Opinions
fanfiction
Smut as supplementary sex education
The more smut you read, the easier it becomes to reconcile the normal and the absurd. This trend line, or reconciliation, can provide a really good concept of what healthy and realistic sex looks like. Read More
athlete
Dining accessibility for student-athletes at URochester
It is essential to answer this issue promptly as it affects the health and recovery of our student-athletes. Our athletic teams should be able to walk off the field post-game or leave the gym after a lift with an array of accessible options supporting their recovery. Read More
cons
Goldilocks and the small school
Despite all of the surprising conversations about previously unknown connections between friends, the deep sense of community and connection I feel within URochester’s “just right” campus size really makes me feel at home. Read More
Mental Health
Novels, novels, everywhere, but none are fun, I think
It’s no secret that reading for pleasure has been linked to a host of emotional and mental health benefits. With national readership plummeting across the past decade, a question arises: What role should campus libraries play in leisure reading? Read More
american dream
What makes us American?
Winter in Rochester is finally coming to an end, and with it, a journey I began two years ago. Now, as I inch toward graduation, I’ve increasingly found myself trying to answer a question that’s followed me for years: What makes us American? Read More
fiction
Do Authors Have Moral Duties When Confronting Sociopolitical Issues in Their Work?
Treating these themes properly could help authors avoid falling into the pit of toxic culture in modern America Read More
Greek Life
In the defense of non-violent hazing
The argument I will make in this article is in defense of non-violent hazing. That is: hazing that does not lead to the death or injury of students. Read More
International relations
Venezuelan thoughts on the Venezuelan roundtable
I, a born-and-raised Venezuelan, was in the audience and left disappointed by the essence of the discussion. Read More
Climate Change
We never learned from the Dust Bowl
We teach the Dust Bowl as a cautionary tale. In every American history class, we learn how farmers in the 1920s and 1930s tore up millions of acres of native grassland across the Great Plains to plant wheat, how the deep-rooted prairie grasses that held the soil and trapped moisture were replaced by shallow crops and bare fields, and, when drought came in 1930, how the exposed topsoil turned to dust. Read More
Environment
Renewable energy and the right-wing, as observed by a recent Rochester immigrant
The majority of the populations of both the U.S. and the U.K. evidently understand the need to move towards a renewable energy model for their countries. According to the DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker, 80% of British adults support the use of renewable energy as of the summer of 2025. The Pew Research Center has reported that 86% of American adults support expanding wind and solar power as of May 2025. Read More
