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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...

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: 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: 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....

Let's have a toast for the scumbags … who make good art

No matter what "Famous" says, Kanye West is never going to have sex with Taylor Swift. Of course he won't — she's an angel...

Letter to the Editor from Karim Sharif on DEB

To the Editor, I hope to effectively express the necessity of funding the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB). Those who have the institutional memory to...

Albright and Steinem forget the meaning of feminism

Earlier this month, comments made by several notable women’s rights activists diminished women to a group of politically unconcerned citizens by encouraging them to...

Sports without fans are not worth a penny

On Feb. 6, after 77 minutes of gameplay, over 10,000 Liverpool Football Club (FC) supporters walked out of the team's match against Sunderland AFC...

Infotainament capitalizes on short attention spans

Several companies are challenging traditional cable news stations and video outlets for the coveted role among millennials as the go-to source for video-based news...

Students ought to demonstrate interest in Senate activities

For all the discussion on campus of U.S. politics or current events, students fail to participate in — or even pay attention to —...

We fuel ISIS’ success through consumption of media

Our generation’s intimate connection with social and mass media makes threats against global humanity visible in a way that was never before attainable. Social...

Letter from the Editor

When people talk about the future of journalism — especially print — it's usually in somber, hushed whispers. After all, in a digital world...