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The Wayne Stater

The student news site of Wayne State College

The Wayne Stater

The student news site of Wayne State College

The Wayne Stater

Hookup Culture

WSC Student March 30, 2022

Here’s a little awful rant. To the readers out there who participate in hookup culture, I’m genuinely curious as to why and how you do it. What could you possibly gain from an unwanted situationship,...

A Timeless Queer Classic: “But I’m a Cheerleader”

MacKenzie Peterson, WSC Student March 23, 2022

"But I'm a Cheerleader" is a satire, comedy, queer romance movie directed by Jamie Babbit in 1999, with a screenplay by Brian Peterson. With performances that blend humor and compassion, the outcome is...

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The big what if

Jake Stewart, Columnist - Dead in the Water March 23, 2022

I’m watching this would-be snow fall from my living room window. They had called for three inches of the wet/heavy stuff, and yet, there’s very little taking shape. The start of spring seems to have...

Top 10 Women

Kristian Perez, Staff Writer March 23, 2022

There are many women both in history and today that inspire other women and people strongly.   It’s important to make sure we honor these women even to this day as they were the women that set the...

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When crunchy becomes crusty

Zaynab Kouatli, Opinion Editor March 23, 2022

The crunchy lifestyle is one that includes eating only organic food, using cloth diapers and composting. Being crunchy or granola means to live an ecofriendly and holistic life. One could say they have...

Student Senate President voices concern of the lack in campus leadership

Blake Aspen, WSC Student Senate President March 23, 2022

Over the last few years at Wayne State College, a silent epidemic has sprung upon us. Student leaders are disappearing.  Several organizations that have historically been the most professional and...

My “uncivilized” opinion of the Ukraine-Russia conflict

Zaynab Kouatli, Opinion Editor March 16, 2022

If you turn on the news, it is no surprise that the topic of conversation is the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, the news coverage of these events has been disgustingly pivoted into a rhetoric that...

The Old Con Strikes Back

Jake Stewart, Columnist - Dead in the Water March 16, 2022

I needed a mission, and for my sins, they gave me one. Sure, those may not be the opening lines of Apocalypse Now, but I find that it works here, readers. Indeed—a writer without a rudder, without direction...

Stop Trauma Dumping and Get a Therapist

Stop Trauma Dumping and Get a Therapist

Zaynab Kouatli, Opinion Editor March 2, 2022

I want you to think back to episode 58, "Missing Identity," from season three of “SpongeBob SquarePants.” The scene according to the transcript of this episode goes as follows: [At a diner, it is raining...

Letter to the editor

Hayley Ortmeier, Staff Writer February 23, 2022

On one random afternoon after my class, I went to the Lower Gag to get a sandwich for lunch. It was another stressful Monday, so I was glad to take a short break from classes. I sat down, contemplating...

Many plant enthusiasts wont know that these plants have racist roots.

Plants with surprisingly racist roots

Zaynab Kouatli, Opinion Editor February 23, 2022

Like many other plant enthusiasts, I find myself constantly browsing through Facebook Marketplace on the hunt for a new specimen to bring home. I discovered a beautiful trailing plant with soft purple...

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Plus-Sized Clothing Needs to be Fashionable

Lurye Baxa, A&E Editor February 17, 2022

When you walk into a clothing store, what is the first thing you notice? Is it the female clothing section with its crop tops and skinny jeans? Is it the male clothing section with the t-shirts, flannels...

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