Challenge: a class of eighth graders at a New York middle school, 24 hours, no texting. Result: initally severe anxiety, and a serious realization of their dependence on this social medium. Read more...
Opinion Columns
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 5, 9:46 pm
The word “rape” should not be trivialized out of context
How many of your friends have ever told you that they've been raped by a midterm or a final? Maybe they were raped by their 15-page research paper that they started the night before it was due. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 4, 9:00 pm
Irrelevant issue shouldn’t win votes
The Undergraduate Student Association Council election has always been a bastion of democracy, like a microcosm of real-world politick at the most trivial of levels. Read more...
Community, Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 3, 9:48 pm
Undergraduate Students Association Council should be informed of candidate platforms
"VOTE FOR Students First!" reads the Facebook status of party faithfuls with election season in full swing. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 28, 9:00 pm
Your tweets will outlive you in the Library of Congress
Chirpers of the world beware: That tweet last week "“ the one about your drunken liaison with the neighbor's garden gnome while bound by the grips of Bacchus and Bieber "“ will live on in immortality, well beyond your paltry years. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 26, 9:23 pm
Westwood Village, apartments need improvements
Last week the apartment below mine was blasting "Pon De Floor" so loudly that the snares on my snare drum were rattling. While this anecdote reveals that I keep a drum kit in my living room, that still does not make me the most annoying resident in Westwood Village. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 26, 9:20 pm
College admissions system stifles creativity, limits academic freedom
The case of UCLA's increasingly competitive admissions is hardly a secret. While the rising average GPA and SAT score of the incoming freshman classes impresses many current students, I am apprehensive. Read more...