A 24-hour library jeopardizes students
On Wednesday mornings, I go to the library to print out assignments for class, and without fail, there is always someone asleep in a booth on the second floor. There are often people curled up […]
Tag Archives: opinions
The death of the Great American Novel
A few years back, a very troubling commercial began making the rounds on major networks. I don’t remember exactly what was being advertised, but a series of children appeared on screen proclaiming what they wanted […]
A possible alternative to the flagrant behavior of UHR
With its most recent meeting, the Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR) of the Student Government Association (SGA) gave up all pretense of playing by its own rules. Throughout the night this past Tuesday, a horrendous […]
Laughing right up to the cliff: a diagnosis
In a day and age focused on technology, data collection and constant government monitoring, it can feel at times as though George Orwell’s “1984” has come to pass — as arguably the most popular dystopian […]
UHR failed the student body with budget cuts
This past week, SGA has been celebrating I <3 GT week, an incredible outreach and celebration of us as a student body and Institute. On Monday, March 26, 2018, we celebrated I <3 Traditions. On […]
Understanding the nuances of abortion and birth control
On February 27, Vice President Mike Pence said that, “[we can], in our time, restore the sanctity of life to the center of American law,” essentially implying abortion will no longer be legal. Abortion has […]
The unlikely supportive atmosphere at a hackathon
This past weekend, three of my friends and I took a road trip to Tallahassee, Florida to participate in our first hackathon ever. It was not what I had expected at all, but only in […]
The necessity of knowing what actions are committed to
The presidential elections for SGA this year cannot really be considered one. Evan Gillon and Ayo Aladesanmi are running uncontested for the position of president and vice president respectively, and so find themselves in an […]
The forgotten practice of doing nothing
One of the best classes I’ve ever taken at Tech is Dr. Hans Klein’s PHIL 3127 class, not just because of its effect on my GPA, but because of its approach to what enlightenment means […]
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 […]
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 […]