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Sustainability justifies consumerism

Sustainability justifies consumerism

Rachel Oliver, Opinion Editor February 16, 2023

Fast fashion has been on the hot seat for the past few years. The industry epitomizes affordable mass consumption at the price of ethical practices and the environment. Consuming more for the price of...

African aid: A tool of neocolonialism

African aid: A tool of neocolonialism

Emma Power, Opinion Columnist February 16, 2023

When people in the U.S. and Europe think of Africa, they often conjure up hopeless and condescending images in their minds. For instance, the continent is pictured as completely war-torn and everyone is...

Making Greek Life more inclusive

Making Greek Life more inclusive

Ashwini Vivek, Opinion Columnist February 9, 2023

“We are committed to relationships built on trust through transparency, accountability and mutual respect.” That is a part of the mission statement of the National Panhellenic Conference, an organization...

Why we don't need TUPD

Why we don’t need TUPD

Colin Houston, Opinion Columnist February 9, 2023

The time to have hard conversations about the police is now. It was also five, 10, 20 and 100 years ago, but they need to happen now because the same things keep happening. Less than a month ago, five...

The recipe for a lasting relationship

The recipe for a lasting relationship

In the season of love, I examine what makes a relationship grow
Emma Power, Opinion Columnist February 9, 2023

I’ve always looked at romantic relationships as a friendship with a more intimate physical nature, and later down the line, a cohabitation, and life partnership aspect. When my friends are looking to...

Hitting the limit while in power

Hitting the limit while in power

PM of New Zealand ends term on pragmatic note
Ava Peinhardt, Opinion Columnist February 2, 2023

For the past five-and-a-half years, Jacinda Ardern’s term as Prime Minister of New Zealand has been nothing short of iconic. First elected at 37 years old, she has led her country through the chaos of...

The sad price of a salad bar

The sad price of a salad bar

The connection between accessible education, financial aid and perpetuating food inequality
Rachel Oliver, Opinion Editor February 2, 2023

In a 2016 episode of his podcast, “Revisionist History,” journalist Malcolm Gladwell dives into the topic of collegiate food inequality by comparing two universities — Bowdoin and Vassar College....

Away with the shame and guilt: I’m taking a study break

Away with the shame and guilt: I’m taking a study break

The semesterly plague of throwing self-care out the window needs to be rethought in this increasingly challenging world.
Emma Power, Opinion Columnist January 26, 2023

The first sign that I put up in my hall as a first-year RA was a postcard of a lounging Tiger surrounded by the words, “The rest is just as important as the work.” At the beginning of a new semester,...

Football’s rotten core

Football’s rotten core

American football needs to fundamentally change
Colin Houston, Opinion Columnist January 26, 2023

With the NFL Playoffs in full swing and the recent conclusion of college football season, late January is when football, America’s most popular sport, is most relevant. As such, any football league would...

A fashion forecast: Another way of policing expression

A fashion forecast: Another way of policing expression

Shivani Selladurai, Opinion Columnist January 26, 2023

There are many industries that capitalize on the start of the new year. If you’re a business that isn’t doing so, you’re missing out on profit from the frenzy of changes and resolutions everyone...

Why cancel the art when the artist messes up

Why cancel the art when the artist messes up

Sarah Fridakis, Opinion Columnist November 18, 2022

My jaw dropped and my heart sank as I read the news that Morgan Wallen had said racial slurs while intoxicated. An artist whose music I had connected with deeply, I could no longer respect. His songs carried...

Gen Z’s political power on the rise

Gen Z’s political power on the rise

Rachel Oliver, Opinion Editor November 18, 2022

Last Tuesday, Texas, alongside the rest of the country, held its midterm elections. While myself and many of my peers had hoped and voted for different results, Gov. Greg Abbott is to remain in office....