Articles by Skyler Verrone
Jun. 9, 2023
Drexel University: what is our money going to?
It’s well-known among students that Drexel is not, so to speak, the best school in the world. “The Drexel shaft” has been a running joke…

Feb. 3, 2023
“Knock at the Cabin” review: There’s still hope for Shyamalan
M. Night Shyamalan has always been a controversial filmmaker. Not in the sense that his movies have been polarizing—it is pretty cut-and-dry which ones are…

Nov. 4, 2022
The Clickbait Presidency
Donald J. Trump is the Sigmund Freud of U.S. politics. Whether you like it or not, he can and will show up in any conversation,…
Aug. 26, 2022
You Don’t Know How To Use A Computer
The worst group project I ever had was with a student who didn’t know how computers work. In their defense, computers are complicated. I think…

Jun. 10, 2022
The Robot Problem
It’s easy to understand and hard to ignore the popular sentiment around automation. With the world we live in, the idea of blue-collar jobs being…

Aug. 13, 2021
The myth of the Lone Genius
Here in America, the lifeblood of the modern startup is the entrepreneur. In today’s culture, launching a company is as simple as one well-connected person…
Jul. 18, 2021
Colonizing Mars is a Terrible, Awful Idea
We need to accept the fact that Earth is the only planet we will ever live on. No matter how far technology advances, no matter…
May. 7, 2021
Conservation: The Only Tool We Have
Our society has a turbulent relationship with nature, to say the least. Human expansion has historically had extremely negative effects on the environment, at least…
Apr. 23, 2021
Climate Action and Nuclear Power Plants: Dangerous?
The trend of closing nuclear power plants in Japan and the EU worries me. In the fight against climate change, we need every tool at…
Mar. 13, 2021
I’ve decided that I don’t believe in the moon
I’ve decided I don’t believe in the moon. Well, let me rephrase that—I believe the moon exists, I just don’t agree with what everyone else…