Op-Eds
dependent
The lost opportunities for military dependents at UR
I am a military dependent: a child of an active duty or retired military member. If that’s not identity, then I don’t know what is.
late blooming
Proceed with caution when it comes to relationships
To initiate an ideal relationship, I should know myself before I meet my partner.
advice
Never been kissed?
While desiring romantic love is perfectly human, life is made of much more.
independence
The on-campus Starbucks is like a bad relationship
From now on, I refuse to commit out of complacency.
anti mind reading
On the wanderings of the mind at family gatherings
There is no way of knowing what someone is really doing in there, just as there is no way of knowing what someone is really thinking. It is for the best, really, that we do not know either.
advice
Tips on how to survive middle school
Rochester – as a former middle schooler, I am here to offer up some tips on how to survive it in case you fall into a wormhole and find yourself 13 years old again.
marriage
Confessions of a Midwestern Spinster
Allow me to give you, lovely and (hopefully) unbetrothed reader, an explanation as to why I am so bitter about something I should be congratulating my peers for.
love languages
Love languages: is it science?
There is science behind oxytocin — the “love hormone” — but love is so multidimensional that it’s hard to settle on one universal meaning for all.