Op-Eds
activism
What do celebrities owe to the public sphere?
Part of what makes us believe that celebrities should be using their voices, especially regarding humanitarian issues, is the seemingly disproportional power that they wield on the political stage. Read More
Conservation
The EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding: Why it exists, how it works, and what we lose if it’s rescinded
The Endangerment Finding let the EPA use tools it already had to manage existing risks. Read More
data
When did earth science become controversial?
It is essential that we fund the basics that make science work, like field labs, calibration, and long-term monitoring. Read More
democrat
Electrical outlets and the American political stage, as observed by a recent Rochester immigrant
If a prominent politician of the American left wing is only considered “centre-left” by the rest of the world, then we can see that the U.S.’s political stage is distinctly skewed. Read More
budget cuts
Are you too “woke” for Trump’s new budget?
President Trump's direction for our tax-dollars isn’t one that invests in America’s true strength: its people. Read More
capitalism
Why communism doesn’t work
Humans are hardwired to value the things that they worked for, and very few people will willingly give the things that they worked for to someone else. Read More
conversation
The trap of small talk, as observed by a recent Rochester immigrant
It is undoubted that someone will begin to tell you about their terrible and psychologically damaging childhood, or the death of their beloved so-and-so. Read More
Israel
From Mourning to Fear: How the Hijacking of Social Justice Changed my Campus Experience
Promoting such incendiary language under the guise of social justice does a disservice to the cause of peace and dangerously normalizes incitement to violence. Read More
graduation
Graduation anxiety
I was annoyed. My chair was broken. And my next thought was, “well, it’s not worth buying a new one since I’ll be leaving soon anyway.” And there it was. Read More
cultural identity
We need more language
Every language, whether spoken or unspoken, is intrinsically and uniquely valuable. Read More
