Op-Eds
competition
Raised for success: the toxicity of being the best, all the time
Maybe we focus more on the few failures because they're outliers. Or maybe people want to see them fail because they can’t fathom their success.
identity
Call me by my name
I hate that my name has to become a thing the first time I meet someone.
identity
The infinite supermarket of labels
Nowadays, there is a special term for almost everything under the sun.
affirmative action
Why affirmative action is beyond pity points
My best friend in high school was Brown, queer, and a woman in STEM. And she made sure everyone knew it. Especially college admissions officers.
activism
This is what cancel culture taken too far actually looks like
The right absolutely loves it when the left eats their own. Because it makes us weaker.
addiction
The smells of cigarettes and alcohol
I never believed my parents to be addicts. Or maybe I did notice, but it never seemed wrong.
goals
2022 is “MY” year
Isn’t it absolutely bonkers that every year, we subject ourselves to the idea of keeping up with one particular “promise” for the entire year, when most of us can’t even stick to the same Starbucks order for more than a week?
equality
We need to stop undervaluing our student workers
It’s terrifyingly normal for university administrations to undervalue their student workers, especially in the profit-driven world of private universities like UR. Student workers and their needs are simply never a priority.
guilt
A guide to doing ‘nothing’
So go on, don’t feel guilty about doing nothing after finals. Start that Marvel movie marathon you’ve always wanted to.