It Hurts by Tony Wu
Tag Archives: opinions
The overlooked intricacy of a football game
Last December, pop scientist Neil DeGrasse Tyson claimed on Twitter, “[s]ometimes I wonder if we’d have flying cars by now had civilization spent a little less brain energy contemplating Football.” Apart from the fact that […]
Tech Dining rebrands, but does not improve
One of my personal favorite debates as a Tech student is discussing which campus department provides the worst services to students. For many people, the frontrunner in this competition in Tech’s Parking and Transportation Services, […]
A service animal’s unintended consequences
In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was put in place to protect the rights of people with disabilities. More specifically, the law protects people who need service animals from discrimination by businesses. While businesses […]
The link between poverty and obesity
In recent decades, health professionals and the general public have drawn attention to rising obesity rates in the United States. Adjacent to the concern grew a body positivity move3wment centered on fat positivity. This movement, […]
Lifelong lessons from children’s shows
It should be a given that, as humans, we respect each other and our surroundings. However, we seem to have lost a hold on that concept in today’s society — and never really have. This […]
Taking measures before it’s too late
Ever since I can remember, I have had anxiety. After it started affecting my daily life, I began therapy. It was no miracle cure, but having an outlet, having an objective listener, a listener who […]
Weinstein: fear and loathing in Los Angeles
That Harvey Weinstein was able to harass and assault women unimpeded since the nineties reveals something is deeply wrong with Hollywood culture — and what is especially infuriating is that this is a story that […]
The inordinate power of a sensational headline
It’s easy for me to get upset by the things I see in the news. I’m too sensitive, too affected by the terrible things that happen to regular old people, people just like me. A […]
Let’s talk about the “Oklahoma condition”
Every state has its own stereotype, but few carry the obscurity of those at the center of the country. I would know: I am from Oklahoma, the state somewhere in between the wild west or […]
Diary of a disenchanted Peer Leader
Being a Peer Leader (PL) can have its ups and downs. Despite sometimes regretting becoming one, being a PL has given me some good stories that I have not been able to share, until now. […]
The NFL’s patriotic protests
This weekend, what was initially just a drop in the bucket became a deluge when many NFL teams and other professional athletes knelt or locked arms during the national anthem as a form of protest. […]
Why you should hire a female engineer
I’ve raised my hand and asked a question in a computer engineering lecture only once. I asked if a bus (a wire) on a schematic was serial or parallel. I don’t even remember what the […]
President Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes’s classic novel “Don Quixote” is considered by many scholars to be one of the greatest works of literature of all time, and has even been held up as the first example of […]
Music Midtown’s letdowns
I love live music. I frequent the Tabernacle, Masquerade, Center Stage and Buckhead Theatre. I was pretty excited when Music Midtown released their lineup for this past weekend, with artists like Broods, Two Door Cinema […]
Incendiary rhetoric divides us at a crucial time
Coming together to support the most vulnerable among students.