Opinions

Take control of your inbox (and your life)

When it’s your digital sanity on the line, that effort is certainly worth it. Read More

Media versus the age of nostalgia

The past has always been a source of inspiration, so where is the line between low quality remakes and true homages? Read More

It’s been a year; we need to stop AAPI hate

This atrocity was not the effective trigger to anti-racism and the end of Asian hate at UR that I had hoped it would be. Read More

When does gender in sports matter?

Sports is an area that runs on black and white distinctions — you compete as either a man or a woman; you either win or lose. But what exactly, if anything, defines a woman? Read More

You can still wear your skinny jeans

With trends moving at breakneck speed, we’re buying more clothes and wearing them for less time. But do we even have to follow trends? Read More

UR problematic: A reflection on toxic academic merit

There are instances in the academic world, especially, where we as students should be allowed to let go of our studies, of our skills, and our studious perspectives that have been ingrained into us for so long by the academic merit of achieving critical thinking in all realms of disciplines. Read More

Letter to the Editor: Medical racism

I believe in vaccines. I believe in the COVID-19 vaccine. Yet, I think people who present allergic reactions should be exempted. People like me. Read More

The ugliness of achieving perfection

Perfection is something we can’t live without and can’t live with. Perfection isn’t real, but we keep striving to reach it. Read More

What I’ve lost and what I’ve become

If you could visit your first-year self — whether that was a few months ago, or a few years — would you recognize each other? Read More

I’m more than my MBTI

I was completely unrecognizable, with no authentic bone in my body. As I became more obsessed with the MBTI, my life began to revolve around it, extending towards the people around me. Read More