Opinions

Notes by Nadia: Why you might not be sticking to your New Year’s resolutions

If you want to achieve your New Year’s resolutions without immediately burning out, you need to start slow. Goals aren’t achieved overnight. Read More

Society is pure advertising: an anti-consumption retrospective

It’s in our pockets, on our screens, and even in our conversations — always listening, always watching Read More

The DeLorme Report: Canada’s conservatives are paving a path for the West

While I am cautious about allowing power to be given to the far-right, I am realistic in recognizing that the center-right is economically beneficial for the middle class. Read More

State of the Campus Times: A review through 2024

We increased our print circulation (how many papers we print) from 2,000 to 2,800 and increased the size of our paper from 12 pages to 16 pages — our longest since 2017. We bolstered our online readership netting a total count of 664,257 views from 419,478 unique users. Read More

The ‘wanted’ posters at the University of Rochester are unambiguously antisemitic. Here’s why.

As an educator who is deeply committed to fostering an open, inclusive environment and is alarmed by the steep rise in antisemitic crimes across this country and university campuses, I feel obligated to explain why this poster campaign is clearly an expression of antisemitism Read More

America hates its children

I feel exhausted whenever I hear conservatives fall upon the mindlessly affective “think of the children” defense of their barbarous proposals for school curriculums and general social regressivism. Read More

On the Students’ Association resolution

This SA resolution is simply another way to follow the masses by expressing their dismay for Israel and standing in solidarity with the radical Palestinian people. Read More

PWHL helped me “get” sports

I’ve never really been someone who enjoys or even understands sports. At least, not until I attended my first PWHL hockey game. Read More

Notes by Nadia: I’m disappointed in this country

I always knew misogyny existed in our country, but I never knew it was to the extent that Americans would pick a rapist and convicted felon as president over a smart, educated, and highly qualified woman.  Read More

Christmas has gone too far

People should look to other cultures to learn the truth of the cliche that holidays are about more than just gifts.  Read More