I stumbled onto the bus last weekend for a cross country team day trip up to Highland Retreat, late, as usual a perpetual and not-so-fashionable characteristic of mine. With physical …
Opinion
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Pronouns: Why they matter, how to get better at them
Pronouns are a linguistic tool that are used to identify people in place of their name. To respect all people with diverse gender identities, EMU is making an effort to …
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This is America
America, I am so disappointed in us to the point that I wish I could claim another country as my own because of how terrible this one is. We are …
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The benefits of campus kittens
Imagine yourself in a room writing a ten page paper the day before the assignment is due. This is stressful. To ease this burden, imagine a cat nuzzling up against …
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Breaking down the wall of polarization this election
I’m writing this on my phone at 1 a.m. on election night. I can’t sleep, I’ve never felt more awake in my life. I was going to write my opinion …
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How coronavirus revealed American classism
Looking at the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic, certain aspects of American life have become abundantly clear. One example is the fact that many families do not have economic …
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Editorial: Anger and the plague of white feminism
The trope of “angry feminist” colored much of my early life. I always knew that I was technically a feminist, but the picture that most people in my community painted—that …
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Your “trend” is my culture
For all the people who are so quick to call an immigrant a hyena, criminal, rapist, and so many other awful things, let me give you a glimpse of what …
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Online group projects require better planning
It was 9:01, and class would start in fourteen minutes. Today was the day that my partner and I were supposed to lead a group discussion, and she had not …
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Reflections from WCSC: An avenue for growth
My D.C. experience has created a great avenue of personal growth for me. 2020 has been the year of challenges: overt injustice, a heavily concerning election and a pandemic are …