Op-Eds

Media versus the age of nostalgia

The past has always been a source of inspiration, so where is the line between low quality remakes and true homages?

It’s been a year; we need to stop AAPI hate

This atrocity was not the effective trigger to anti-racism and the end of Asian hate at UR that I had hoped it would be.

You can still wear your skinny jeans

With trends moving at breakneck speed, we’re buying more clothes and wearing them for less time. But do we even have to follow trends?

The ugliness of achieving perfection

Perfection is something we can’t live without and can’t live with. Perfection isn’t real, but we keep striving to reach it.

What I’ve lost and what I’ve become

If you could visit your first-year self — whether that was a few months ago, or a few years — would you recognize each other?

Bring back Grubhub

Food poisoning. 20-minute lines. No available tables. These have been the realities of dining options at UR both this and last semester.

In Memoriam: Miguel Rodriguez

After the news of former Sports Editor Miguel Rodriguez’s passing, the Campus Times received multiple submissions from his former co-editors in his memory.

Learning to love love

Ah, Valentine’s Day — where the sickeningly sweet smell of chocolate fills the air, and it seems like you can’t even turn a corner without seeing some egregious display of love.

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.

Call me by my name

I hate that my name has to become a thing the first time I meet someone.