Rebecca Ausseil
Managing Editor of The Eye
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Two volumes, 22 issues, 161 articles, and an uncountable number of words later—ouf, I shudder at the thought—we’ve reached the end of the year. And what a year it’s been.
Content warning: This article deals with sexual assault.
April 29—four days from now, our last Friday of the semester—marks 100 days of Trump in office. We can already feel the charge of the resistance diminish slightly. We’re tired. Despite our best efforts, we’re starting to normalize Trump’s fascist behavior.
In this week’s edition of Blinks, our staffers reflect on recent moments of resistance, from marches to hunger strikes.
If you think about it, the concurrence of rising temperatures and finals is unfortunate, if not sinister—no one wants to be in Butler on the first warm days of the year. But we’re almost at the end, and so we present you with our penultimate issue. Here are some good reads to occupy you during your study breaks—it’s better than scrolling through Facebook, we promise.
This week, we decided to run a Twitter poll asking our friends to choose between Parth or Rébecca. It exposed a rift within The Eye’s ranks, forcing staffers to choose between two beloved editors (are you #teamparth or #teamrébecca?). But thankfully, it came down to a tie, and we were able to produce a new issue for you with minimal conflict (and a lot of hurt feelings).
For this week’s Blinks, we asked our staffers to dig out the tiny traditions that have taken shape in their own day to day lives. The little pieces of repetition or habit that hold greater meaning. From paper submissions to salads, and late emails to libraries, here are the results:
This week’s issue is the product of a fantastic process. Like all our schoolwork, we got it done on time (we didn’t even procrastinate on April Fools’!) withoutsacrificing sleep or well-being to get it made.