The Sting

12/14/2023

Stories from quarantine: Check out how one of our writers stayed in touch with her family through the lockdown in this new article from The Sting Mag!

"A black screen, and then my family is smiling back at me, my aunt slightly blurry and out of focus, my mom looking out from the sleek Parisian balcony, her background of choice this week."

"My brother is states away, and even though my grandparents are only 15 minutes North, they feel equally unreachable."

"We chat with each other for a while, trying to retain some form of normalcy in our isolation."

I sit down at my desk and flip open my laptop which I’ve strategically balanced on four unread, newly purchased fantasy novels that had since been collecting dust on my nightstand. Finally being pu…

07/08/2022

Let's circle back on the recent events that are making our future look shaky.

Read our new blog post from Valerie Hinkle:

https://stingmag.com/2022/07/08/united-we-stood-divided-we-are-abortion-scotus-and-the-polarization-of-the-country/

07/08/2022

By: Valerie Hinkle Protest As we come off the heels of the Fourth of July weekend, let us think about what exactly we are celebrating. Independence Day is meant to celebrate the United States, but can we really feel patriotic given the current state of this country? This year we’ve seen an incredible reversal of human rights enacted by our supposed “representatives.” We must sober up to the reality of our situation....

By: Valerie Hinkle Protest    As we come off the heels of the Fourth of July weekend, let us think about what exactly we are celebrating. Independence Day is meant to celebrate the U…

05/25/2022

How does Hip-Hop affect English language?
To learn more , read our new blog post ✨✨

https://wordpress.com/post/stingmag.com/6324

05/24/2022

As a black English major, I pride myself on speaking proper and clearly within my schoolwork and my everyday life. So, when I tell people just how big of a hip-hop fan, I am most people are surprised since hip-hop is known to push the envelope when it comes to the English language in terms of words and pronunciation of those words....

As a black English major, I pride myself on speaking proper and clearly within my schoolwork and my everyday life. So, when I tell people just how big of a hip-hop fan, I am most people are surpris…

05/16/2022

A fan of fiction books?! 📚
Read what Valerie has to say about it.
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
https://wordpress.com/post/stingmag.com/6203

05/16/2022

“Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.” –Ben Okri Fiction can be more illuminating than our own historical texts. Imagination can be more powerful than reality. Literature gives us the freedom to question the values on which our society is built and imagine new realities to better our own....

“Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.” –Ben Okri   Fict…

04/13/2022

By Chole France and Demetrius Jones Where did Professor Leyva go to school? Professor Leyva attended undergrad at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He then went on to complete his graduate work here at the University of Baltimore in the Creative Writing and Publishing Arts program. What motivated Professor Leyva to become a teacher? Growing up with an older brother, Rabu, who was a high school theater then mathematics teacher had an impact on Professor Leyva’s ultimate career field choice, considering he had already “seen a model of that in life.” During his first year of graduate school, he also started the Baltimore City teaching residency, where he became a high school teacher in the city....

By Chole France and Demetrius Jones Where did Professor Leyva go to school?  Professor Leyva attended undergrad at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He then went on to complete his g…

04/12/2022

A big Thank You to & for meeting with The Sting, SGA and Seb. A night to remember.

04/06/2022

Learn more about Greek🇬🇷🏛 and Turkish 🇹🇷music with Valeria Hinkle, our new writer.

https://stingmag.com/2022/03/31/spotlight-trioud-music-from-greece-and-turkey/

04/02/2022

Is Gap Year a good solution or a distraction?
Open the link down below to see what the author Artjona Lireza has to say about GAP YEAR.
https://stingmag.com/2022/03/29/gap-year-yay-or-nay/

03/31/2022

Niko Mitrione, Spyros Pilios Koliavasilis, and Professor Ian Power Practicing On Wednesday, March 16th, the Integrated Arts Department hosted an event in the Wright Theater called Trioud: Music from Greece and Turkey, featuring Spyros Pilios Koliavasilis, Niko Mitrione, and Ian Power. They played many Greek and Turkish pieces on the oud, including my personal favorites, “Azize” and “Kurdilihicazkar Longa”. …...

Niko Mitrione, Spyros Pilios Koliavasilis, and Professor Ian Power Practicing On Wednesday, March 16th, the Integrated Arts Department hosted an event in the Wright Theater called Trioud: Music fro…