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Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Everything changes and nothing remains still
When I was little, I had extremely strict rules and expectations for my future: be a computer engineer like my father, start a nonprofit...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Ask yourself, why not?
Every morning before middle school, my mom would say to me: “Be kind, be courageous and don’t mumble.” Much of my college experience has...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: A love letter to shared spaces
I grew up an only child, and it is safe to say that I came to college with a fear of shared spaces — communal bathrooms,...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: An obvious metaphor between the moon mission and college
There’s a scene in Samantha Harvey’s 2023 book "Orbital" in which an astronaut on the International Space Station tells his daughter that progress is beautiful....
2015
Music industry should support Kesha, assault survivors
Author: Sydney Hemmendinger Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault, Abuse, Drug Use Pop singer Kesha, formerly Ke$ha, has not released any new music since her hit "Timber" topped...
2015
SXSW cancellations improper response to sexist threats
Author: Benj Salkind South by Southwest (SXSW), the annual tech-music-film conference and festival held in Austin, announced Oct. 26 that it was canceling two of its...
2016
‘Realistic’ Barbies will not solve body issues
Author: Sydney Hemmendinger Come March of this year, toy-making giant Mattel will premiere the first line of Barbies to include dolls with more “realistic” bodies than...
2016
Hookup culture stigmatizes queer students
Author: Chance Ward It's about three trap songs after 1 a.m. and, from off-campus house parties to dorm room kickbacks alike, the natural migration to The...
2016
Student attendance will make DEB funding worthwhile
Author: The vote for the student body fee increase to fund the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB) passed March 28, guaranteeing that this branch of...
Opinions
Letter to the editor
To the Editor, A recent opinion piece (“Plastic water bottles have no place on eco-friendly campus”; Dec 2) does not take into account why so...
On Campus
There’s more to social media campaigns than ‘slacktivism’
During the week after Nov. 12, online activism took Facebook and other social media platforms by storm. Red, white and blue filters covered profile...
Opinions
Rubio is wrong: liberal arts degrees are still valuable
In the Republican presidential debate Nov. 10, Marco Rubio declared, incorrectly, that “welders make more money than philosophers. We need more welders and less...
