Both Men and Women’s golf teams’ seasons are now well underway with the Men’s team having played two tournaments as of now, while the Women’s team has played one, with their home tournament slated for this coming weekend. Women’s golf had an early start to the season, playing their Spring…
Aldo Polanco
Viewpoint Editor.
We’ve all seen it before. Social media posts discussing taboo subjects such as privilege, oppression, abuse. The colorful post will read “How to have meaningful conversations on racial inequality”, “Talk to your kids about mental health issues”, or “Let’s start the conversation on abuse.” It’s unlikely that you’ll find this…
As of the time of writing, there is a month and some until the Class of 2023 has to officially declare a major. I find that this deadline is an interesting one, not because of what it is, but because of the differing emotions sophomores feel towards it: anxiety, worry,…
What is wrong with cancel culture? Many things to some, but at its core, cancel culture is a manifestation of punitive justice. In other words, it discourages the amelioration of the damage caused by the offender. Usually a lacking attempt at ‘an eye for an eye.’ When a celebrity’s racist…
Last week, a Dominican artist unveiled a public piece where she had covered a statue of Christopher Columbus in a sheet painted with native traditional medicinal plants. On social media, it proved to be divisive. Many argued that the act was disrespectful, as the statue meant a lot for the…
Like many others across America, I exercised my right as a citizen to vote. Also like many, I did not do this on Election Day, but rather participated as an early voter. I walked to City Hall, with what I thought was everything I needed. My student ID, and another…
I’ll be straightforward: I was not happy when Joe Biden won the Democratic primaries. I, like many in the college student age group, was a fierce advocate for Bernie Sanders, or Elizabeth Warren, at the very least. When it became clear that a Sanders presidency was not going to happen,…
It’s nearing the end of election season in the United States, and with that come the inevitable trainwrecks that are presidential debates. These are the nights American citizens set aside to seem flabbergasted at what each candidate said, knowing that nothing they have or will say is out of character.…
“The term is pass fail, I should totally take that 5-days-a-week 1A lab science” Oh boy, do I regret thinking this. Five weeks into my physics class, I am ready to say that I should not have taken it. See, I, following the vision of the liberal arts ideal, thought…
This week I finally did it. I put a 30-minute screen time limit on TikTok. I recognize that about half of the people reading this will relate to what I just said, while the other half will think “Those darn kids and their ticking Toks.” Worry not, I too used…