Opinion: People Who Idolize Serial Killers Need Better Role Models
Content warning: This article contains content regarding violence and death. Over the last several months, I’ve been closely following the trial of serial killer Wade […]
Opinions
Opinion: The Art of the All-Nighter
We’re less than a month into the semester and I’ve already done something that has impaired me as much as having a blood alcohol content […]
Staff Recs: Letterboxd Top Four
When the Pleiad isn’t busy updating you on the latest campus renovations or upcoming music, we’re movie critics instead. Although nobody’s stopped us on the […]
Opinion: Nepotism Will be the Downfall of the NFL
Nepotism, or favoritism based on kinship, is nothing new in sports, but as we approach a new generation of athletes whose fathers were famous athletes […]
Opinion: The Music That Got Me Through a Difficult Year
I consider myself a bit of a music aficionado. I mean, I’ve already written two Pleiad articles about music, and to begin my third, I […]
Letter From the Editor: Grieving Together
I remember that I was walking and glanced at my phone. I saw a familiar name, the name of someone I greatly admired and had […]
Pleiad Editorial: COVID-19 Isn’t Going Anywhere
When it comes to being sick, many of us have been raised not to listen to our body. If you don’t acknowledge your sore throat […]
Opinion: Kamala Harris and Anti-Blackness: ‘The Only Way to Keep our Agency is to Enact Change’
Vice President Kamala Harris is running for president. Because she is a Black woman, the anti-blackness we see directed towards Black women will fuel an […]
Opinion: ‘Time to Yourself is Quality Time,’ Learning to be Alone
At the start of my third year of college, I’ve found myself in a position I dreaded being in two years ago: alone. Coming in […]
Review: ‘Alien: Romulus’ Honors the Themes of the Franchise by Being Scary as Ever
Content warning: This article discusses themes of sexual assault. “Alien: Romulus” spoilers ahead. The crippling hubris of militaristic capitalism. A woman in a sci-fi film […]
Letter From the Editor: ‘I Didn’t Think I’d Be Writing This’
I have to confess something: I didn’t think I’d be writing this. This is true for a couple of reasons, but mostly because I wasn’t […]
Guest Column: Three of My Professors Left This Year
The following is an opinion written by Walled Lake junior, Shay Athayde. On the first day of classes, I was greeted with the information that […]