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Column: What my sexual assault taught me about abortion rights

By Brianna Brigman | October 11

"I strongly believe that if I was to get pregnant by any of my assaulters I would have had an abortion and that would be my choice. Not someone else's. ...

Column: North Carolina's judicial elections are crucial for reproductive rights

By Sophie Teague | October 11

"Our generation has the power and passion for political change, we just have to take that to the ballot box. Voting sends a direct message to those in ...

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Column: Forced sterilization, Dobbs and a long history of regulating people's bodies

By Zari Taylor | October 11

"The regulation of women’s bodies has a long history in the United States, not only regarding abortion, wherein women exercise the autonomy to make ...

Column: It’s going down. I’m yelling Tinder.

By Spence Whitman | October 10

"If you're reading this, I’m assuming you're a young, smart, single person who just wants to have picnics on the quad with a boo of your own. But let ...

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Column: What I am.

By Michelle Seucan | October 10

"What are you?"  "Out of all the 171,476 words in the English language, those three words are the ones I am most familiar with, a trio of old friends ...

Column: Kiss me, I'm (economically) insecure

By Noelle Harff | October 7

"Unfortunately, the market is expected to continue to slow. Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, basically guaranteed negative growth into 2023. ...

Column: My foray into BookTok and the world of Colleen Hoover

By Liv Reilly | October 6

"The New York Times bestselling author has charmed the people with her adult fiction and romance novels for the past few months. After being given her ...

Column: An honors thesis on my Student Rec Center experience

By Claire Burch | October 6

"I’m severely exercise-avoidant. That is until my best friend became a personal trainer and I realized I had difficulty lifting items my 13-year-old ...

Column: From not to hot – the evolution of thrifting

By Savannah Clay | October 5

"People switch up how they feel about clothing all the time. But not everyone has the luxury of renovating their wardrobe every 5 to 10 business days. ...

Column: COVID-19 has changed "grind culture"

By Olivia Henley | October 4

"Our post-COVID-19 era has developed a societal standard that contradicts what the past 40 to 50 years have prioritized: incessant perseverance. While ...

Column: It's a privilege to be able to consume media critically

By Juliana Chiaramonte | October 4

"Social media has definitely lowered the standard for current events reporting, but networks like Fox News or CNN aren’t much better, nor are newspapers. ...

Column: A letter to my parents, as a first-generation college student

By Caitlyn Yaede | October 4

"So this is an open letter – a thank you – to the duo that held my hand through it all. The homesickness, the breakups, the failed ECON 101 finals. ...

Column: This is the most important midterm election of our generation.

By Tanner Arter | October 4

"We saw the writing on the wall, the foreshadowing of a rollback in several decades of progress. It all unfolded earlier this summer. Republicans holding ...

Column: An open letter to Elon Musk

By Samad Rangoonwala | October 3

"In the world we live in, electric cars are a net positive. If you are going to buy a car, get an electric one if you can afford it. But that doesn’t ...

Column: The Woman King explores a lesser known history

By Zari Taylor | October 3

"The Woman King tells a beautiful but complicated story about integrity, community, hard work, and triumphing over one’s enemies. It’s got something ...

Column: The underrated cult classic phenomenon

By Rishabh Sharma Vemuri | October 3

"What does one particular film mean to you? How do you relate to its characters? How do you interpret its motifs? These questions rooted in emotion can ...

Column: How to be comfortable being alone

By Spence Whitman | October 3

"Think of your brain like a suitcase after a vacation. If you just add more clothes before the next vacation without organizing the stuff you already ...

Column: Angst, adolescence and gas station edibles

By Alan Chen | October 3

"Why do people do drugs? I think at least some of it is because other people will do those drugs with them. And to some people, that sort of connection ...

Column: Don't worry, darling, you didn't miss much

By Guillermo Molero | October 2

"'Don’t Worry Darling' was lazy, unoriginal and downright frustrating. And to think the trailer and pre-premiere drama made me expect anything more. ...

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Column: Dismantling the mental health stigma faced by South Asian students

By Susanna Pradhan | September 28

"I grew up in an environment where the topic of mental health was virtually non-existent. Not because it didn't exist – my community’s shared history ...