Give this sweet and savory Thanksgiving side a chance
I am not, by any means, a lover of sweet potatoes. I do, however, love Thanksgiving and all thefood that comes with it. Every year I have to try a…
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Callous comments reflect historic erasure of Native people
Last Thursday, I, along with millions of other Americans, sat down on the couch to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. At my house, it’s a tradition: come downstairs in…
Thanksgiving food not limited to family homestead
Thanksgiving is a relatively “easy” holiday: all you have to do is watch a few parades, sit down with the family, eat, make some small talk and maybe watch a…
First-year student tackles Black Friday shenanigans
All was silent. No one else moved, spoke, or even breathed, for that matter. They all just stared at the locked automatic sliding doors with this sort of hungry look…
Thanksgiving dishes, lifelong wishes: a humorous listicle
My family likes a traditional Thanksgiving meal. None of that tofurky or talk about genocide that would force us to uncomfortably deal with the damning effects of our own whiteness.…
Black Friday behavior reveals disregard for workforce
As soon as November began, college students began the countdown to Thanksgiving break—a short but much-needed respite from classes and a chance to eat a home-cooked meal in a familiar…
Ask Lily: Canadian Lovers and weird amounts of turkey
As evidenced by the masses at the Deece rocking leggings as pants on Sunday evening, Turkey-Week (or, let’s be honest, half-week) may have rounded up the Freshmen fifteen to the…
Low-harm vegan dinner something to be thankful for
The Thanksgivings of my early childhood probably recall those of most other Americans families: uncles making awkward and subtly offensive jokes; a football game playing on the television in the…
Black Friday fixation disturbs Thanksgiving appreciation
The late George Carlin once noted how two of the most popular activities among Americans are buying and eating, and frankly it seems this year that reality has become more…