Porter’s Latest Mural, Almost Two Years in the Making
In blue, green, and hints of yellow, Isabella Tuell, a second-year undergraduate Porter affiliate, paints the latest addition to the Porter College murals. Featuring a mother whale with its baby, her mural depicts what most college freshmen go through — growing up and moving out…
The Case for Romance Novels
I have a literary confession to make: I’m addicted to romance novels. It began in sixth grade when I first picked up “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer, then “New Moon,” then “Eclipse,” and finally the exhilarating conclusion “Breaking Dawn.” I read the series three more times…
Interactive Documentary Exposes Prisons During COVID-19
Timothy Bazrowx was an inmate at the Wynne Unit in Huntsville, Texas, when the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the nation and hit prisons hard. “I don’t like to think of dying, but we all have an expiration date. [In prison] sickness runs like a crazy…
The Rasquache Collective Builds a Time Machine
You wouldn’t believe it, but they’ve built a time machine. But this isn’t the kind of time machine you would see in “Back to The Future,” “Avengers: End Game,” or even “Meet The Robinsons.” This time machine is a kite. The Rasquache Collective –– Ann…
Mugwort and Bergamot: Solitary Garden’s Spring Plants Center Healing and Restoration
The concrete walls of San Quentin Prison in Marin County are a far cry from the Solitary Garden. The sculpture overlooks a panoramic view of Monterey Bay and is lined with soft green mugwort and delicately vivacious bergamot, sprouting with warm violet flower buds. These…
“Untouched” Creates a Dreamscape of the Human and Nature Relationship
In one snapshot, power lines run against the background of an empty desert. In another, a tree stands in the middle of the frame. Superimposing the two on a double exposure film depicts Joshua Tree, California, in a dreamlike state. This image is displayed alongside…
Panelists Talk Food Systems Education
Innovation. Privilege. Collaboration. Capitalism. Legacy. These are just a few of the 400 words that were submitted when attendees were asked what came to mind when they heard the term “food systems.” In a conversation about innovation and equity in food systems education, panelists from…
Visualising Abolition Puts the Abolition Feminism Movement into Perspective
Ending mass incarceration, stifling sexual assault and police violence, fighting for equality for all races, genders, and sexualities — are the pillars of the abolitionist feminism movement. As a political philosophy and a practice, abolitionist feminism was founded in the 1830s when antislavery and women’s…
Family Student Housing Upgrades 20-Year-Old Internet
Even though his school and job is virtual, Mykel Brinkerhoff still commutes. Brinkerhoff lives in UC Santa Cruz’s Family Student Housing (FSH) with his wife and daughter. While he juggles being a graduate student and a TA, he has to venture to Rachel Carson College…
Rhiana Gunn-Wright talks Green New Deal, Climate Policy, and Environmental Justice
Years of lead-contaminated water. Thousands of residents owed $600 million from their city. A former governor facing criminal charges for mishandling the disaster. These are all consequences of the Flint, Michigan water crisis. The crisis in Flint is just one example of how systemic racism…