OPINIONS

We’re in the middle of a pandemic, and I still can’t convince myself to use a bath bomb. I got some for Christmas last year, but every time I think about dropping one in a nice bath, I think “No—I should save it for a really bad day.” It’s the ...

What a potentially tainted academic year has to do with the 2017 Houston Astros

Every year, some of you are inevitably going to collect data about people’s genders. Maybe you’re a psychologist, or a social science student doing an experiment or a survey. Maybe you’re a club executive trying to create an application form. So, how do you do it respectfully? I don’t think ...

Among students and academia, busyness has become a status symbol. The widespread message is if you’re not constantly working, you’re falling behind. The pressure to set oneself apart from others at a large research university often means that students fixate on schoolwork and spend their “leisure” time seeking out extracurricular ...

Memes have become an integral part of life for Gen Z and the latter half of Millennials. They are generally seen as comedic, yet they inform us of current events faster than the news. Donald Trump, online education, the toilet paper crisis, quarantining, and COVID-19 divorce rates are just a ...

I never know what to tell people when they ask me what my comforting place is—you know, my “happy place.” How do you explain to someone that your place of comfort is not the sandy North Coast, a quiet European forest, Disneyland, or even your bedroom? How do you tell ...

Extroverts and introverts during COVID-19

Air travel in times of a pandemic

This September, university students will be entering their online and limited in-person classrooms under different circumstances due to COVID-19. However, the changes to our post-secondary lives aren’t limited to educational delivery; various social changes that affect our university experience are taking place too. Students aren’t just stocking up on masks ...

Accounting for the history of the University