Opinions

Notes by Nadia: We can’t always chase our dreams

As someone who has always had wild dreams about what I wanted to be when I was older, those “chase your dreams” speeches gave me false hope. Read More

The Wilder attack campus climate survey

We can live our “Meliora values” when the university starts listening to survivors to enact real change. Read More

Love languages: is it science?

There is science behind oxytocin — the “love hormone” — but love is so multidimensional that it’s hard to settle on one universal meaning for all. Read More

There’s a dress in my closet

One day I know that I will wear that dress out. I know that it will bring me queer joy. Read More

Nagalaxmi

Perhaps it is love that equips us with an unknown strength and resilience, guiding the path to fighting away our greatest fears. Read More

Language is the medium of love

With the absence of language, our awareness of love would be restricted to its mere existence. Read More

The only reliable thing about the shuttle system is its ability to drive me crazy

The bus schedule is many things, so I’ll tell you what it isn’t. Reliable. On-time. Consistent. Read More

Confessions from a Workday enjoyer

Workday is my sport and I am winning so goddamn hard. Read More

When it starts to smell like home

Yet, in random moments, when a smell catches me off guard with the memories it brings, I like to believe the things I feel then are things people feel when they are home. Read More

The village on the other side of the Pacific

It is a dream to let the love rooted in my heart, from the people I cherish and the land I belong to, grow prosperously.  Read More