Everything old is new again. Pop music melodies are like flashbacks from my pre-teen years at the roller rink. Young people are exploring the roots of these saccharine beats that make their butts shake.

So, young people, let me tell you, there was a time before this onset of nostalgia. Not everything from the ’80s and ’90s is actually cool. For every Whitney Houston and Paula Abdul dance hit that trickled through the cracks and morphed into a Meghan Trainor or Ariana Grande jam, there are a thousand 3rd Bass, Snap or Technotronic songs that were left behind to fade into obscurity.

When Caucasian hip-hop  artists began to emerge, it was so rare that they were novelties as rich as astronaut ice cream. Before Macklemore, Riff Raff and Iggy Azalea and even before Eminem, there were others. Some you know, like the Beastie Boys or Vanilla Ice.

Doing homework can be stressful and, if you’re anything like me, being stressed can distract you from doing homework.

It’s a vicious cycle of procrastination and stress, both of which are distracting. That’s why I have to turn to listening to music when doing homework.

But not just any music. It must be lyricless and as ambient as possible — almost like day dreaming music, except with the opposite effect.

That’s why I turn to hip hop instrumentals.

Normally I would be praising the works of J Dilla, but I’ve recently found something arguably just as good — Nujabes.

Ironically, Nujabes was a music producer and DJ just like J Dilla, and was born on the exact same day as him. The difference, of course, is Nujabes was born in Tokyo, Japan, and Dilla was born in Detroit, Michigan. Just throwing out some fun facts. The weird part is they both died in their 30s.

I hate social media sometimes. The thing that makes it so terrible is the mass amounts of articles I can’t stop clicking on — Buzzfeed being one of the most well-known producers of these types of articles.

Buzzfeed, along with its competitors, have many annoying advertisements and interruptions within the individual pages to make navigating these pages a complete hellscape. The webpages turn into a cluster of useless junk that does not relate to the articles at all.

One beautiful, beautiful app has made my article browsing so much easier.

Pocket allows you to save articles you want to read, whether now or later, and presents them to you in a cleaned-up fashion. By this I mean it eliminates the junk on each page and gives you a simple viewing of exactly what you are looking for.

Let’s be honest and agree that headlights are a necessity. It’s dangerous to drive in the dark. They also are there to let other drivers know you are there, sharing the road with them.

But super sonic, black hole defying, blinding headlights? I am most definitely questioning the safety in those high-definition, cataract-causing lights.

Donut Taco, the newest  restaurant within a five-mile radius from campus, opened about two months ago. It’s conveniently located at 2209 SW 104 St. next to Qdoba, which seems like a mistake. Let me assure you, it was.

Donut Taco sells tacos and doughnuts, not some glorious combination of the two, so before you get your hopes up, don’t expect much.

I went to Donut Taco for lunch, the prime time to consume a taco or a doughnut, but the place was empty. I thought this might be a red flag, that maybe everyone was too caught up in Qdoba to realize the hidden gem 50 feet away.