Students and professors are ambivalent about the changes in classroom and campus dynamic as a result of health and safety guidelines.
The scourge of internalized racism: News outlets perpetuate racist American ideals
To be raised in America is to be inherently complicit in racist laws and institutions. Those who choose not to educate themselves inject their bias into society, individuals like this who work at news organizations taint their content with internalized racism.
Trauma porn: Misguided “activism” on social media harms more than it helps
Sharing violent videos of police brutality is not allyship. It is an exploitive way to dehumanize Black people.
Idioms for idiots
Read this — it’ll save you a lifetime of social condemnation. Here are a few idioms that I’ve heard being misheard.
Top five quarantine side hustles: COVID and college approved
Need a quarantine side hustle? Unsure of how to make money with a busy schedule? Abby’s here with five ideas to make money in a safe and effective way during COVID-19.
Affirming our stance of solidarity: Jacob Blake
Graphic courtesy of Presley Fletcher. Jacob Blake is the latest Black person to have been brutalized at the hands of the police. Blake was tasered and shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Aug. 23 while being arrested. Blake survived the shooting, but is paralyzed from the waist down. He was handcuffed to his hospital…
Now more than ever, listen to students
The two issues that have captured the nation’s attention this year are COVID-19 and police brutality — both of which Butler is handling abysmally. If the university does not properly address these pandemics, it will be at the cost of student safety.
Falling through the cracks: are we really ‘all in this together’?
Opinion reporter Addy McKown discusses one of the logical fallacies of the oft-repeated, catch-all phrase.
The irony of conservative activism: sports boycotters in 2020
Unsurprisingly, recent support for the Black Lives Matter movement has been met with backlash similar to what Colin Kaepernick faced in 2016.
More than an actor: Chadwick Boseman’s Impact on the Black community
Boseman’s influence is felt on and off the screen in communities worldwide and continues to inspire us.