Olivia Briggs, Editorial Board Member
Pats with tats
Everyone has a story. Oftentimes, you read or listen to other people’s stories. However, there’s one more popular way to share stories: art. While some people choose to put that art on a canvas or paper, others choose to make their skin their canvas. Whether the art represents a personal story or a random one, tattoos have been a popular artistry for hundreds of years. We’ve decided to see how Liberty—from students to staff—has used this art form for themselves. Here are five Patriots and their unique tattoo stories.
Quarantine Reflections
As a ‘fun and exciting vacation’ on April 7, my family took a drive down Maple Valley Road and captured this - a deer under the pink super moon, aka the biggest moon of 2020!
Bridging the generational gap
We’ve seen it on Reddit. We’ve heard it on TikTok. Gee, we’ve even heard it from government officials. “OK, Boomer”, a minimalist clapback increasingly used by millennials and Gen Z-ers to dismiss baby boomers as old-fashioned and out of touch with current issues, seems to have conquered the internet. It’s a trendy thing to say, but that’s the problem. When did we become okay with reducing intergenerational dialogue to a mere catchphrase?