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In just one year, the Muslim Student Association (MSA) has made its presence known at the University of New Haven since its virtual beginning on March 15, 2021. From World Hijab Day celebrations to interfaith panels, fashion shows and more, the organization has continued to grow since its founding.

University of Connecticut, University of Colorado Boulder, University of North Alabama, Louisiana State University, Yale University. Some of these universities are hundreds of miles apart; others are in the same state. But what do they all have in common?

On Feb. 24, the Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA) and the Myatt Center for Diversity and Inclusion hosted an open forum to facilitate discussions about performative activism. Danielle Cooper, a criminal justice professor at the university and director of research at the Tow Youth Justice Institute, helped guide these discussions with the audience. She asked questions regarding what it means to engage in performative activism, determining what constitutes performative behavior and understanding the problematic nature of performative activism as a whole.

Three years. I waited about three years for the premiere of season two of “Euphoria.”

And I wasn’t the only one. The premiere was so anticipated, it actually crashed HBO’s servers with its estimated 2.4 million viewers. Yet now, after watching the first four episodes, the anticipation has subsided and it’s been replaced by exhaustion

On Dec. 11, the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science will host the 44th Annual Advanced Homicide Investigation Symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This year’s topic will be “Police Involved Shootings,” featuring a variety of guest speakers and discussions.

As the lights darkened in Bucknall Theater, actors entered from both sides of the stage. They posed, the drums pulsated and the guitars entered to the iconic rhythm of “We Got the Beat” by The Go-Go’s. The university theater program is back

The triumph of good over evil; a new year celebration. Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated across the world in multiple religions, with the celebration date changing yearly, sometime between October and November. This year, Diwali is celebrated from Nov. 2-6, with the main celebration being on Nov. 4.

Halloween came early at the University of New Haven as children from the West Haven area dressed as superheroes, mermaids, unicorns, cats, angels and more filled the outside of the Charger Gymnasium on Oct. 29 for a trunk-or-treat. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted the event with various Charger Athletics sports teams.