Opinions
Ed Observers
Being stuck in tradition sucks
Take advantage of your position to make your group environment a place where everyone feels that they can be heard.
Administration
Meliora shouldn’t be toxic
Starting in fall of 2022, there is a hard 24-credit cap on overloading, and students must explain why an overload of any amount is necessary.
Health
Inside the Health Promotion Office
Bottom line — prioritizing specific, diverse programming is more important than a new yoga session in the library.
Ed Observers
Waving the white flag with pride
I’ve been wondering if I’m straight a lot recently. It’s funny — usually, the trope is that people have to consider the reverse.
Op-Eds
I am exactly like other girls
Somehow I thought that almost all girls liked pink and skirts and makeup, and they were just making the wrong choice.
Op-Eds
The model minority myth: A double-edged sword
How do you embrace yourself entirely with respect to your racial identity and individuality when you do fit the stereotype?
Ed Observers
Baseless motivation and the meliora mindset
Underlying those factors was a mentality of unhealthy perfectionism, taking the desire to be the best version of myself too far.
Op-Eds
Through the fire: a retrospective on burnout
Burnout is cruel in that way. The physical and mental exhaustion doesn’t erase the guilt we feel from our inability to do anything.
COVID-19
My patience with the unvaccinated is wearing thin
When you refuse vaccination, you’re prolonging the pandemic and making it more dangerous for everybody — not just yourself.
Op-Eds
Teen Girls vs. The World
In reality, overly criticizing women for their interests and emotions is nothing new, and this is simply the form it takes on in the modern world.