back as well, not just      the US where he knew he would have a better chance               Claro would definitely recommend this study
because I like the country but because of the opportu-      at pursuing a career.                                       abroad experience to other students for opportuni-
nities,” says Claro.                                            “I love it here, being able to choose all the classes   ties such as, “Learning, experiences, new languages,
     In Brazil most students jump at the chance to          I want to take. There we cannot choose anything, like       new people, new things to do,” he says. “Just go ahead
study abroad in countries such as the US or Europe,         never. Even in high school it’s all prescheduled for        and have at least a semester abroad and you’re going
due to the lack of “university for everyone.” Students      you,” says Claro. Since, Millersville has more of a trial   to have fun.”
must pass difficult tests to be accepted into the lim-      and error process, he hopes to eventually take on a              Mai Yamada, an international student from Ja-
ited spacing at these universities. To help students        piano minor due to his love for the arts.                   pan is also studying here at Millersville. One of the
prepare for these tests, they are taught chemistry,             “There are many places where music lives here.          first culture distinctions Yamada had to pick up on
physics and math from a young age.                          They say there is a lot of music and art here. I’ve seen    right away was the difference in greetings between
                                                                                                                        the two countries. For example, in Japan it is a sign of
                                                                                                                        respect to greet everyone you meet with a bow, while
                                                                                                                        in the US people simply just shake hands.
                                                                                                                             Compared to the educational quality of her uni-
                                                                                                                        versity back home, Yamada favors Millersville and its
                                                                                                                        diverse classrooms. At her university, students can
                                                                                                                        only take a foreign language major with several sub
                                                                                                                        courses within it.
                                                                                                                             “General education classes have students of vari-
                                                                                                                        ous majors so that we have many different views for
                                                                                                                        each discussion,” says Yamada.
                                                                                                                             One of Yamada’s biggest fears about studying
                                                                                                                        abroad in the U.S. was the language barrier. “I some-
                                                                                                                        times struggle expressing myself and understanding
                                                                                                                        slangs in English. I’m afraid of miscommunication so
                                                                                                                        language is really important to me,” says Yamada.
                                                                                                                             One of the highlights for Yamada while abroad
                                                                                                                        was the opportunity to learn in all English in the
                                                                                                                        classroom, and study linguistics here at Millersville.
                                                                                                                             She highly recommends a study abroad experi-
                                                                                                                        ence in Japan to other students if the opportunity
                                                                                                                        should arise. She believes immersing oneself in an-
                                                                                                                        other culture is the best way to experience the coun-
                                                                                                                        try and all its unique characteristics.
                                                                                                                             “It’s completely different to feel, experience, and
                                                                                                                        be exposed by the culture in the country. If you re-
                                                                                                                        ally want to know what the real Japanese culture is,
                                                                                                                        I highly recommend to stay in Japan at least a semes-
                                                                                                                        ter long,” says Yamada.

                                                             PHOTO COURTESY OF MAI YAMADA
Yamada is an international student from Japan who loves studying linguistics and communication.

