Welcome to Verge

Verge is an undergraduate journal that is faculty- and student-nominated, and faculty- and student-advised. It collects the best of academic, research-based writing and more creative nonfiction work. The journal’s interdisciplinary approach emphasizes the links between different academic departments, as well as the links between the curiosities, inquiries, and achievements of individuals who might not otherwise know about one another’s work. Read more

Our current issue, Verge 18, is now available.

Verge 18 Contents

What Really Slays: Exploring How the Meaning and Usage of “Slay” Has Evolved From 1850 Through 2023
by Jupiter Berrysmith

Virtually Honest? Exploring the Relationship between Remote Testing and Academic Integrity in College Students
by Kate Conrad

Unpersons and Untruth: Reality, Photography, and the Manipulation of Stalinism
by Reese Finnigan

The Development of Community and Resistance Through Traditional Music Culture
by Madeleine Kelly

¿Cómo escapas al Laberinto del fauno?
by Madelynn Meyer

The Psychopolitics of Social Media: A Brief Investigation
by Sebastian Quiroz

Free Your Voice: Protecting the Community of Curtis Bay against Air Pollution
by Jaida Rhea

The Impacts of the Invasive Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) on Ash Trees (Fraxinus spp.) in the United States: A Review
by Jaida Rhea

ART AIN’T DEAD, YOU ARE! An Analysis of how Capitalism has Warped Keith Haring’s Artistic Rhetoric
by Spiral Weber