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I am just one example of diplomatic institutions struggling to do their job in this political climate.

Satire: Testimony of the United Nations escalator

by Matthew Jegers
Published October 12, 2025

In my glamorous surroundings, you may not notice me. Yet I always try to support you. Like a metal Giving Tree.Citizens and monarchs share their great burdens for me to bear. For you, I am the path...

Does anyone know if we still have the rapture tomorrow?

Opinion: The virtual pulpit

by Callie Burch
Published October 9, 2025

TikTok videos from devout Christians started popping up in September. They explained that the rapture would soon be happening, and what we should do to prepare when the lucky few are inevitably chosen...

Boynton Health provides mental health services to students at low costs.

Opinion: Let’s talk about SSRIs

by Amelia Watters
Published October 8, 2025

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are a class of antidepressants that increase the amount of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. SSRIs like Lexapro, Zoloft and Prozac are the most commonly...

We are what we eat, wear and make.

Opinion: Faster means faker

by Vivian Wilson
Published October 7, 2025

Faster means faker. We’re losing access to our simple material pleasures as convenience culture sucks the joy out of everything good and enriching. Our simple material and hedonistic pleasures are...

The successes of politically active young people can be a wake-up call to disengaged American youth.

Opinion: Nepal reminded us Gen Z can achieve social change

by Matthew Jegers
Published October 3, 2025

One thing I find absolutely remarkable about Generation Z’s political habits is that we talk so much, but act so little.Spend any amount of time in the comment sections of various social media sites,...

Is social media making our relationships more surface-level?

Opinion: The nonchalance epidemic

by Callie Burch
Published October 2, 2025

If you’re as chronically online as I am, you may have noticed a recent personality shift among Generation Z. Non-caring and effortlessly dull are in. Openness and exuberance are out.  This online...

We all need a break from the Spotify algorithm.

Opinion: A love letter to public radio

by Amelia Watters
Published October 1, 2025

As streaming services like Spotify continue to dominate how we listen to music, it’s easy to write off radio as obsolete. Many assume the only people listening to the radio are Generation X dads...

History’s first draft, in create mode.

Opinion: Meme historians wanted!

by Vivian Wilson
Published September 30, 2025

Perhaps some of today’s great thinkers write not with ink and quills, but with Instagram create mode and comment sections on X. Memes are becoming culturally and linguistically important unto themselves,...

Political discussions are the heartbeat of America, and that heart must keep beating.

Opinion: Political violence is wrong and ineffective

by Matthew Jegers
Published September 26, 2025

The freedom to express one’s own political views, a hallmark of American civil society, is rapidly becoming under threat. Just within the past few months, state legislators and their spouses were...

What can we learn from college student fashion choices?

Opinion: The workplace culture should take notes from college students

by Callie Burch
Published September 26, 2025

As a girl who was subjected to the public humiliation ritual that is a middle school dress code violation, I was curious to hear from my University of Minnesota peers if they had felt the burden of an...

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