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Students may be getting more information from artificial intelligence like ChatGPT than textbooks recently. Photo by Sofie Szigeti. When ChatGPT-3.5 was released in November of 2022, it was immediately clear that education would change forever. It sparked dramatic headlines speculating the effect of the program on higher education, such as “The College Essay Is Dead”  from The Atlantic , and opened a world of untapped possibilities for cheating, plagiarism and rampant misinfo

The consequences of playing too many tabletop roleplaying games. Art by Basil Allen. The most famous Tabletop Role-Playing Game (often referred to as TTRPGs), so ubiquitous to the genre it overshadows others in almost every conversation, is Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), with players nowadays usually diving into its 5th edition. However, the high fantasy D&D offers is just one of many kinds of narratives tabletop RPGs can tell, and with Halloween coming up soon, the time is neve

Some silly little stuffed animals. Art by Dasha Allyn. Fluffy, stuffed and charming: a child’s trusty sidekick. Stuffed animals are common objects of comfort and can function in various ways. They can be a bedtime companion, a soft shoulder to cry on after a stressful midterm, and, depending on the brand, a cute heating pad. These objects serve many purposes that children often overlook. Whether it’s a ratty, washed-out teddy from childhood or a new fuzzy friend, owning a stu