Opinions
academics
What most people get wrong about double majors
I bet a lot of first-years have plans for double or triple majors. But if you are pursuing either, the passion better be worth the pain.
ableism
Why you shouldn’t roast STEM majors (although you know you want to)
I was raised around ableist jokes. I went to high school with them (I bet you did, too). But mediocre jokes point to ignorance, and often, complicity.
advice
Befriending your very own fitness monster: the GAC
Fear not, incoming students and GAC newcomers, I will divulge all my secrets on how I befriended the fitness monster.
advice
Senior year… can hardly believe it
It’s scary getting older. It’s even scarier closing a chapter of your life.
Humanities
STEM vs. humanities: The ongoing, counterproductive debate
Maybe we’ve all been wasting our time debating the relative worth of the two fields, and instead accidentally devaluing both by overlooking their individual and combined merits.
body image
TikTok’s glorification of eating disorders
Self-love isn’t always realistic; self-acceptance is much better.
Sexual Assault
My boyfriend, my rapist
I met my rapist 10 days after I graduated from high school. Fresh-faced and doe-eyed, I was quick to fall in love with a boy two years older than me.
burnout
Waving the flag of exhaustion
We’ve grown up in a time when going to college is simply not enough to get a job. There are countless other boxes to check.
college
What do you want to get out of college?
I am definitely not saying that you should throw your GPA out the window and go paint all day, but do things with intent.
identity
Your hair may be fried, but you don’t have to be
Who am I when I’m not new and fresh? This question, to say the least, haunts me.