The forgotten value of non-STEM classes
Last week in my LMC 3219: Literature and Medicine class, we talked in detail about Leo Tolstoy’s novella, “The Death of Ivan Ilyich.” We talked...
Opinions
Irish luck of country music
From Reba McEntire’s murder ballad “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” to the prominent fiddling in “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” the...
Driving in Atlanta
I would like to preface this with a nod to the great city of Atlanta. Of all the cities I have been to, this city...
Campus response to gun violence
The mass shooting at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has instigated discussion regarding gun control, campus responses to gun violence and the effects...
Your kids aren’t for clout
As lifestyle content has grown in popularity on different social media platforms, the popularity of family-specific lifestyle content, usually called family vlogging, has as well. ...
College introverts
It is a Friday night at Tech, about 8 p.m. or so in the evening. East Campus is filled with electrifying music, glittering lights and...
Consensus Opinion: Career pressures at the Institute
With the semesterly career fair next week and recruiting season under full swing, we at the Technique wish to discuss an issue that has notably...
Global security issues in an age of anxiety
Prices are up, political divisions are wide and acceptance of the truth is weak. People no longer respect the value of work because they see...
Picking up an instrument
From a young age, I have always loved music more than words can describe. As a child, I would spend hours watching music videos on...
Over admittance plagues Tech’s strategic plan
Tech’s mission has been and continues to be developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. In order to accomplish and uphold this...
Eigenvalue issues
With the confidence that only a college freshman can have, I registered to take Linear Algebra during my very first semester at Tech. I walked...
Consensus Opinion: Impacts of Nationalism
Widespread and often extreme nationalism, as well as its prevalence in political debates over the past few years, has arisen in the United States recently,...
Sew for sustainability
According to the 2020 Circularity Gap Report, only 8.6% of materials were rerouted back into usage rather than single use items. In this world, fast...
The tourism in Bali is doing more harm than good
If I had to rank the most beautiful sights I have ever seen, the sun setting over the Bali coastline is high on the list. ...
Reading in school is important
In high school, every literature class involves a rotating wheel of some Great American Novels. Some students read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” or...
Consensus Opinion: Parasocial Relationships
As Internet access continues to become more and more widespread, individual perception of news, especially surrounding public figures, changes. As parasocial relationships between everyday people...
Dreaming in Urdu: living as a third culture kid
One of my favorite poems, “Dreaming in Gujarati” by activist and poet, Shailja Patel perfectly captures the ethos of culture, offering a referendum on the...
Finding a reason to celebrate
Every summer, some of my favorite memories are associated with family vacations and also with National Doughnut Day and National Ice Cream Day. There is...