JMC 3023: Feature Writing

What is Trap Music?

As the latest pop culture obsession, trap music has bursted onto the mainstream music scene. Known to have an electronic signature sound full of heavy bass, 808s, tics, synths and snares, trap music is often mistaken for dub step or EDM (electronic dance music). Trap music is actually a sub…

Rape and college football

An examination of the troubling trend of the country’s favorite sport intersecting one of its biggest problems

Being the “smart guy”

It’s not that uncommon for DI athletes

Story Behind the Story: The longest Q&A ever

A Q&A about a Q&A about cultural change

Remembering the man you didn’t know

It’s a pretty normal California afternoon.

How I Learned to Love the Bike

By: Shane Byler

-September 14, 2016

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We’ve pow-wowed in a stranger’s house, then fought in the basement. We’ve wrestled drunk in Big A’s kitchen, then took turns kissing his monitor lizard on its…

Military Brat

Normal. What does that word even mean? Everyone’s view of normal is different. For me, it was moving every two years and learning to say goodbye at a young age to friends, family and the many places I knew for such a short amount of time.