Housing Issue 2025

Microdistricts can solve America's housing issues

The American style of cities and towns is a modern tragedy. Not only is it an eyesore and insulting to human dignity, but it’s a massive obstruction to economic and social progress....


Opinions

'One-shot' films mimic the pace of real life

I love the idea of experimental art. I am intrigued by art that is novel and unorthodox, using methods that no one previously dared to do or saw value in. Filmmakers constantly...


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Left populism is on the rise

When considering the current state of affairs around the world, one sentence constantly reverberates in my head: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. A law of motion, this...


Columns

In defense of maximalism

I’ve always been a serial collector of random items and tchotchkes — sue me. God forbid I like my bookshelves and desk to have some whimsy. I mean, when you think about...


Opinions

The dangers of living in an artificial reality

Like most people, one of the many things I enjoy in life is good, natural conversation. But this is becoming a lost art. Today, we increasingly rely on infinite scrolling and chatbot...


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It’s OK to feel lost among the crowd

A strange feeling overwhelms me every time I walk into a crowd, like when I’m walking down the alley running across campus by the library, or when I stand in the middle...


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From aiming high to falling low

If you’re anything like me, coming back to campus for the fall semester feels like a blank slate, a chance to turn the page and start a new chapter. I revert to...


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Reality TV is out of touch with reality

This summer, I, like many others, found myself tuning in almost every night to the new season of “Love Island USA.” I was absolutely hooked on the drama, the friendship fallouts, the...


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Britain is on the eve of political revolution, and its effects will be felt worldwide

Two years ago, I wrote that stagnation was the root cause of political issues in the United Kingdom. This commentary centered on the balance of powers between Westminster and the regional governments...


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The Rusyn movement must not remain stagnant

This summer, I spent the month of June in Slovakia, where I studied the history and culture of the Rusyn people, an ethnically Slavic minority spread across Central Europe. In Slovakia, I...