Our columnist argues that the upcoming presidential election in November is the best opportunity for a third-party candidate to win since 1992.
The solar eclipse earlier this week sparked widespread wonder and amazement. The Main Green was filled with hundreds of students excited to view the first total American solar eclipse since 2017. This awe, however, was accompanied by serious warnings to not look at the sun during the eclipse without ...
At the Olympics, each track event starts with nearly 50 competitors in 鈥渉eats,鈥� where a certain relative time is required to reach the next round. The field is slowly whittled down until about 10 advance to the final.
During the 2016 Rio Olympics, American swimmers Ryan Lochte, Jimmy Feigen, Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were robbed on their way back from a club. Their taxi was pulled over by individuals posing as police officers who ordered the intoxicated swimmers to the ground and stole their wallets. Lochte had ...
What do you think about the ongoing civil war in Cameroon that has displaced millions of people? Do you side with the Francophones or the Anglophones? Most likely, you cannot locate Cameroon on a map (neither could I, before writing this), let alone hold opinions on its civil war. It would thus be silly ...
Consider this alternate history: World War II has just ended and the U.S. surprisingly fails to stop Soviet communism from spreading past the Eastern Bloc. As a result, the USSR and Western Europe become close economic and military allies. Isolated and stuck with a faltering economy, the U.S. cedes ...
In 2018, the World Wildlife Fund claimed that, by not using plastic straws, we could 鈥渉elp change the future for our oceans.鈥� They were certainly addressing an important problem, but plastic straws constitute only a fraction of overall plastic pollution. The only viable way to mitigate plastic pollution ...
In his opinion, Ben Aizenberg 鈥�26 argues that we need to recognize the obvious benefits of insect consumption and make insects a staple in our diets.
One morning in 2003, Zell Kravinsky drove to his local hospital, had his kidney removed, and donated it to Donnell Reid, a woman he had met once. Donnell Reid was overcome with happiness 鈥� after eight draining years of dialysis, the donation was giving her the chance to have a future. At first glance, ...
With the widespread success of Taylor Swift鈥檚 Eras Tour, many are rushing to crown her as the greatest popstar of all time. Obviously, Taylor Swift鈥檚 music is good. It鈥檚 catchy. It鈥檚 a fun listen. Furthermore, she is prolific, having sold albums in record-breaking numbers, maintaining a position ...