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    Lancaster Stands Up makes positive
   change through grassroot campaigns
               NICK HUGHES
               Opinion Editor               has become more
                                            actively     involved
                                            with them.
                                               Stories like these
   In November 2016 there was an            are incredibly com-
emergency meeting in Lancaster. The         mon. Jess King was
emergency meeting was held in re-           originally a part of
sponse to Donald Trump getting elected      LSU as was current
in 2016.                                    Manheim Township
   This meeting eventually led to the       commissioner, Alli-
establishment of Lancaster Stands Up        son Troy. King went
(LSU), an independent grassroots orga-      door to door while
nization in Lancaster county. Zak Gress,    she was in LSU and
a member of LSU, says the organization      during her cam-
is all about bringing disenfranchised       paign against Lloyd
citizens of Lancaster county into the       Smucker to talk to
political process.                          people about their
   “The biggest way that we do this is to   concerns and to ac-
speak to the heart of why the system is     tively engage with
broken,” Eliza Booth, another member        them about the is-
of LSU, says.                               sues.
   Booth says LSU is not aligned to any        This ethos guides
one political party in America. They        how LSU conducts
prefer to stay independent and if they      itself as an organi-
find a candidate that upholds their val-    zation.
ues they will do extensive work to help        One of the cam-
them.                                       paigns that LSU                                 PHOTO COURTESY OF LANCASTER STANDS UP/MADELEINE MURPHY
   One example of this was the work         was actively a part Lancaster Stands Up volunteers pose for a photo while campaigning with their organization.
they did with the Jess King campaign        of was preventing
in 2018. LSU made it clear that they        GeoGroup from be-
worked toward the same goal King and        ing involved in a                         LSU reports there were an estimated Group. They were involved with the
her campaign. However, they did so in-      prison building initiative in Lancaster 200 residents in attendance. LSU also March for our Lives protest that had
dependently and without coordination.       county. LSU was successful in prevent- reported that the commissioners even- around 5,000 people in attendance.
   While LSU is non-partisan, they ac-      ing the for-profit prison group from set- tually rejected the GeoGroup proposal        As for some current issues, LSU states
knowledge that the Democratic Party is      ting up in Lancaster and they consider    for prison privatization.                 that  they stand with Franklin and Mar-
the best option for them to back at this    that a monumental victory for the com-      LSU considers this victor to be one shall students and all that they are try-
time. At the same time, they believe        munity.                                   of the group’s crowning achievements, ing to accomplish to get rid of racism in
that the two-party system is broken and        GeoGroup, according to LSU, is the but they also consider it a victory for their college.
they want to see it change.                 same prison company that has intern- Lancaster county as a whole.                      One last issue that LSU wanted to
   LSU engages with the community by        ment camps on the southern border.          As for the national news of the im- make clear is that they have a set way
talking about the issues and not really     Booth was adamant that LSU had to peachment inquiry, LSU does not really that they go about endorsing presiden-
taking into account what political par-     stop GeoGroup from getting in Lancast- look at it that much, stating that it is far tial candidates. They have not made an
ty the people they talk to are in Gress     er county.                                away and not an immediate concern. endorsement as of yet, but they are in
worked in New Holland and was a                This would be a good spot for a quote This is not to say they do not care, but the process of debate and will be voting
working citizen that had issues with the    from Booth reiterating that idea          they cannot do much about it so they on that.
system, but did not really know what to        The campaign was done by having are focusing more on issues they can                LSU is based in downtown Lancaster
do about his concerns. LSU held a town      members of LSU sit-in on commission-      impact  in Lancaster.                     and    is willing to take in volunteers.
hall and Gress attended. The meeting        er meetings concerning the GeoGroup         Some    of these  issues include    the Readers    can find them online at their
influenced him to join the group and he     issue. During some of the meetings, Muslim ban, which they adamantly website, lancasterstandsup.org/.
                                                                                      opposed and the aforementioned Geo-

                                                                                                                  PHOTO COURTESY OF LANCASTER STANDS UP
  Lancaster Stands Up has done some great work for Lancaster County.

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                    WOMEN EMPOWERING WOMEN:
                  MCW donates to local homeless women

                                                                                                                                                       KAT DELANEY/SNAPPER
Students and mentors from MCW gather around a table of donated items for women.

                                                                 Hannah Sullivan, club member, says she shares sim-        and leadership skills. The club offers community and
                                                              ilar sentiments as Bonal. She said she was excited to        friendship to the university’s female population.
                    SIMREN SHAH                               head to the city with her fellow club members for a            MCW also partners with the President’s Commission
                Associate Features Editor                     good cause.                                                  on the Status of Women by distributing pads and tam-
                                                                 “[MCW] is a great group of people,” said Sullivan.        pons to campus bathrooms through the “Code Red”
                                                                 This was Sullivan’s first year travelling with the club   initiative. Student volunteers gather donations of
                                                              to Downtown Lancaster.                                       femine hygiene products and distribute them in cam-
   This past Friday, Millersville Concerned Women                MCW has three mentors who lead the group: Gladys          pus bathrooms in a basic labeled “Code Red.”
(MCW) gathered in the McNairy library to organize             Laporte Rodriguez, Marilyn Retamar, and Casandra               MCW meets every Friday at 3 p.m. in McNairy Li-
donations collected during their “MCW Cares for You”          Miller.                                                      brary room 100. The group discusses womens’ issues,
initiative. During the initiative, students and fac-                                                                        current and campus events, and they listen to fea-

                                                               “...I love helping
ulty members donated feminine hygiene products                                                                              tured guest speakers. The club also creates a sense of
and winter attire to be given to homeless women in                                                                          friendship and community by going on outings such
Downtown Lancaster.                                                                                                         as movies and hiking together.

