Excessive consumption in the land of plenty
If you have ever gone out to eat with me, you know that if I cannot finish my food, I will either take it to go or make you finish it for me. It was […]
Tag Archives: opinions
What makes us human in the age of artificial intelligence?
I, like most of the population, have been binging on Black Mirror. If you have seen the series, you know some episodes revolve around the creation and use of smarter, improved artificial intelligence, or AI. […]
Groups and the power of teaching ourselves
If you’ve ever been in a group project — and you probably have, since they’re practically inescapable — you might find that you fall into one of the tropes: The one who does all the […]
Reporters that manufacture pseudoscience: please go away
I am sick of pseudoscience. Let me clarify: I am sick of the phenomenon of replacing what we can term “real” science with its largely quack-based and/or vapid counterpart. There is nothing wrong with getting […]
The power of grieving through actions, rather than silence
In the face of tragedy, every person copes with shock and grief in a different way. Some people, quite understandably, withdraw into themselves for careful contemplation and grieving. Some find satisfaction in tears shed. Some […]
Letter to the Editor: A practical approach to gun control
“Lather, rinse, repeat.” This shampoo-inspired regimen is an apt metaphor for many of life’s processes and cycles, not the least of which being the American gun control debate. Here, the “lather” step would involve a […]
Collatzian issues in politics today
In society, there are several problems that are easy to state in ideological terms, but nearly intractable to solve policy-wise. These difficult problems mostly relate to structural inequalities that exist in our society — housing, […]
Comedians take the easy road with Trump jokes
Last week, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah ran a segment in which host Trevor Noah complained that there was simply too much negative political news for him to cover it all. The news had […]
Lessons learned from things that ‘do not matter’
During any given hell week, the most common question I ask myself is inevitably, “How much does this matter?” It is a nice, versatile question. At its most direct, it is the prompt for a […]
A glance at a world without gender
He, she, they, we, her, him, them, why? Why does it matter so much? The onset of multiple gender identities has caused an onslaught of confusion and tension within people. People asking: What am I? […]
Emotion-filled advertisements: ineffective and vapid
I remember being taught about the three modes of persuasion in my high school English class. Essentially, there are ethos, logos and pathos, where ethos is an ethical appeal, logos is a logical appeal and […]
Why the “sports” belongs in esports
Step aside, football. Soccer, take a seat. Basketball, hit the showers. No longer can traditionalists stand guard keeping “esports” out of the circle of traditionally accepted sports. Complain all you want, e-sports is a sport, […]
Creating content in pursuit of online “clout”
The first weeks of 2018 have proven that people who are highly involved with social media and content sharing platforms are driven by their pursuit of internet clout. Clout, as it is used now, is […]
Importance of character education in the age of apathy
This past weekend, Saturday Night Live produced a sketch titled “What Even Matters Anymore?” The sketch consisted of a game show host asking contestants whether or not some the recent allegations against the president, such […]
NCAA protects itself before its athletes
Wednesday Jan. 24, Judge Rosemarie Aqualina sentenced the former sports doctor for the USA Women’s Gymnastics team and Michigan State to 40 to 175 years in prison for his serial molestation of gymnasts. Before he […]