Opinions

The Homecoming Hypocrisy

Saturday, September 30. On this day, two very different events clash: 1) the March for Black Women, a social justice campaign for all victimized black women, and 2) Yom Kippur,…


C’mon, Live a Little!

251 days. 14 hours. 39 minutes. 45 seconds. That’s how long I get to call all of you my peers. A lifetime. That’s how long I can call all of…


Space: Humanity’s Final Frontier

Last Friday, the Cassini spacecraft went out in a blaze of glory as it slammed into Saturn’s atmosphere at over 70 thousand miles an hour, bringing its two-decade-long mission to…


The Dangers of Forgetting

It may seem as though all of the talk about Charlottesville, Virginia is getting old. I get it. We’ve heard about it at Convocation, it has overtaken just about everything…


Stuck in an Echo Chamber

Acceptance and respect are not synonymous, and it took me a long time to realize that. I always hear others say “let’s agree to disagree,” but at IMSA, I barely…


Free Speech Run Rampant

It was a chaotic time. The birth of a new American democracy was already causing political turmoil, and one man, James Madison, was tasked with creating a list of rights…