                                                               people, so it will
   Students and mentors laid out the donations onto                                                                           “Our mission is three things, social, leadership and
a long table and began to organize them into bags.                                                                          academics,” said Retamar.
Jordan Fessler, executive, said the club plans to dis-                                                                        The organization is also developing a womens’
tribute the items to local homeless women.                                                                                  empowerment conference called “Fearless Women”

                                                              be amazing just to
   “We did get a lot of stuff to prepare homeless                                                                           scheduled for March 28, 2020. The mentors said the
women for the winter,” said Fessler.                                                                                        purpose of the conference is to empower Millers-
   “Today we are going to package all these things                                                                          ville’s female student population. Guest speakers are

                                                               do this for other
up, and then tomorrow we are going into Lancast-                                                                            currently being selected for the event.
er city... we are going to be distributing this out to                                                                        The mentors and students involved with MCW
homeless women across the city,” said Fessler.                                                                              challenged themselves to not only encourage each
   Barsha Thapa, social media/marketing, joined                                                                             other, but to reach out to women in the surrounding

                                                                    people.”
MCW last year when the initiative took place for the                                                                        community as well through “MCW Cares for You.”
first time. She talked about how she had been posi-
tively impacted by participating in collecting and
distributing donations last year.
   “After packaging last year when we went to dis-
tribute [the donations], we see smiles on peoples’

                                                                   - Deltilyn Bonal
faces. That was like ‘wow,’” said Thapa.
   Thapa said that homeless women tend to be recep-
tive when approached by her club.
   “We go to a location, we scatter ourselves, we talk
to people, and they are like ‘yes we are interested,’”           Gladys LaPorte Rodriguez began her journey with
said Thapa.                                                   MCW alongside Marilyn Retamar in Fall 2017. While
   Deltilyn Bonal, club member, said that participating       the group existed previously, it has since expanded
in the club and in this event took her “out of her shell.”    and the women involved are challenging themselves
   Bonal spoke about the sense of community she feels         to make a larger impact on the community.
within the group.                                                “We wanted to do something for the Lancaster com-
   “You never want to leave, you just want to keep talk-      munity and this came up. We requested some sugges-
ing to the ladies...It’s like a family,” said Bonal.          tions from the students, and this was one of the things
   This year was Bonal’s first year distributing items        we wanted to do for women,” said Rodriguez.
to the homeless female population. The students and              Rodriguez said the outreach has grown in success
mentors planned to take a bus to Downtown Lancaster           since last year.
on Saturday to distribute items. They said they would            “The box at McComsey... was filled with hats and
be going to locations including Binns park and sur-           gloves. We were overwhelmed. That was really, really
rounding areas.                                               nice... It’s really cold downtown at this time,” said Ro-                            KAT DELANEY/SNAPPER
   “I am so excited to do this... I love helping people, so   driguez.                                                     Students organize feminine hygiene products
it will be so amazing just to do this for other people,”         MCW is a group that meets on campus to empower            donated by MU students and faculty.
said Bonal.                                                   female students by supporting academics, social skills

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                 ARTS & CULTURE                                                 THURSDAY. NOVMBER 21. 2019.

        DIASPORIC MUSINGS:
AFRICAN AMERICAN CERAMIC ARTWORKS

                   Photos Courtesy of Kat Delaney/Snapper

                   Mixed media diverse gallery is worth
                     taking a look as a celebration of
                    African art. Displayed in the Eckert
                     Art Gallery until December 9th.

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    ‘Cheap Queen’ is a magical
             dream

                                                                                                                                          PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM
  King Princess establishes themself as a mainstream LGBTQ+ pop artist with “Cheap Queen.”
                                                                partner and want to be the only one for their partner.       to surround ourselves with someone special. The song
                    JOSH RITTBERG                               The longing is evident throughout the song.                  could also be referring to the artist themselves who at
                   Arts & Culture Editor                                   Another shorter song, “Do you wanna see           the age of 20 is a bit of a prodigy quickly launching to
                                                                me crying,” coming in at one minute and 48 seconds,          stardom and having a profitable career. The song also
                                                                it’s the second shortest song. The first minute is spent     hints to the exploitation with talents or “prodigies” in
                     KAT DELANEY
              Associate Photography Editor                      setting up for the vocals giving off a smoky and flowy       the music industry with the line “You know what you
                                                                vibe that makes you want to be in a smoky club in the        want. It’s only ‘bout the money and control. Can’t step
                                                                city with multi-colored lights bathing you in reds and       off it, someone else will cop it like it’s gold, you’re a
     King Princess in their debut full length pop album,        purples. Even though they only sing a few lines of dia-      prophet Someone’s gonna profit.” This line explains
“Cheap Queen” is a queer trifecta that chronicles the           logue its enough to finish off the mood of the song. It’s    how music producers and executives exploit artists
pulsing highs of being gay and in love in the breakout          heartbreak out, but one your slowly moving on from.          for profit these days and are not full of the heart and
hit, “Hit the Back” along with the exploitations of fame        “Do you wanna see me crying” shows a vulnerable side         soul as singers deserve. This track is a powerful state-
as in the album’s title song. King Princess at age 20, is       that I know I’d love to see more of.                         ment on obsession in love and exploitation in the mu-
an emerging young pop artist who has reached star-                                                                           sic world that is powerfully relevant yet universal to
dom and appeared on one of television’s biggest shows,                                                                       our world.

