Vik Pepaj

Graphic by Vik Pepaj Nothing’s better than going on a great date. The next day, you might reminisce on the romance and the fun you had. For Samantha Sanso, however, reminiscing only made her realize the flaws in the man she saw. Women’s dating standards are increasingly debated online. Whether it’s wanting the bare minimum or expecting princess treatment, women do indeed have higher standards than they did 20 years ago.

Photo by Steven Ospina Delgado. Last Thursday, SBU staff and students protested the increasing ICE raids across the country, including last month’s fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE officers. Protesters demanded SBU establish protections for international and immigrant students, and designate the university as a sanctuary campus. The demands echo last year’s, following the revocation and subsequent reinstatement of 11 international students’ visas.

Graphic by Liam Hinck More than half of adults raised Catholic have left the church at one point in their life. If you were to ask me if I’d still consider myself Catholic, the only response I can give to that question is, “It’s complicated.” While I wasn’t raised by a family that was active in the Church or attending worship every Sunday, religious messaging always loomed in my home.