Ed Observers
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. Read More
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.” Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
iran
UR’s silence on Iran speaks volumes
Stare into the black void formed by our administration’s deafening silence. Read More
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. Read More
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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. Read More
marriage
The ‘Try Guys’ try: putting the finishing blow on ‘wife guy’ culture
To all the self-proclaimed “wife guys” that we loved before: so long, sweethearts. Read More
music
Spill the T(ay!): A secret that cannot be told
When you lose a part of yourself, it never really comes back completely. I didn’t time travel when I played anymore. Read More
nostalgia
I want to be obsessed again
I desperately miss teenage obsession. There is something so exhilarating and precious about our deepest infatuations from when we were young teenagers. Read More
