Opinion: Gender-affirming care is broader than you think
A lot of us take for granted the ability to look how we want to look, dress how we want to dress and be who we want to be. What if being who you wanted to be was a political issue? This is the...
View ArticleOpinion: More money, more problems?
Generation Z needs to learn how our economy works. We are the ones who will need to contend with its future implications as we mature in an age defined by post-pandemic monetary policies. Our money...
View ArticleSatire: A day in the life of a Trump-era college student
Morning Life for college students in 2025 could not be easier! Breakfast is essential to power through all those study sessions. If I go to the grocery store, I can get a dozen eggs for a price 92%...
View ArticleOpinion: Hunting love for sport
Recently, bars started hosting “Love Island” watch parties. Cowboy Jack’s, which has a location in downtown Minneapolis, is just one example. To think such programming could draw people into a loud...
View ArticleOpinion: We are being overwhelmed on purpose
We live in a society that always demands our attention. We are swimming in an ocean of information and discourse, facing tsunamis of news from natural disasters to celebrity scandals that threaten to...
View ArticleOpinion: Pop culture’s death toll
Our generation’s defining subculture, or lack thereof, is derivative and soulless. Previous generations had real, inspired subcultures that people still draw from and identify with today. Punks, emos,...
View ArticleOpinion: Hiding behind screens has consequences
The internet is a fun and confusing place. In 2024, around 68% of the world’s population logged onto this enormous network of online content, communication and chaos, uniting the globe in ways only...
View ArticleOpinion: To be a feminist or not to be a feminist?
Despite being a young woman who believes in advocating for gender equality, I don’t feel at ease calling myself a feminist. I have voted accordingly, continue to cover gender issues and advocate where...
View ArticleOpinion: Labor unions are a lifeline
I’ve always been obsessed with the concept of a labor union. Both my mother and grandfather were actively involved in unions during their careers, so as soon as I developed a concept of what work was,...
View ArticleOpinion: New regents mean new opportunities
It’s no surprise to any student or staff member at the University of Minnesota that the University administration is not the most popular at the moment. The 2024-25 school year was already a tenuous...
View ArticleOpinion: True patriots are social justice warriors
American exceptionalism isn’t where, or what, we’ve been conditioned to believe. America is exceptional due to its rich history of progressive movements, beginning with the one that birthed it. There...
View ArticleOpinion: The gender war has gone nuclear
It’s heartbreaking to see the way social division is manufactured at the expense of our generation, sowing isolation and hostility into nearly every aspect of our relations with other people. It’s...
View ArticleOpinion: Gen Z lost faith in its economic future
If one thing can be said about Generation Z, it’s that we are jokingly pessimistic. From jokes about mental health issues to memes about the possibility of World War III, Gen Z is both famous and...
View ArticleOpinion: A reflection on Sister Cindy’s virginity extravaganza
A shrill, megaphone-enhanced voice urged, or rather, demanded that college students must reject hedonism and be holier, gathering a crowd that grew larger and louder. At the epicenter of these...
View ArticleOpinion: Remembering Camp Mystic
On July 4, Kerr County experienced at least 10 inches of rainfall in the span of a few hours, causing flash flooding of the Guadalupe River. Located in the low-lying areas near the river was Camp...
View ArticleOpinion: The relevance of a liberal arts major
Mississippi State Auditor Shad White took to social media in September 2023 to challenge the idea of taxpayer funding for what he referred to as “useless degrees” in “garbage fields.” The degrees he...
View ArticleOpinion: Professors are living under threat
President Donald Trump and many of his supporters have made no attempt to hide their contempt for universities and academics. Higher education institutions were in the president’s crosshairs from the...
View ArticleOpinion: Golf, greed and American excess
While golf may have originated in Scotland, it’s become emblematic of American elitism and excess. We degrade the environment in our aspiration toward luxury in a way that’s derivative of European...
View ArticleOpinion: Abstinence and the city
“The Summer I Turned Pretty” series finale featured a scene of Belly and Conrad kissing in the back of an Uber before sleeping together. A post on X, formerly known as Twitter, went viral, dubbing the...
View ArticleOpinion: The workplace culture should take notes from college students
As a girl who was subjected to the public humiliation ritual that is a middle school dress code violation, I was curious to hear from my University of Minnesota peers if they had felt the burden of an...
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