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…
Aldo Polanco
Viewpoint Editor
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…
On Monday, February 3, all students enrolled in Computer Science (CS) classes, as well as students on the department interest list, received an email detailing a new registration system. Titled “The Match,” the system pairs students with CS classes using algorithms similar to those that match medical students to residencies.…