by Nathaniel Mills, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Aamina Ahmad, Cawo Abdi, Tony C. Brown, Vinay Gidwani, Muna Irfan, Rachmi Larasati, Yuichiro Onishi, Sima Shakhsari, Ajay Skaria, Travis Workman and Liliana Zaragoza Published November 25, 2024
Last spring, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and other groups of the UMN Divest Coalition secured former University of Minnesota President Jeff Ettinger’s agreement to discuss coalition demands...
As we’re acclimating to a post-pandemic world, we’re reverting to old body standards in an effort to regain normalcy. This comes as part of an effort to cope with the harsh readjustment as we attempt...
From sidewalks to highways to entire buildings, concrete covers our city. It’s cold, uncomfortable to sit on and dull in color.Still, concrete is beautiful.My love for this cementitious building...
Every time my family from outside of Minnesota visits the Twin Cities, we agree on the same thing: our highways are terrible.All the interchanges are massive monstrosities that confuse drivers and...
On a whim, I picked the clarinet at the school music fair in fourth grade, and for the next eight years, I was a part of my school’s band programs.In middle school, I stayed in band class so I wasn’t...
Had Vice President Kamala Harris won the presidential election, she would have entered office 105 years after women won the right to vote. Alas, the journey from the ballot box to the oval office continues. Twice...
While Astrology is often met with a degree of snark for its lack of scientific backing, young people are flocking toward it now more than ever. Astrology has a certain staying power. It may have lost...
I’ve just gotten back from class and the world is weighing heavy on my shoulders. Thoughts of classes, my dating life and the state of our nation following the presidential election are swirling in dark...
Many people cringe upon hearing the word “email.” It often represents the worst parts of bureaucracy — cold, formal, painfully orderly and inevitably passive-aggressive.This stereotype is misguided....
Like many early 2000s kids, I was often told that snacking between meals was frowned upon growing up. We were to eat during our allotted three meals a day, and anything other than this was considered...
