Love hurts and that’s okay
For many, February is a month of joy, celebrating one of the most beautiful connections to exist among the human race: love. Whether romantic, platonic...
Opinions
Social media and consent in a newly digital world
I am addicted to my phone. Chances are, so are you. Based on various surveys conducted between 2020 and 2021, 40-60% of participants self-reported being...
Looking for life on campus
I love being the Assistant Editor for the Life Section of the Technique. Don’t worry — this is not an advertisement to convince you to...
The STEM-based liars
There is nothing quite like being a humanities major at a STEM-focused school. Whether it be the culture of teasing business majors for having no...
Monitoring motorized micromobility devices
Recently campuses have seen an influx of e-scooters, dockless bikes and e-skateboards, more generally referred to as motorized mobility devices. As hearing about near-misses, collisions...
You should give country music a shot
Country music gets a bad rap, and it is not hard to see why with a lot of the work that has dominated the mainstream...
Revamping required reading
Decolonize the literary canon. These four simple words printed on a sticker stuck on a corner of my laptop have sparked a host of conversations...
A bad landlord can cause a host of problems
In August of 2020, during the throes of the pandemic and the first time I was consistently around people that weren’t related to me, I...
Should we reopen the Clough Roof?
In March of 2020, the administration announced the closure of both the Crosland and Clough roofs for the construction and installwation of an architectural piece...
A call for support
There are many steps in my morning routine. I shower, I brush my teeth, I pick an outfit to wear. If I’m feeling especially motivated,...
Longer lectures mean less learning
Last semester, I made the mistake of signing up for four 75 minute long classes. The joy of having no classes on Fridays was quickly...
What the Institute should focus on in the new year
With every new year comes new promises. We make promises to ourselves, to others, and for others. These promises, or resolutions, are often about bettering...
The beauty of breakfast
For many of us, the fact that breakfast is the most important meal of the day has been instilled in our very being since the...
Lessons from a Curran parking deck victim
The Curran parking deck is a foreboding presence on West Campus. Located conveniently behind West Village, the parking deck has no shortage of prey. Any...
Revolutions of yesterday, today and tomorrow
In 1960, four African-American college students remained seated at a counter in a segregated restaurant in Greensboro amongst police presence, inspiring hundreds of students to...
The Braves chop needs to stop
The Braves winning the World Series for the first time in 26 years was a major cause for celebration. Between some grade schools getting the...
Follow your heart; no regrets
Each day we make a countless number of “choices.” These choices range from which pair of shoes to wear to am I going to perform...
NaNoWriMo isn’t just for writers
Writing a novel in a month seems impossible, but that’s what nearly 40,000 writers do every year in November. National Novel Writing Months (usually shortened...