How 'Animal Crossing' is impacting mental health during the COVID-19 crisis

Amid the COVID-19 crisis Animal Crossing came to the rescue; allowing players to escape from the world for a bit. 

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Loud and Clear: The in-betweener

When I studied abroad last summer, I took a class on Japanese animation. In this class, we learned about the different roles animators play, and one key role stood out to me: the in-betweeners. 

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Loud and Clear: The unfavorable adventure

I am so sick and so tired of looking at boxes. 

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Loud and Clear: ‘The Mandalorian’ child, he is

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the world was introduced to the absolute cutest thing anyone could ever see. You guessed it: It’s Baby Yoda. 

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Loud and Clear: Temporarily 21

When Forever 21 announced it was filing for bankruptcy, my immediate thought was, “Well, I guess they were only Temporarily 21.” After I laughed at my own joke, however, I realized just how hard it was going to be for me to buy clothes from here on out. 

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Loud and Clear: A garden unheard

"Legacy. What is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you'll never get to see."

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Loud and Clear: Never forget my Iraqi family

9/11 was a day everyone remembers in detail; where they were, who they were with and what they were doing.  Nobody ever asks me where I was the first time someone called me a terrorist. 

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Loud and Clear: 6 things I learned from studying abroad

This June I was given the wonderful opportunity to study abroad in Japan. I have always wanted to go, and after I took my first Japanese language class, I thought it would be even more rewarding to be able to experience the culture and practice my new skills. 

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Loud and Clear: Hellfire

“Like fire. Hellfire.”  These lyrics from the song “Hellfire,” from the movie “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” scorched into my brain the moment I found out the Notre Dame in Paris, France was burning. 

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Loud and Clear: Seeing invisible writers

I write the stories that will never be told without me

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