Letter to the Editor: McCartney III
As I approach the end of my academic career at Tech, I can’t help but reflect on my time here, as well as the legacy...
Opinions
Reasons why your data does not belong to you
Last Thursday on Jan. 28 Apple CEO Tim Cook caused a bit of a stir in Big Tech. While streaming live his keynote speech for...
Trump did not incite
The current articles of impeachment that passed in the House of Representatives, now awaiting trial in the Senate, are built on Donald Trump inciting an...
A look into my quarantine hotel experience
I arrived back on campus after the break on Friday morning, and less than 48 hours later I got the notification: I had been exposed...
A call for unity in America
President Biden’s Inaugural Address was an auspicious call to unify the country. While I happen to disagree with the President on a multitude of ideas...
Is change ever easy?
Is change ever an easy thing? Sometimes it can be exciting, but standing before a cliffside of unknowns tends to be intimidating. Decisions and choices,...
How big tech is playing with fire
Ensuing the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, President Trump has been suspended or banned from a total of 15 media platforms. I...
Service outside the bubble
Every few months there seems to be a new post on the Tech subreddit asking about the safety around campus. Many students jump in to...
Storming of the capitol building
The storming of the United States Capitol was an act of domestic terrorism. Period. The so-called “Patriots” were anything, but that. They made a farce...
Georgia on the nation’s mind as election narrows
Like many people across the nation, and frankly around the world, on Election Day evening and into Wednesday I have been glued to my phone,...
Road to belonging
I can clearly remember the day that I got accepted to Tech. It was a cold January morning, and I was distracting myself from my...
A letter to students from the Director of Undergraduate Admission
My first boss used to say that admissions is like putting together a puzzle. You look at the pieces, figure out how they fit together,...
Instagram virtue signaling
This year has been a nightmare. At the start of the year we all knew that there would be a high-stakes presidential election, but none...
Raising the Black Student Admittance Rate
When I was first admitted to Georgia Tech, I was thrilled but knew it would be a culturally different experience than from Georgia State, where...
Stop romanticizing OCD
Be a little OCD. The title belonged to a section on the front page cover of a magazine I had glanced over while waiting in...
U.S. senate endorsements for 2020 election
In this year’s election, I will be endorsing Reverend Raphael Warnock for U.S senate. Warnock is running to fill the seat republican, Johnny Isakson, left...
The complexities of the American vote
I consistently see evidence that the younger generations are not confident enough in the voting process in this country. Recently, I listened to an episode...
Asian Americans and the New Electorate
Like many people, Donald Trump’s election to high office four years ago set me on a path of political redemption, penance for previously having been...