It seems that the internet has been becoming more and more catered for advertisement. TikTok users can’t even say the word “dead,” Facebook has notoriously been collecting personal data for years now, Instagram is full of influencers with sponsorship deals who have to manufacture their lives to...

Early February of this year, I set out to create my own video game—namely, a point-and-click escape-the-room fangame similar to the game series I was creating it from (more details available upon request). While it all takes place in the same room—namely, a small chapel—each of its four main segments...

Similar to politics, once you sign to a sports team or sports organization as either a player or coach, you are constantly being “monitored” around the clock by the media and your team.  And over the years, players and coaches have been fired for something they did (whether righteous or not) and...

The headline might already pose immense concern over whether a Talon staff member has gone crazy, but as it turns out, I am doing just fine—perhaps, more than ever. Why, you wonder? Well, besides the usual satisfaction of proper organization and inevitable deadlines being met these past few weeks,...

I first read this novel as a freshman and have continued to re-read it four more times. Ever since that first read, my personality and sense of self changed drastically. This novel allowed me to discover important aspects of life and to focus on the people that surround me on a daily basis. Growing up...