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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....
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Opinion: The hidden crisis in AI therapy and why it should alarm all of us
Content warning: The following article discusses suicide. When news broke about 16-year-old Adam Raine, I found myself rereading the details with growing disbelief. Raine's parents said an...
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Opinion: Karen Bass probably should’ve seen this coming
Ryan Kim -
It isn’t up for debate: Over the last year, the mayor of the City of Los Angeles has become increasingly unpopular. Karen Bass’s polling...
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Opinion: Grand gestures don’t always mend broken hearts
Right after Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid crossed the finish line at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, the spotlight shifted from athletic achievement to something...
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Opinion: Authenticity in the octave of commodity
MJ Jones -
Music is always a place I turn to when the world feels unstable, a space where I can feel grounded in someone else’s story....
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Opinion: ‘Hamnet’ answers Shakespeare’s most famous question
“He lives not.” Before seeing Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet,” one of the top contenders to win this year’s Academy Award for Best Picture, I had never sat in...
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Opinion: ‘Together We Are America’: A halftime show that we couldn’t ignore
Seconds after Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime performance ended, my phone lit up with messages from family and friends; some expressed pride, while...
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Opinion: Unrivaled league rivals WNBA
"Everyone Watches Women's Sports." Sure. As a female athlete, I've always paid attention to the sports I played, but I never really expanded beyond...
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Opinion: How being a Barb became a lesson in loyalty and skepticism
MJ Jones -
As a Black woman who grew up with Nicki Minaj’s mixtapes on repeat, her brazen confidence felt like a playbook, a way to be...
