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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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The sports gambling goliath: financial blessing or cultural curse?
The devil on your shoulder - Ben Petteruti While sports gambling may seem sinister, one must acknowledge the positives that it has brought onto the...
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Opinion: WEIRD is a weird term
WEIRD is an acronym that stands for a specific demographic that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic. Everywhere, and especially in academia, the...
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Opinion: Why the United States must not treat Israel differently
During the "The United States-Israeli Security Alliance: A Conversation with an Internal Critic" event held Sept. 3, former Director of Bureau on Political Military...
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Opinion: Owning the fear of being a Freshie
First-years, welcome to college. We have been dropped into a completely new environment where everything is foreign to us, despite the countless tours we...
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Opinion: America is sick of hopelessness
The morning of Sunday, July 21, I discovered what a huge day it was for America. I woke up not to the sound of...
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Lessons Learned: College may not have been the ‘best four years’ of my life, but it forged me into a warrior
They say college is supposed to be the best four years of your life. As a 17-year-old who was having a hard time in...
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Lessons Learned: The liberal arts degree was worth it!!
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… you know the rest. But aside from (cliché) aphorisms, I never thought...
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Letter from the Newcomb Media Suite
My second-grade teacher used to quote Milton Berle, “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door." In the throes of a global pandemic, crafting opportunities from...
