With subject lines like “GET THIS SUMMER JOB” and “free job opening” getting more common in our SIUE inboxes, it’s worrying that SIUE’s filters aren’t catching spam emails more often. Whether it means getting better spam filters or teaching staff and students to be more aware, something need…
The International Olympic Committee has had several instances in recent weeks of penalizing Black female athletes, continuing a long history of placing unfair restrictions and standards on Black athletes.
Social media sites like Instagram and Twitter seem increasingly plagued with “bots” — fake social media accounts which are automated and run by software instead of real people. These bots have generated an increasing amount of misinformation and spam messages in recent years, and we at The A…
Most women who try to obtain a designer body do not realize the consequences for women everywhere and the message that it sends to little girls who observe us. Thin, smooth and voluptuous ideals of women have become the standard that has a negative impact on girls and women.
Why be your child’s first bully? Shaming a child for breaking gender norms damages self esteem, mental health and even future life opportunities.
Unpaid opportunities and requirements for college students, such as internships and student teaching, have long been normalized as stepping stones for students to enter the workforce and gain valuable experience. It’s important to acknowledge, however, the inherent classism within the idea o…
As a student newspaper, we at The Alestle have multiple jobs to accomplish, but none of that is possible without the cooperation of the SIUE community being readily available and willing to talk with us.
To help promote body positivity, people on TikTok have been posting videos dancing to “Folding Chair” by Regina Spektor, mainly to the lyrics, “I’ve got a perfect body / ‘Cause my eyelashes catch my sweat.” The notion that our bodies are perfect because they work is something I’ve seen a lot…
The World Health Organization faces accusations of sexism after releasing the first draft of their global action plan on alcohol that explicitly avoids looking at how alcohol can affect men when trying to conceive a child.
Having a balanced and nutritious diet is different for everyone, so when Herbalife says their products can help everyone lose weight, don’t believe them.
Complaining about partisan politics is practically beating a dead horse at this point, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be said.
While many would agree that Spotify and YouTube ads are a nuisance, for some, they can be truly harmful.
While infamously anti-LGBTQ, Chick-fil-A isn’t alone in making problematic donations, or in serving chicken sandwiches with ethical costs.
“The customer is always right.”
Many students may have more spare time than usual due to reduced class load. Using this free time to start getting active can have benefits ranging from improved confidence to better sleep and even more focus.
Many Americans have become optimistic about “returning to normal” with the COVID-19 vaccine distribution, but other countries are still being ravaged by new cases and have few vaccines available.
I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spring 2021, yet you won't find my name in The Alestle's Graduation Issue or the graduation program. It's as if I didn't graduate at all. In fact, I almost didn't because of a careless administrative error.
Dining hours for the summer semester are severely limited, harming students who stay on campus and bringing SIUE dangerously close to becoming a food desert.
Despite the Eurocentric nature of beauty standards, in recent years white influencers and celebrities have been profiting off of appropriating the appearance of women of color.
April grades bring May finals. This month is the month of stress among students and faculty alike across universities. And with COVID-19, the stress only increases. Although we’ve written about stressful group projects in the past (and received some counter-arguments), finals are a very diff…
As a student in Media Studies at SIUE, I feel compelled to respond to the recent op-ed “Teachers: thoughtless group projects need to stop.” In the strange and alienating age of COVID-19, we need group projects more than ever.
If you’ve been vaccinated – great, but don’t stop wearing a mask. Respect the people around you who haven’t been vaccinated yet, or can’t because of allergies or other medical conditions.
Music is one of the wonders of humanity. Listening to the different music genres can be a unique experience and allow you to embrace different cultures.
Representation can mean everything to a community. It can show them in a good or bad light; those perceptions can follow a group of people for a long time.
Warning: This piece contains some content related to sexual assault.
“Super-straight” is a sexuality proposed by young men on TikTok to mean sexual attraction to cisgendered people of the opposite sex. In short, some teenage boys were mad about the prospect of being called transphobic for not wanting to be with a trans woman, so they made up a sexuality that …
Sex is a huge part of the human experience, so much so that we devoted a full 16 pages to the topic while still not covering everything. Given this, it seems reasonable that we should make the most of it, right?
Warning: This piece contains some content related to sexual assault.
Warning: This piece contains some content related to sexual assault.
Picture this: It’s halfway through the semester and you are sitting in your PJs while attending one of many Zoom classes. You’re halfway asleep (it’s an 8 a.m. class, after all) but suddenly something catches your attention: a peer misgenders a fellow student. Or at least, you think.
Warning: This piece contains some content related to sexual assault.
Technically, SIUE is compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Each building has an accessible entrance and an accessible bathroom, there are accessible parking spots and sidewalks meet the width requirements. However, it’s no secret that students with disabilities have lon…
There’s no doubt that the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters have been challenging for students, but don’t let that discourage you from taking summer classes.
At the beginning of the semester, we published a staff editorial urging each individual on campus to do their part to stop the spread of COVID-19. Unfortunately, not everybody seems to have gotten the memo.
Drug addiction is one of the first things that comes to mind when people think of crime and deviance, but that ignores the significant amount of evidence that lack of proper social and justice system programs cause it.
Lazy peers, indecision, impossible coordination, an unwelcome time commitment and a classroom full of groaning students. Tack on a deadline and you’ve got yourself a group project. It’s no secret that many students hate being forced to work in a group.
Why is pop culture still so behind on representing Autism properly? The answer may be simple — a lack of input from those on the spectrum.
Winter weather hit the SIUE area hard last week, but not as hard as the state of Texas. The severity of the weather in Texas was only amplified because it’s not what Texans and other Southerners were used to — freezing temperatures and inches upon inches of snow. It’s easy for Northerners to…
Ruth’s childhood was riddled with surgeries and doctor’s appointments, but she never knew why. When she asked doctors, they never answered. It wasn’t until she hemorraged while having sex decades later that she began to discover the truth. It took breaking into her childhood endocrinologist'…
In the 2020 presidential election, more than 66 percent of the United States voter population exercised their right to vote. There is plenty of evidence that Hispanic, Black and Asian American populations had a strong impact on the past election, but that isn’t slowing down the use of voter …
Life is filled with things to worry about and we all worry about something every day, and it’s usually things that we have some control over, like test scores, job performances and physical fitness.
It’s possible that this is the last pandemic-semester we will have to face, but it could also be one of the worst for some. With a new semester comes new worries, so it’s important to remember to take care of yourself, and use the resources available to you.
Warning: This piece contains some content related to sexual assault.
Aside from being awarded credentials, the advantage of learning information from school instead of YouTube is the personal attention of an expert in a field who will gladly answer your questions and help you learn the information you’ve chosen to pursue. However, some professors, especially …
In the year of a pandemic, people across the world have suffered plenty of heartache. A feeling many Native Americans have been experiencing for a long time with their reservations being underfunded by the government and the spiraling effect of it.
SIUE has updated a lot of their COVID-19 protocol lately. They’ve added rules for testing when returning to campus, and the online COVID Dashboard has been changed and updated quite a bit. There are plenty of rules regarding masks, social distancing and more, but these rules may not be enough.
One particular sentiment was commonly thrown around in 2020: “I can’t wait for this nightmare of a year to be over, then everything can go back to normal!” Anyone paying attention to the news should know that was a load of garbage, and with a new presidential term starting, we shouldn’t be m…
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