Opinions
Climate Change
The answer to the climate crisis is education
At Friday’s climate change demonstration in Wilson Commons, we once again heard about how we can help by making changes in our personal lives like buying organic, or using public transportation. But people who water their lawns and get to-go orders in styrofoam aren’t ruining the planet. It’s now more widely known that climate change […]
racism
The “unexpected” effects of casual racism
The N-word was found written on a mirror in a Sue B. bathroom on Thursday morning. The presence of racism on campus is not surprising, but the bluntness and senselessness of it is. There (seemingly) wasn’t a motive, or a target. There was just the N-word — hard r — slapped onto a bathroom mirror, […]
classes
Not all classes are created equal
First-semester first-years are restricted in the amount of credits they can take, presumably in some sort of effort to prevent burnout. But a 16 credit schedule for a STEM major can look significantly more packed than one for a humanities or social science major. Between all the labs, lab lectures, recitations, and workshops, there seems […]
pens
How Paper Mate Clearpoint™ Mechanical Pencils caused my moral downfall
One weeknight in seventh grade, I babysat for my social studies teacher’s two children. I was almost 13 and things were going to change. Thirteen would be my year, I knew. I could feel everything shimmering with teenage potential. Even weeknights became thrilling. Thirteen? Me! My social studies teacher (and their spouse) lived a few […]
argument
I hate chocolate ice cream.
And you should tell me why I’m wrong. There is nothing more satisfying than to hear the words “I was wrong” after a long verbal sparring match against someone with whom you viscerally disagree. The value of these words comes almost entirely from their rarity. How often do you really win an argument? Maybe you’re […]
drinking
Dry frats: student responses
Colleges and universities nationwide have faced controversy surrounding fraternities and sororities for years. Drinking and hazing scandals aside, some take issue with the culture that surrounds these organizations. Recently, there has been a “crackdown” (depending on who’s asked) by national fraternities to their chapters regarding alcohol and hazing for greek life organizations. Newly created policies […]
Op-Eds
Mt. Hope cemetery review
We are outnumbered by the dead. In Mt. Hope Cemetery alone there are more dead people than living ones in the city of Rochester. Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, and our city’s namesake Nathaniel Rochester are among the 350,000 interred in this cemetery. (The 2017 census puts Rochester’s living population at roughly 208,000). A historic […]
japan
The untold story of comfort women
Everyone wants an apology when someone has wronged them. Whether on an individual or national scale, it’s difficult to forgive and forget even small slights. Korea and Japan have been stuck in this argument since the end of World War II and the start of Korea’s liberation. When the Japanese colonized South Korea in 1910, […]
SA Elections
SA Senate elections matter
As campaign posters start to pop up, it’s once again time to elect the first-year SA senators. With over 20 candidates gunning for four positions, it’s tempting to vote for whoever’s name you vaguely recall from a chalk drawing on the Wilson Quad. After all, most of us barely know who our senators are, or […]
class
Being late isn’t cute
Class meets at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. We have met at that time every week for the past three weeks or so. There has never been a change in the time, place, or day. So why, this far into the routine, are people still rolling up at 12:46 like everything’s all hunky-dory? I’m […]
