Ed Observers
airplanes
Window seats are the inferior choice
But an aisle seat really starts looking like an attractive option when nature has you on speed dial. Read More
bible
YA novels changed my life more than the Bible
Rather, the most impactful genre of literature in my life thus far has been the YA novel. Read More
Ed Observers
Most UR students are already legal adults
In three days, I will be twenty. I’m working on dismantling the fears and expectations I have, but it’s hard. Read More
food
Any sauce is too much sauce
I am wholly against the use of all condiments in food. You can keep your mustard-drenched hot dogs and ketchup-drowned french fries, (preferably far away from me). Please don’t honey-glaze my chicken wings, and preserve my chicken tenders from your buffalo sauce, thanks. Talk about an unpopular opinion. I’ve never explained this to a single […]
groundboi
Rocky needs a reevaluation
Can someone please explain to me why our mascot is not a groundboi? Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a mascot as “a person, animal, or object adopted by a group as a symbolic figure especially to bring them good luck.” Who denoted a yellowjacket was the symbolic figure that would bring UR good luck? Or, even worse, […]
pens
How Paper Mate Clearpoint™ Mechanical Pencils caused my moral downfall
One weeknight in seventh grade, I babysat for my social studies teacher’s two children. I was almost 13 and things were going to change. Thirteen would be my year, I knew. I could feel everything shimmering with teenage potential. Even weeknights became thrilling. Thirteen? Me! My social studies teacher (and their spouse) lived a few […]
class
Being late isn’t cute
Class meets at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. We have met at that time every week for the past three weeks or so. There has never been a change in the time, place, or day. So why, this far into the routine, are people still rolling up at 12:46 like everything’s all hunky-dory? I’m […]
Campus Times
The olds and news of the Campus Times
I’m far from the first to say the way we consume journalism is changing. Nor am I the first to say the Campus Times is working to change with it. In the final ed observer of last semester, our publisher described how we adapted. A year ago, we made the shift from publishing weekly print […]
Campus Times
Reaching our potential
There’s a lot to celebrate at CT, but much more work needs to be done on outreach. Read More
Hairline
Dealing with growth, change, and a receding hairline
Change is one of the inevitabilities of life, and how we deal with it defines how we live it. I realized what this meant in my sophomore year of high school. It’s 7 a.m., bright and early. A regular dreadful start to another fall day. I drag myself out of bed, “excited” to go to […]
