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The Rambler
Read everything if you want to become a poet. —Nikky Finney The poets…[are] the only people that know the truth about us. —James Baldwin When society is made of men who have no internal solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently, it is held together by a violent and abusive […]
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If you ever find yourself cruising down Cumberland Falls Scenic Highway between Williamsburg and Corbin and accidentally pass the turn to see the scenic waterfall, you will drive past a sign that says “THE GOLF COURSE” in big bold text. Below the large lettering, the sign advertises a driving range and golf simulator. Both are […]
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It was a dark and snowy night. One of those nights where the air around you feels like freedom and suffocation at the same time. When the point of an icicle catches the light just right, when the fading streetlamps turn the concrete golden. When you’re just drunk enough on joy that even standing in […]
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I love race cars. It’s not a secret: I have racing-themed water bottles, bags, baseball caps, shirts, and jewelry. When I sleep, 21 drivers and cars watch over me. My name is Hope Riester. I’m a junior, a physics major, and I grew up in Northern Virginia. I love racing. F1, F2, F1 Academy, WEC, […]
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The documentary Resistance in the Redline, which played on Jan. 22 in Carrick Theater, discusses themes of racism, housing, gentrification—and the intertwined ways they contributed to redlining in Lexington. Redlining refers to the discriminatory practice of denying financial services to a particular community. The term was first coined in the 1960s, but the
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You’ve made it through 36 credits, dotted your i’s on your capstone. Writing intensive? Check. Upper level pairs? Check. But a liberal arts education is not defined by bureaucratic details. To truly be a bat, there are certain things you just have to do in your four years at Transy. If you know, you know. […]
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In seventh grade, I looked down at my legs on a chair, the way all girls do, and saw my thighs spread out and realized I had a body. There is a term for coming to an understanding that you have a mind and can think, this idea of “gaining sentience,” but I cannot come […]
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Disclosure: The advisor of The Rambler, David Ramsey, is a co-founder of Human Intelligence. This fall, students were met with a total surprise: a big red ChatGPT button was added to their MyTransy portal. Now, a new student-led coalition is asking the questions on everybody’s mind: Who decided this, and why didn’t anyone else get […]
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On Thursday, January 12th, Zak Foster spoke about his exhibition in Morlan Gallery, “Southern White Amnesia”, as a part of the Creative Intelligence series. The exhibition seeks to explore the hidden stories of white people that are often not passed down or told to future generations due to discomfort. Foster works with textiles, comparing them […]
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As the Valentine’s Day posts started to roll in this year—bouquets, chocolates, candlelit dinners, and corny photoshoots—I began to notice how many of my classmates have officially coupled up. During my campus tour around five years ago (I’m old, I know), I remember being told that, historically, something like 40 percent of Transy graduates married […]
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