A retrospective feature could connect the creative works to major world events of late 1988, such as:

Features often include award-winning student prose and poetry, capturing the cultural and social zeitgeist of the late 1980s.

The is a biannual literary magazine published by Rutgers Preparatory School. Number 35, released in December 1988 , represents a significant archival look at student creative expression from that era.

The political reforms (Glasnost and Perestroika) led by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union.

The release of films like Rambo III or the upcoming cult classic Heathers .