Opinions

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

ChatGPT is not your therapist

In the era of artificial intelligence, ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) have quickly become more than just a tool for homework and writing essays. Read More

Do not trust the “life on Mars” headline

NASA’s Perseverance rover found something remarkable on Mars last year, but it's not proof of life, yet. Read More

In defense of gossip

Despite its reputation as mean-spirited, good-faith gossip can deepen understanding and empathy, better equipping individuals to navigate and resolve referenced conflicts. Read More

Sex & the CT: Long-distance relationships

All relationships take attention and effort, but long-distance ones demand a unique commitment from both parties. Read More

Immigrants, we get the job done: “Hamilton” 10 years later

In an age of Sydney Sweeney jeans commercials with potential eugenicist themes, Big Beautiful Bills, and "Red Flag Alert for Genocide" designations, it feels almost scandalous hearing a largely POC cast sing about immigrant pride and women's independence. Read More