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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

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Dealing with College FOMO in the Time of Social Distancing

November 10, 2020

COVID-19 hit the spring semester of my freshman year at the University of Texas at Austin and by then, I had just familiarized myself with campus and started to socialize with others. The pandemic cut...

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Mental Health and Coping in the Age of Corona

October 27, 2020

At the beginning of my final year at the University of Texas at Austin, I met new anxieties and creeping thoughts that had the power to consume all of me. This new layer forced me to confront the resurfacing...

Things to Do Now That We’ve "Decided" the Pandemic is Over

Things to Do Now That We’ve “Decided” the Pandemic is Over

Emily Hyatt July 25, 2020

Not every country can ignore a pandemic because they simply got “bored” but Americans prove, yet again, that having freedom does not equate to having intelligence. Source: Kumail Nanjiani - Twitter “These...

Coronavirus album review

Coronavirus album review

Kara Fields March 24, 2020

Well folks, we’ve done it now. Somebody took the name Coronavirus on Spotify and is pushing out albums themed - you guessed it - coronavirus (COVID-19). From hits such as “Hand Sanitizer” to...

10 activities for long distance couples

10 activities for long distance couples

Kara Fields March 21, 2020

Courtesy of Canva For those of us who haven’t experienced a long distance relationship, the prospect of keeping your relationship alive during what could potentially be months of self isolation seems...

Things to Do While Social Distancing

Things to Do While Social Distancing

Courtney Smith March 18, 2020

The past few weeks have been a difficult and often scary time. Between UT’s shift to online classes and the continuously changing state of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), it’s easy to get overwhelmed...

10 New video games to play this Spring Break

10 New video games to play this Spring Break

Lauren Grobe March 16, 2020

It’s been a year of whiplash. With the US’ tense relationship with other countries, the wildfires in Australia, tornadoes in Nashville and the coronavirus, things can seem pretty bleak. Now that the...