Opinions

Sue Connections!

You aren’t paying for a cold brew, calling it one is misleading, and there are these really cool things called lawsuits!  Read More

Censored: CT pushed from Public Safety coverage

Any process relating to the DPS — the University’s private, hardly-accountable policing system — needs to be brought into the public awareness. Read More

Adulting 101: The illusions of age and maturity

Why do we continue to linearize the path to maturity with respect to time and age? It’s high time that we redefine the social concept of maturity. Read More

The catchphrase “I’m not racist”

Nowadays, it seems like anything you do can be, in some way, shape, or form, “racist.” Read More

Stop saying sorry

From a young age, I was taught to apologize when I did something wrong. But why am I apologizing for something that isn’t my fault? Read More

“You’re gaslighting me!”

How come people spoke so casually about everyone being “a little bit ADHD” when I had to fight and claw my way to a diagnosis? Read More

Trouble in cat paradise?

When I first moved to Turkey from the United States, I could not stop ogling this inconceivable phenomenon. The cats are, without exaggeration, everywhere. Read More

On the social archetypes of “good” education

There is value to the broad idea of “teaching students how to think” through liberal arts, but is it really worth forcing students to spend almost two years slogging through classes they may not be remotely interested in? Read More

Wealth, suffering, and child marriage

There’s always something so shameful about acknowledging your privilege. But I know I am lucky. I am a part of Bangladesh’s minority. Read More

Five ways to up your study game

It’s not that you're not smart — it’s just that you’re studying the wrong way. Read More