                                                                   “King Princess has
Saturday Night Live. Yet in their blissful 30 minute set                                                                               One of the most poignant songs on the album
of songs, they display the wisdom of someone way be-                                                                         is “Isabel’s Moment” where King Princess collaborates
yond their years. They have given those in the LGBTQ+                                                                        with canadian singer, Tobias Jesso Jr. to sing a haunt-

                                                                  slowly emerged as
community a symbol of strength with their early songs                                                                        ing track of the complications between what is a friend
such as the heart-tugging anthem, “1950.” In times like                                                                      and what is a lover. When King Princess sings “You
these where the world for young people who are LG-                                                                           can’t choose your love like a phone number. And I’m

                                                                   a beacon of hope
BTQ+ can seem scarier than ever, young people need                                                                           still trying to draw all the lines through my friends
a role model and a light. King Princess has slowly                                                                           and my lovers.” They are looking back at their life and
emerged as a beacon of hope for those in the LGBTQ+                                                                          analyzing who really cared for them. They are wise be-
community and even beyond.
          The album opens with King Princess’ smokey             for those in the LG-                                        yond their years; quality adds greatly to their appeal
                                                                                                                             as an artist. This is also true in the song, “Watch My

                                                                  BTQ+ community
and smooth song “Tough on Myself.” They sing about                                                                           Phone” as she thinks and reflects on her past relation-
their struggles with putting pressure on themselves                                                                          ship with actress, Amandla Stenberg. King Princess
and worrying that their significant other could do bet-                                                                      proves themself in these two tracks as an artist who is

                                                                     and beyond.”
ter than them, and being afraid they’ll move on. With                                                                        stunningly poetic.
lyrics like “My good intentions go bad when hold me”                                                                               One of King Princesses breakout singles is “Hit the
They talk about struggling with insecurities in relation-                                                                    Back” with an infectious pulsing base melody and an

                                                                    - Josh Rittberg
ships.                                                                                                                       instantly danceable chorus, this song about embracing
     The second song on the album is only one minute                                                                         your body is an absolute delights and is easily one of
and 17 seconds with only a repeating chorus it has a                                                                         the breakout songs on the album. “Cheap Queen” ends
vintage feel, like it should be played in the background                                                                     with the quieter yet introspective, “If you think it’s
of an old coming of age movie. Despite being short,                                                                          love.” This song is about a love that had gone wrong
Princess’s melodic voice makes you feel like you’re go-                                                                      and is now tired. In the line, “If this is love I want my
ing back in time. They prove that a little thing can pack                                                                    money back. ‘Cause I could use the check to spend it
a punch.                                                             “Homegirl” is love that you can’t show off, they        on a better heart.” the singer is looking for a relation-
          Luckily in the title song “Cheap Queen,” they         sing of how they stare across the room and have to           ship more meaningful in fulfilling. This song ends the
pick up right where they left off the first verse coming        wait till their alone to touch and be with each other.       album on a note that is serious as the listener sees the
right from “Useless Phrases,” however “Cheap Queen”             Even though there’s danger in what they are doing it’s       artist looking for a more fulfilling relationship, but
has a very different vibe with a slightly sad feeling to        too powerful and magnetic to ignore so they find a safe      also hopeful as the artist is looking for love and ulti-
the song: like when love goes still, it’s still love but it’s   space at home to show each other their affections. The       mately fulfillment in love. King Princess with this al-
not the exciting passion it was at the beginning. In the        soft background vocals give the song a mystical and en-      bum establishes themself as the new queer queen of
lyrics, “I’m a cheap queen I can be what you like,” you         chanted vibe like you’re in a forest waiting to meet up      music. With instantly danceable tracks such as “Hit
can hear the defeat and loss of interest in what’s going        with your secret lover to run away and live in a small       the Back” and introspective thought provoking pieces
on. Despite being somber, halfway through you’ll be             cottage and forget the world. Definitely, a favorite of      such as “Isabel’s Moment,” “Cheap Queen” is a work
bopping along softly singing the lyrics.                        mine. I would highly recommend listening to at mid-          for an emerging artist who establishes themself as a
          “Ain’t Together,” the fourth song of the album        night in the grass with your lover in your arms.             new treasure in the LGBTQ+ music world and by being
talks about the struggles of labels in relationships. And            The song “Prophet” is about obsession and how it        proudly themself gives visibility for queer people to be
even though they do all the things you do in a relation-        fuels our loves and relationships. With lyrics like the      normalized in pop culture.
ship there is no official title holding them together.          chorus, “I can only think about you. And what it’s like to
Princess’s sums it up all in one line “ We say I love you,      walk around you.” The singer seems to be saying how
but we ain’t together.” Despite this, they still want their     obsession fuels our romantic feelings when we want

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