The buzzword in politics these days is “equality.” However, each year two events ““ the publication of the newest data on college admissions and Tax Day ““ serve as reminders of the vast amount of unequal treatment that pervades our system.
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
USAC must lead lobbying efforts
Dear newly elected student leaders,
To work or not to work
I am a global studies student, and the discussion surrounding my field of study has always been the same.
Is texting the new addictive drug?
Challenge: a class of eighth graders at a New York middle school, 24 hours, no texting. Result: initally severe anxiety, and a serious realization of their dependence on this social medium.
The word “rape” should not be trivialized out of context
How many of your friends have ever told you that they’ve been raped by a midterm or a final? Maybe they were raped by their 15-page research paper that they started the night before it was due.
Irrelevant issue shouldn’t win votes
The Undergraduate Student Association Council election has always been a bastion of democracy, like a microcosm of real-world politick at the most trivial of levels.
Undergraduate Students Association Council should be informed of candidate platforms
“VOTE FOR Students First!” reads the Facebook status of party faithfuls with election season in full swing.