Columns

I was lucky enough to have mentors who were able to relieve me from any financial barriers for college, but not all students are as fortunate as I was.

There is no desire to prod past the surface of a loved one’s well-being, and slowly, we become strangers.

A more engaged student body should be the objective of the ASUC because elaborate deliberation and dissent are the natural results of a more involved community.

There’s so much shame surrounding women in the sex industry and it would be a lie to say that I wasn’t influenced by it.

While my fellow classmates had older siblings who prepared them for the harsh realities of secondary school, I learned the ins and outs of the world through the stories my beloved books held.

We each have a responsibility to change the course of discussions so that our lived experiences are acknowledged to the fullest extent.

Hookup culture presented me with the power to never truly experience rejection and to assimilate into teenage norms.

If the only two contestants our political system can produce are Trump and Biden, then we all need to take a hard look at ourselves and reiterate what we value as a nation.

Music has the power to transport us to moments we can never get back with the touch of a play button, whether good or bad. 

They ultimately piece everything together, uniting all the admirable traits, weird habits and strange mannerisms into the adult I’ve become.