Op-Ed

By Stephanie Hicks Dear Scomb Swingers,  There is nothing I hate more than settling into my twin XL and hearing the sinful squeaks from that god forsaken swing set and the squeals from the annoying idiots swinging on it. It cannot be that fun. Genuinely. Last time I checked, playing...

By Sam Sliman Let me take you back to a time when things were simpler. A time when life was slower, the world made a little more sense and we still had a modicum of faith that financial institutions wouldn’t crumble beneath us at the drop of a hat. That...

1984, To Kill A Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, Brave New World, The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451, what do these filets of dead trees with useless ink splotches have in common? These pieces of “classic literature”  are testaments to the literary accomplishments of a bunch of cynical, disgruntled, sexually frustrated...

In all honesty, I still don’t really know what a Letter from The Editor is. I’ve been the Editor in Chief of Slant for two whole years and I could not tell you. And now, I sit here writing my final letter as Editor, realizing I not only don’t know...