Opinions

Mermaid on fire

I’ve had pneumonia five times. I’ve had bronchitis more than a dozen times and typically for months on end. Last year I was sick for the entire time between August and January. My bronchitis was resistant to antibiotics, inhalers, and most treatments. It was all because, somewhere along the years, I’d started breathing in smoke instead of air. Read More

YoUR vote matters

This story will stay on our front page until Nov. 3, because the Campus Times believes voting is that important. Yes, you need to protest and show up for causes you care about, but it means nothing without the follow-through. Participate in the democratic systems that facilitate change. Read More

I know you can talk, now show me you can listen

You don’t change minds without listening to what they’re saying in the first place. Read More

The consequences of tyranny

Any government is capable of inflicting terror.  Read More

What the Woodward tapes reveal about Trump’s persona

The presidency has become a show that we pay with our votes to see. Read More

It doesn’t end when the fires are put out

I worry that, even though I’ve lived there for 18 years, I won’t recognize my childhood home. Read More

Climate change is burning up the U.S.

We can’t ignore science if we want to limit the number of environmental crises we experience every year. Read More

A letter to white activists

Cry for your own life, but get mad about what happens to Black people in this country. Read More

Our approach to addiction isn’t working

Addiction is your problem, too, even if you think it isn’t. Read More

Jessica Krug and Jewish trauma

I made up a story to suit the silences of the family I was born into, and the non-truth I made up slid perfectly over the gaps in my own story of self.  Read More