Opinion: Why thin is in again
As we’re acclimating to a post-pandemic world, we’re reverting to old body standards in an effort to regain normalcy. This comes as part of an effort to cope with the harsh readjustment as we attempt...
View ArticleOpinion: We need each other now more than ever
This time of year, the air feels heavier. Midterms and deadlines are piling up, the temperature is dropping and it is getting dark earlier and earlier. This year particularly, November was marked with...
View ArticleSatire: I’m thankful for Trump, liberty and justice for all
It’s Thanksgiving Day, 2026. After nearly two years under the rule of Supreme Leader Donald Trump, the United States of America has risen from the ashes of its former self, free from the tyrannical...
View ArticleOpinion: A cabinet of chaos
If you were casting the roles of America’s next great reality TV show, President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet and staff picks would guarantee multiple seasons of drama and intrigue. When you consider...
View ArticleOpinion: We’re looking for ourselves in all the wrong places
It’s fun to learn what type of person you are. Personality tests and other pop cultural psychological categorizations like learning styles are marketed as tools meant to unlock a greater understanding...
View ArticleOpinion: The wisdom of winter
It is officially December, meaning we have unofficially entered our winter months. Between single-digit or subzero temperatures, slim amounts of daylight, and icy sidewalks, it can feel like there is...
View ArticleOpinion: America is already socialist
The United States is traditionally considered the antithesis of socialism. For decades, our country has represented free market capitalism at its brightest — starkly contrasting our perceptions of...
View ArticleOpinion: Stop whining about winter
I trudge down the snow-covered sidewalk on University Avenue, the cold wind cutting like a knife across my face. Icicles are forming on the rims of my glasses. The lenses have fogged up to the point...
View ArticleOpinion: Girlhood can’t be wrapped up in a little bow
Why is it that womanhood is so inextricably linked to consumption? Recent trends have shown a general shift toward prolonging girlhood and, in some ways, infantilizing women through relentless...
View ArticleOpinion: NATO and Russia and climate, oh my!
If you are stressed about looming final papers and exams in the next two weeks and want to put these quaint college problems in perspective, keep reading! President-elect Donald Trump is laying his...
View ArticleOpinion: The #MeToo movement almost 20 years later
Long before social media hashtags, the #MeToo movement was founded in 2006 by activist and youth worker Tarana Burke. Burke was inspired by her work in dealing with child survivors of sexual violence...
View ArticleOpinion: Reckoning with the decline of small family farms
Farming has always been a core industry in the U.S., yet in recent decades, agricultural careers have only been associated with strife and struggles. Our idea of a common family farmer is frequently...
View ArticleOpinion: How to be gay
It was 2017 and I was standing in the sweltering summer heat on Halsted Street, watching the Chicago Pride Parade. I looked out at the Dykes on Bikes cruising down the parade route in their leather...
View ArticleOpinion: Hyperpop is defining Gen Z’s cultural legacy
Hyperpop is a generation-defining style of music that reflects Generation Z’s nihilistic disposition toward the issues of our time. It is as ironic and self-satirizing as we are. It reflects our...
View ArticleOpinion: Trump and the Media — a toxic love story
We all know President-elect Donald Trump loves the spotlight, and between his outlandish claims and political success, he gets plenty from the media. But this attention has also helped fuel his fire...
View ArticleOpinion: In pursuit of a walkable city
In a perfect utopian world, our own two feet could take us anywhere we wished within our neighborhoods and cities. Sure, cars can be useful, but in this hypothetical world, we would not be as...
View ArticleOpinion: In defense of Greek life
Fraternities and sororities do not have stellar reputations, and for good reason. Greek life is plagued with a repugnant history of abusive hazing, discrimination and elitism. Most of these problems...
View ArticleSatire: We should champion the real athletes
The true definition of a sport and by extension, an athlete, is highly contested. The true traits of what constitutes an elite athlete are elusive, yet should be glaringly obvious. Why do we feel the...
View ArticleOpinion: Look to the history books
In 2020, the word “unprecedented” was named the People’s Choice 2020 Word of the Year by Dictionary.com after receiving the most user submissions. A 2024 article by Wired concluded “unprecedented...
View ArticleOpinion: Stop projecting your own social ineptitude
In my experience, a common lament nowadays is the prevalence, or rather the mere existence of, small talk. The most prevalent and repeated complaints I’ve heard are that it’s shallow and only goes...
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