Posts in Opinion
Opinion: Internships Aren't Everything

Additionally, many face important life lessons as they move out for the first time and practically adjust to living in “an alpha city.” These lessons deserve students’ time and attention. However, in my experience, once a student is overwhelmed with the demands of their internship, they are more likely to sacrifice their mental health, physical well-being, or performance in school, rather than fail or quit at a “real job” that they are told will define the course of their career.

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Here Lies Fido

At age 11, I had only dealt with death once before: my grandfather. The one thing I remembered from his funeral was watching my grandmother cry as the creaky organ played at the beginning of the service. By the next day, I was back in class laughing with my friends, and that haunting music had been forgotten. 

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Column: If Trump Was Black

From the start of his campaign to his inauguration, President Trump has presented himself as the champion of the “forgotten Americans.” The billionaire promised to save the White working class voters who were supposedly left behind by the Obama administration, voters who in turn delivered him the Presidency.

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