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Apocalypse is calculated by science, not panic
Extinction is the greatest disaster that humanity must avoid. While that may seem a simple enough task, it is also a gargantuan concept to contemplate. The hypothetical collapse of civilization depends on...
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The stoner stereotype is 'half-baked'
I turned 18 and left the bottle of Pink Whitney in the past. When I got to college, I was excited by the idea of independence — of being able to do...
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Expansive efforts in Self-denial
The other week, my friend Reina and I were talking about choices and intelligence. The questions of the hour seemed to be: How do we approach qualifying the decisions we make? How...
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Ozempic carries a weighty risk
It’s no secret that social media has promoted unrealistic body standards, but the popularization of weight-loss drugs on social media platforms has created a new cause for concern. With skinny being in...
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It's time drug education be rooted in science
When it came to my attitude toward weed, I used to be an uneducated asshole. In my early high school years, I would constantly lecture any of my friends who smoked weed,...
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Tomorrow’s soldiers depend on today’s action
George Patton once said, “The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers.” This kind of thinking, where we consider the worst conditions of those who serve this country...
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We still need feminism
In May of last year, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker gave a polarizing commencement speech at Benedictine College. After congratulating the graduates for their hard work and integrity in completing their...
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A call for unassuming heroes
Chances are that most examples of popular culture you know feature a character designed to be the protagonist. I am not sure if I can call it a “cliche,” but there is...
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How to be friends with the opposite party
Growing up in a largely “red” area of upstate New York as a brown girl with Democratic beliefs, a lot of my friends’ political ideals contradicted mine but never to an extreme...
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Mediating cultural identity and intersectional constructs
Intersectionality describes how identities overlap, creating a socially constructed ethnographic portrait. It can also be performative, entangling people in the cyclical learned behaviors and culture of their race and class. Despite the...