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Sam Gladden | Columnist

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Sam is a freshman from Peachtree City, Georgia. She is majoring in English and started with The Plainsman in fall 2025.

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Survival horror's second wind: 'Resident Evil: requiem' review

By Sam Gladden | Columnist | March 17

On Feb. 27, the Japanese video game company Capcom released its newest and ninth single-player survival horror game under the modern Resident Evil name: “Resident Evil: requiem.” After my initial playthrough of the game, I am happy to announce fans of Resident Evil will be absolutely elated by the quality of the newest installment. With a great balance between combat-focused gameplay and survival horror, it is a complete blast to play.

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COLUMN | ICE threatens our human rights

By Sam Gladden | Columnist | February 23

Operating fully funded and government-backed, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is murdering American citizens, as well as detaining children and innocents in broad daylight. This goes beyond simple political affiliations. The divide between right and left is of no concern to ICE. Registered political party did not matter to them when killing Pretti or Good, not to mention their U.S. citizenship. Allegedly, this is of utmost importance to our government's administration.

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COLUMN | Environmental impact of generative AI

By Sam Gladden | Columnist | November 10

Many say that AI, especially generative AI, is our future; they argue there is no other option but to indulge this new technology, and we as a society are going to fully integrate it within the coming years. If this is true, we must find an eco-friendly way to go about it. As it is right now, AI is a waste of energy and a regurgitation of pre-existing work. We need to do better. 

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COLUMN | Painting over Pride

By Sam Gladden | Columnist | September 23

Painting over a memorial depicting the pain of being someone LGBTQ+ in the United States is a targeted act of hate. Defending the action with the misguided claim that it was done to prevent “political” markings rather than the truth of the matter — that Florida officials destroyed a memorial — is ignorant. Nobody’s existence is political.

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