Opinions

Punctuality: is it as important as we consider it to be?

Personally, I think it’s a give and take. I don’t really want to be stood up for hours, but it’s also important to be flexible and respect other cultures. Read More

Balancing consumption and creation

The problem isn’t consumption inherently, but rather how we consume. Read More

Print, papers, and purpose

The print newspaper gives our writers a sense of accomplishment, our alumni an object to reminisce over, and, most importantly, our audience another avenue through which to read. Read More

Polling problems, as observed by a recent Rochester immigrant

It seems that identity politics and dissatisfaction with presidential candidates presents just as much of a problem for pollsters as their research methods. Read More

The weight of perception

For some of us, this weight of being perceived presses quietly against our shoulders, altering the way we stand, the way we speak, and even the way we think. Read More

The UK is moving right

The stage was set for Labour’s sweeping victory in 2024, but the celebrations didn’t last long. Read More

Campus Brat: Logo Parentis

That cheerful logo has always been around me. Every time I logged in to play Club Penguin in my dad’s office, this was the logo on his browser homepage. When my dad got tenure in 2009, this was the logo on the envelope sharing the news. Read More

The danger of neo-masculinity

This patriarchal view of manhood definitionally conflicts with the ideal of gender equality. Equality has no ruling class. Read More

When courts decide science: the University and the cases that could decide our future

By September, UR reported at least twenty terminated federal grants, totaling $9 million in losses. That is not a policy debate — it is stalled research, frozen hiring, and real people caught in the middle. Read More

The American obsession with productivity, as observed by a recent Rochester immigrant

The American Dream supposedly acts to propel the people of this country forward, but instead it drives people away from any kind of work-life balance.   Read More