The advertising ailment: opioids plague advertising
My phone buzzes. I eagerly open it to watch the YouTube video sent to me by my friend. Expecting a minute of laughter, I click...
Opinion Blog
These are the opinions of the student body not on the Technique staff.
Beginning to make amends with campus wildlife
Robins chirped and leaves rustled as the four of us sat on a bench outside of East Architecture. We received an assignment of the utmost...
New year, new me: finding resolute resolutions
When I was 16, my grandmother turned to me and demanded I tell her my resolutions for the new year. When I said that I...
Revisiting “Coraline”: Duality in stories for kids
No, it’s not a Tim Burton movie. “Coraline” is a 2009 stop-motion film directed by Henry Selick, based on Neil Gaiman’s novella of the same...
Vaping is “in”: A shift in marketing
Graphic pictures of individuals with head and neck cancer or gruesome close-ups of the mouth are strewn across cigarette packaging, eliciting a natural aversion to...
Surrogacy is a necessary resource
Surrogacy is a practice that has the potential to bring an abundance of happiness and joy to a family. Those who want biologically related children...
Neutrality: demanding better from our leaders
Is time warping? Those older than us can attest to the notion that we are living in strange times. One can scarcely ask someone older...
The commonplace struggle with group projects
I have been working on several group projects this semester, but it hasn’t been an easy process. Some of my groups are great. We communicate...
Fighting political extremism
Extremism has emerged as an underlying threat to American politics, which shines through the democratic processes of the United States. Opposing political parties are often...
Mental resilience
Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea,” and I have a complicated relationship. When I was a senior in high school, a friend of...
Reading between the lines of book bans
I am forever grateful for the idea of free speech, or I would have to be writing this article from the dark depths of a...
Personality tests: pro-growth or anti-identity?
The concept of self-discovery has undergone critical changes and shifts along with the rise of the internet. As media consumers eagerly attempt to fit in...
My first camping expedition, with ORGT
Last weekend, I went camping at Springer Mountain with an Outdoor Recreation at Georgia Tech (ORGT) trip group. Despite my initial worries about spending a...
Why it should be normal to just reach out
Picture this. You got your dad to battle his way through the Ticketmaster line for tickets to see your favorite band in the history of...
How struggle makes us better people
Despite its controversy in the political realm, the phrase “pulling yourself up by the bootstraps” captures the American spirit of rugged individualism. It illustrates the...
The case against American primary elections
Unless your name rhymes with Gunter Fiden or Mucker Farlson, it’s unlikely that you are remotely happy with the two leading candidates for the 2024...
Student response to: “Eigenvalue issues”
Dear Caroline — and anyone else who has struggled with linear algebra at Tech, I read your recent article in the fifth issue of the...
Conservatism wasn’t on stage at the GOP debate
Conservatism is an ideology without a home, and August’s Republican debate felt like a brutal reminder of its eviction from the GOP. In its place...