Ed Observers
Heartstopper
You can’t go back in the closet
Throughout show-Heartstopper’s skyrocketing popularity, Connor evaded questions about his sexuality. So, how did we end up here?
academics
You should take journalism classes this spring
There’s a perfect storm of journalism courses being offered this spring, and you should try and take one (or a couple) of them.
art
How being a frog on a lily pad might save the world
The issue of who is mute and who can speak lies at the core of the climate crisis.
friends
The cost of kindness
It is so much easier to be nice when you are rich because you have so much less to lose. Poverty creates need, and need creates desperation.
bts
On BTS, K-pop, and toxic fan culture
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve heard people offhandedly refer to K-pop lovers as all “fangirls” or “Koreaboos.”
fraternity
The issue with UR’s Greek life housing
That was when I found out that sororities at UR don’t get houses — only the fraternities do.
college
Spilling the populari-tea
I didn’t expect that when coming to college, I’d suddenly find myself amidst a crowd of people that not only wanted to know me, but wanted to know things about me — even the not-so-savory things.
iran
UR’s silence on Iran speaks volumes
Stare into the black void formed by our administration’s deafening silence.
asia
Spill the T(ay!): Lost in translation
Once every few years, I got a taste of what it feels to be an outsider in my own culture, peering in. I was a girl lost in translation.
communication
Long-distance friendships aren’t easy
I miss my friends from home. If you don’t, I’m guessing you either didn’t have friends in high school, or you’re just an emotionless person.
