Opinions
Op-Eds
Friendship across cultures
When I first entered the River Campus of UR, I was overwhelmed by everything around me: be it the size of the campus, the diversity of the student population, the number of courses offered, and the clubs that were in operation. Everything looked larger than life. I felt stunned, perplexed, and confused by the number […]
Editorial Boards
Step one for Dean Burdick: financial aid counselors
This Meliora Weekend, students could be found across campus with cardboard signs and shirts featuring mysterious numbers next to a dollar sign. Were they part of a new secret society or money-based fraternity? No. They were members of the financial aid protest group that has sprung up with questions about the system, as it stands, […]
Op-Eds
The hunger games: memoir of a pizza guy
The thrill of the open(ish) road. The gentle, lingering smell of mozzarella and sauce. And the sweet, sweet dosh. This is the life of the American pizza driver. Or it’s something like that, anyway. At the beginning of the semester, I got a job at a local pizza place. I’ll leave out the name, not […]
Ed Observers
Let them eat cake
This is the story of the kid I allegedly bullied in elementary school. I remember Robert very well, but I don’t remember having any terribly negative impact on his life. People know me as bubbly and hyperactive, but not mean. Not a “bully,” by any standards. But there I was, senior year of high school, […]
Op-Eds
Feminism, Republicanism, and you
Republican as a word in our society has a negative connotation - “wingnut” can be used in normal conversation without confusion. Because of the actions of some slightly outrageous Republicans, Republicans have an overall bad reputation when, in truth, the Republican Party is something with which most people would agree. The core definition of the […]
Editorial Boards
Senioritis: hold the inoculation
Senioritus is a plague that has begun to set in on the Class of 2015. It’s clear by the looks on the faces of many seniors that their minds are off somewhere else. Many of them talk about job prospects for next year and how little they care about school work. To be fair, not […]
Sex and the CT
Ask Jodi: Don’t hold it in
Pee after sex. Just do it. It may be the most solid advice I can give you. Somehow, a bunch of us missed this message in sex ed, but it is super important. “Never hold your pee. Ever,” my mom always preached to me. Although this annoyed my father to no end on long family […]
Ed Observers
Ebola and religon
Over the past week, the Ebola outbreak has become a massive problem for the world. This deadly disease has spread remarkably quickly, starting in Liberia and now appearing in the U.S.. In the past week, two cases have appeared in Dallas, Texas, with one of the victims having sadly passed away. As much as the […]
Editorial Boards
The dirty facts about UR bathrooms
Hopping off the Riverview bus, which was late as usual, you find that you only have five minutes until your class begins. You crunch some numbers and conclude that, if you were to sprint at 80% your maximum capacity, you could probably clear the doors to Hubbell Auditorium before the professor finished the opening announcements […]
Op-Eds
Say no to Mumia Abu-Jamal
In 1970, Tom Wolfe wrote a rambling, seething essay on a party held at the home of Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein, then a member of the moneyed liberal intelligentsia in New York City, had invited a few key members of the Black Panther Party to come speak to and solicit donations from the rest of Bernstein’s […]