Opinions
Campus Dining
Dining plans are exploitative
As students struggle with the challenge of paying such incredible sums of money to get their degree, one large contributing factor is the exorbitant cost of college meal plans. These plans, once a simple solution for the inevitable inconvenience of cooking on-campus, have quietly become a large revenue stream for educational institutions and their dining service providers. Read More
campus brat
Campus Brat: on graduation
The first realization of my own age hit me in the months before I started college. I was helping my dad clean the small office he’d occupied in Rush Rhees longer than I’d been alive. The walls of which boasted childhood drawings that my sister and I had crayoned. Even though I was looking at my distant past, I realized I would soon be starting a new page of my future. Read More
Campus Times
State of the Campus Times
As per tradition, “The State of the Campus Times” updates readers on our affairs — the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) and Publisher write this pseudo-column at the start and end of every semester to articulate the struggles and joys found through managing your local student-run newspaper. We also introduce ourselves and our projects, what we hope to achieve during our terms, and we provide progress updates regarding past management’s pursuits. Read More
catholicism
A Global Voice for Peace, Not a Political Rival
For Catholic , this moment should not be a chance to pick a political side, but a reminder that the Church is meant to direct the conversation to peace. Read More
Gaza Solidarity Encampment
Why student protests have lost their power
However, recent student protests are considerably less effective than they used to be. According to The American Prospect, there were far fewer young attendees to the most recent round of No Kings marches in proportion to the attendance of older generations. Read More
ai
Artificial intelligence in art is not a zero-sum game
Over the last year, conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) in art have grown increasingly dualistic in their unresearched vigilance and shallow enthusiasm — becoming, as most controversial topics now do, against compromise in any capacity. Read More
Artemis II
Not everyone can be an expert, and that’s okay.
My feed filled instantly with influencers explaining the mission. Some of them had millions of followers. Their videos were polished, confident, and loaded with terms like "trans-lunar injection" and “free-return trajectory.” They spoke with the authority of people who had studied astrophysics and literal rocket science their entire lives. Read More
exams
Projects and exams: collaboration as an answer
I’ve found I have a very unique perspective on this issue because I attended a Montessori high school that taught the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum. I value both projects and exams at about the same level. Read More
leaving
As Observed by a Recent Rochester Immigrant: the last one
This is going to be a very different kind of article to what I normally write for this column. As the year winds down and we approach finals, so too approaches the date of my plane home and the end of my time at URochester. Read More
disillusionment
As observed by a recent Rochester immigrant: the 25th Amendment and the great MAGA abandonment
“A whole civilization will die tonight.” Donald Trump’s post to his social media platform Truth Social April 7 marks what some would say is a departure from sanity, prompting calls from either side of the aisle to invoke the 25 Amendment and impeach him. Read More