Ed Observers
Resolutions
The best routine is the one you stick to
But even as we run from our past selves, we fall short once we realize the finish line is beyond years away, and our rushed pace is nothing but a one-way ticket to burnout.
pay
Examining student employee pay structures
Any job here requires a certain amount of training, but not all pay structures (devised in response to perceived skill) are created equal.
Admissions
Commuting, the death of me
As a Rochester native, I wanted to get as far away from here as possible. I wanted to leave everything and everyone behind.
friendship
Spill the T(ay)!: To everyone, everything, that’s no longer mine
You left so many pieces of you with me — I’m a mosaic. You gave me pretty stained glass, and when you left it cracked into shards.
family
Dear mom and dad: love is not enough
I need my parents to like me. I think everyone does. For so long, because they did not like me, I did not like myself.
cultural holidays
Why your New Year’s resolutions should be indulgently impossible
It was two days after New Year’s, but I sat down and made The List anyway just because Why Not.
Mental Health
Scars, romance, and the minds of youth
I was a Tumblr tween. And unfortunately, I was one of the many, many children who fell victim to the aestheticization of self-harm.
academics
Life is pay to win. College? The giant paywall
For a game that preaches freedom of choice, there are an awful lot of decisions essentially made for us. Exhibit A: the decision to play at all.
speaking out
Speaking up
I didn’t want to cause more drama in an already drama-filled season. I thought I could get through it.
elections
You should be worried about local election denialism
If this week’s midterm elections solidified anything, it’s the fact that Republican election denialism is now just another strategic tool that’s here to stay.
