By Caden ZieglerWeb Content Contributor “Texas State University presents an academic theme each year with related events for everyone. This is our Common Experience.” Common Experience at Texas State is the amalgamation of reading, seeing, hearing and internalizing the world … Continue reading B2SB: Texas State Common Experience
By Caden ZieglerWeb Content Contributor In 1886, Atlanta pharmacist Dr. John Pemberton created a flavored syrup that could be mixed with carbonated water to create a soft drink that could be sold at a soda fountain. Each glass cost about … Continue reading The Dark History of Coca Cola
By Caden ZieglerWeb Content Contributor Though I am a native Texas and come from a family of deep-southern country folks, I don’t have any personal affection for country music. Play some George Strait, yeah I can get down to it, … Continue reading Souther Gothic Rock: The Right Amount of Country
By Caden ZieglerWeb Content Contributor Apart from listening to KTSW, I get most of my music from my friends or, surprisingly, the shows I stream on various services. I’ve even found some of my favorite bands from binging Netflix late … Continue reading Top Tracks From Netflix Shows
By Caden ZieglerWeb Content Contributor Fernando Monroy is an artist from Mexico that I have been following on Twitter (@freakmonroe) for years, and every time he posts new photos of his art I am simply blown away. His talents cease … Continue reading A Chat with Fernando Monroy
By Caden ZieglerWeb Content Contributor You have your crystals and your smudge stick, but there’s still something missing. Something you can’t quite put your finger on. You find yourself wandering around a bookstore (or maybe the internet) and you stumble … Continue reading Witch Amateur Hour: Podcast Review
By Caden ZieglerWeb Content Contributor As a super busy college student, I find it difficult to keep up with the fashion trends of the spring and fall– I know, total sin, right? Luckily for us, summer is just around the … Continue reading Summer Fashion
By Caden Ziegler Web Content Contributor “HosTing now” is a common screen name when scrolling through gay apps, and it takes a little information about the colloquial terms used by the LGBT+ community to dissect its meaning. “Hosting” means that … Continue reading HosTing Now: Methamphetamine Crisis in the Gay Community
By Caden Ziegler Web Content Contributor April has a ton of national observances, but I would like to focus on one: Alcoholism Awareness. There are countless charities, but it can be difficult separating which ones actually do good and are … Continue reading April: Alcoholism Awareness Month
By Caden Ziegler Web Content Contributor The metaphysical and spiritual fad taking over is something that is amazing. People are awakening, and growing in a way that is so great and cleansing. That being said, there are some things we … Continue reading Sustainable, Spiritual Living
By Caden ZieglerWeb Content Contributor It’s safe to say that most people love a movie from Disney Studios, or a least a movie that is owned by the massive conglomerate of Disney. The company that was formed in 1923 has … Continue reading Disney on the Horizon
By Caden Ziegler Web Content Contributor Tick-tock. Tick-tock. Hear that? That’s the sound of the Doomsday Clock, which is a clock used to count down man-made global catastrophe. It’s highly symbolic and uses a metric of time that isn’t standard. … Continue reading Two Minutes to Global Catastophe
By Caden ZieglerWeb Content Contributor Julie Goldman: This s**t is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S, this s**t is Trumpanas, T-R-U-M-P-A-N-A-N-A-S.Brandy Howard: What?JG: I don’t know. I don’t even know. These are the beginning few lines of Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard’s killer theme … Continue reading Dumb Gay Politics: A Podcast Review
By Caden ZieglerWeb Content Contributor Oprah Winfrey, Shonda Rhimes, Viola Davis, Laverne Cox, Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone are all names we (should) know. They are a handful of successful and persistent black women in entertainment. Nina Simone and Aretha … Continue reading Black Women in Entertainment: Progress, Representation and Where We Are Going
By Caden Ziegler Web Content Contributor In 2004, the Food and Drug Administration approved Truvada to be released to the public. Truvada, commonly known as PrEP, is a combination of two different drugs that when taken together decrease the chance … Continue reading Why HIV Won’t Go Away Anytime Soon
By Caden Ziegler Blog Content Contributor People have been writing down their thoughts, aspirations, and questions for at least 2,000 years, yet journaling as a practice is easily dismissed today. It seems like the only representation of journaling in the … Continue reading You’ve Probably Been Journaling the Wrong Way
