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Column: Dating needs an overhaul

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"Dating apps have effectively killed the dating scene for LGBTQ+ and straight individuals. From hookup culture to perpetuating racial stereotypes, these apps have long stifled emotional connections among users."


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Column: Why do we sensationalize celebrity deaths?

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"While all gun violence is senseless, Takeoff’s talent and promising music career make his death harder to cope with. His contributions to the world mean that this loss impacts not only his family but his fans. It’s frustrating that the final moments of his life were recorded and circulated online."





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Column: #Gaylor — when speculation goes too far

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"We continue to watch cisgender and heterosexual artists (or artists who have yet to come out) benefit and profit from their support and enthusiasm for the LGBTQ+ community, yet artists who are within the community continue to struggle with gaining recognition for their own contributions. It is okay to analyze and absorb media and art through a queer lens, but to speculate over someone’s unconfirmed sexuality does nothing but darken the shadow that falls over those who do represent the queer community."



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Column: Political attack ads are bad for our democracy

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"As you flip through the channels of your TV or go on any social media platform, you can tell there is a contentious election around the corner based on the sheer number of ads that are squeezed into each commercial break. While many of these candidates that are seeking to serve citizens throughout NC choose to bolster their platform and put forward what makes their campaign different, it seems like there have been even more political attack ads against opponents in recent years."


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Column: Weaver Street Market gives me hope.

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"Women flaunt their natural gray hair and stay-at-home dads with toddlers roll around in the artificial grass play area, flaunting their stay-at-homeness. Sometimes these groups meet. A little guy in a knit sweater, a future democratic socialist, teeters around on a boulder and wanders over to a gray-haired couple with a gray-haired dog, also in a sweater."



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Column: The Democratic party is disappointing.

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"This is the problem. Democrats' don't do. They’ve taken up this somewhat “preventative” rhetoric. They emphasize all of the things they will prevent Republicans from doing (further restricting abortion access is an especially prominent example in this current election cycle). Telling voters all of the things you won’t let happen isn’t good campaigning. It's impassive and a scare tactic."




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Column: How we made our midterm endorsements

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"This year’s midterm elections are perhaps the most crucial that we, as young people, have ever faced. Reproductive freedoms are on the line following the Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs v. Jackson, as are pathways to securing social, economic and criminal justice reforms. The Editorial Board knows that the stakes are high."


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Column: Write more letters, less emails

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"It takes time. It takes deliberate thought. And in the most cherished letters, it takes vulnerability. To some, this is a grand expense because it compromises the convenient lives they have adopted. But sometimes making someone feel special is worth the time and effort it may cost."




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Column: Taylor Swift displays potent lyricism, varied pop sounds on "Midnights"

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"Part of her magic is her ability to write the most lyrically complex heartbreak anthem one minute, and then turn around and write a bubbly, goofy song about loving yourself the next. Taylor Swift transitions genres like no other, but her strongest suit throughout her career has always been her lyricism — and "Midnights" is no different. "