I Am Become Death
There is a story I once heard, a story of a hero who stole fire from the Gods. He gifted the first flame to mankind, and the Gods watched as a spark of fire erupted under a dark sky. For…
Categories: The Infinitum
Author: Thando Bhebhe
To my eternal, I’ll always answer
Haunted by that dream of tomorrow, that nightmare of mortality, of foolish hubris, of realized delusion, of fiery hell burning upon the once green, the once alive, the once beautiful, so beautiful and clean, promising and pure. Oh why, why…
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When it happens
You know how it feels when it finally happens? When everything just clicks, when all the pieces fall into place, the stars aligning, eyes glancing in lock as for that single second, you finally clutch it. It’s scary, surreal, sometimes…
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Vertigo
Photo Contribution by Karen Savoy Anything is possible, believe in yourself, you can achieve whatever you set your mind to, there is nothing stopping, stopping, stopping, STOPPING——– Lost transmission. Brace for landing, repeat, brace for landing, WE’RE GOING DOWN! Down…
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Punk
Night is black, streets are wet, tears stream down in weep. Hands raise, red reflects, warm and cold with guilt, knees crack in stumble. Bowed both body and soul, sky returns gaze, a single blink and its day. Sun sets,…
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Right Place, Right Time
PHOTO BY Corentin LE LEANNEC ON Unsplash He was at the right place, at the right time, and viola, his dreams came true. Some will call it luck, some will call it hard work, others will speak to it as destiny,…
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Standardized Testing and Objectivity Within a Subjective World
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY KAREN SAVOY / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY In the wake of COVID-19, the world was plunged into a hysteria of change. Life as we know it would never be the same again, from lockdowns and isolation to a world…
Categories: Opinion
Metamorphosis
Photo by Suzanne D. Williams on Unsplash His name didn’t matter, if he was being honest, nothing mattered anymore. For a long time, he’d always struggled to find the meaning of it all, the pleasure and bliss of being alive.…
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Enter the Metaverse
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY When the pandemic hit, everything changed. It wasn’t just the victims of the virus, the surging of hospitals and the closing of countless businesses. People’s lives were changed, and the world was…
Categories: Opinion
Why we shouldn’t “eat the rich”
PHOTO BY David Suarez / Unsplash “Eat the rich” – this line has encompassed the current attitude of the world towards wealthy individuals in the past few years. In the west, a reckoning seems to be erupting as economic disparities have…
Categories: Opinion
Halloween Takes Over the World
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY With October coming to a close, the streets go dark as it’s last night sets in, the streets run crooked with tall mischievous trees looking beneath as they stand guard for houses…
Categories: Opinion
The Games Lounge, a much-needed retreat
PHOTO BY SERENA ANAGBE / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As reading week comes to a close, the pressure of university is likely to skyrocket as classes resume and bring with them a mass of soon to be due assignments and midterms. …
Categories: Opinion
Having an Exam Before Reading Week
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The first weeks of university can be very hectic for students, especially first years. On top of having to be thrown right into the frontlines of university tier education, students have a lot…
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