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Keep speech free
On Sept. 14, Bryan Stascavage, a student at Wesleyan University, published an op-ed in the student newspaper, the Argus. The article, titled “Why Black Lives Matter Isn’t What You Think,” was a relatively mild criticism of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, stating that Stascavage felt he could not back a movement that he saw […]
Ed Observers
The red meat question
Are we on the verge of a worldwide spike in vegetarianism? Earlier this week, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) warned that consuming certain types of meats may lead to increased rates of cancers—in particular, colon cancer. After reviewing over 800 studies, the WHO determined that red meats like […]
Ed Observers
Hold off on your post-mortem
Decades from now, a student might glance at her course syllabus and see our generation, the early 2000s, listed as an area of study. We could be the focus because of our generation’s historical merit: our intrinsic interestingness, perhaps, or our events—migrations, movements, each taking years to manifest, all the way down to the minutiae […]
Editorial Boards
We welcome Provost Clark
Change hangs heavy in the brisk Rochester air. UR’s top administration has experienced significant changes since the beginning of the semester, including the appointment of Robert Clark, Dean of Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Senior Vice President for Research, to the position of University Provost. Clark will be the University’s 10th provost, […]
Op-Eds
Seeking serendipity: A hacker’s revelations in the face of frienship
I am usually the kind of guy who likes to have everything planned out, especially when I’m traveling somewhere: I need to know what I’m going to do, who I am going to meet, at what time and so on. On a recent weekend, I had no such plan. I just knew I was going […]
Ed Observers
The personality cult of Bernie Sanders
It’s 2015, and Eugene V. Debs is either jumping for joy in the afterlife or spinning in his grave. If Debs is jumping for joy, it’s because his intellectual descendent, Bernie Sanders, is the closest any socialist has ever come to being elected President of the United States. Sanders is enjoying much more support than […]
Ed Observers
SA: lift your veil
In the short nine months that I have spent at UR, the operations of the Students’ Association (SA) government have always seemed vaguely mysterious. This isn’t a surprise, since I was a freshman wrapped up in navigating my new, shiny environment for most of that time, and I didn’t make an effort to follow SA’s […]
Sex and the CT
Take off your socks, dress up your cocks
Good day, ladies and gents. I’m here to talk about an important issue that is usually uncomfortably avoided, with the exception of fourth and fifth grade health classes. Thats right—sex, or the “birdies and the beesies,” if you prefer. A tough week is coming to the end, and I know I have been looking forward […]
Ed Observers
Defend Planned Parenthood
The House of Representatives recently passed a bill to cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood. Predictably, this sparked outrage over the right of the House to decide the future of sexual health for countless Americans. Let’s explore the biggest reason this bill was even conceived. In defense of the bill, Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla. said […]
Editorial Boards
Making an honest effort
While you’re away, your suitemate sees your half-finished homework on the table. He notices how you solved one of the problems, and, being in the same class, he uses your work to guide his own. Did you know you are guilty of negligence, a form of academic dishonesty? The College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering […]