Neutral Doesn’t Work When Talking About Race

Asako Kurosaka-Jost | March 19, 2021

When people take a “neutral position” on race, it doesn’t work. This describes the main finding of a study I explored in my doctoral dissertation at University of California, Los Angeles. The study, conducted in

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It’s not just another meme: Why teens need to be conscious of hate online

Caitlin Cowan | March 12, 2021

Quarantine halted my world and left me adrift with no schedule to dictate my day. I became attached to my phone. No matter what I was doing — eating breakfast or lunch, walking my dogs

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Slowing down daily life in a virtual age

Kelsey Ji | March 5, 2021

“Heads up bro, we got problems,” said Leon in the 2001 Fast and Furious movie. And yes, we got problems — we are downright getting dumber. To no surprise, our attention spans are decreasing, too.

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Acne is a true issue for teens: It’s time to treat it as such

Maria Krug | February 26, 2021

I look down while walking through crowds of classmates hoping the fluorescent school lights won’t reveal the red bumps on my face. I shuffle through the halls praying to go unnoticed, only to be asked,

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The Problem with Inclusion: Time to Shift to Belonging

Dwight Vidale | February 19, 2021

“Hummus…what’s that?” I remember asking my 9th grade white peers as we sat around the lunch table for the first time, aware of their looks and smirks because I did not know what it was.

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On being an unlikely Leo

Arina Stadnyk | February 12, 2021

My experience with astrology consists of years of eye-rolling at horoscopes that axiomatically claim I’m a headstrong, assertive, domineering, natural leader who strives to be the center of attention. Recently, a friend did a birth

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Zoom is the Devil’s Work

Steve Nelson | February 5, 2021

Resist Remote Learning! “It’s like deja vu all over again.” – Yogi Berra I have no idea what the 20th century sage was referring to, but the quote is apt when considering the locomotive bearing

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The college major system is archaic

Montana Denton | January 29, 2021

While much of the learning done in college is valuable, a significant proportion of students don’t actually use their undergraduate degree in their future career. Even though a college education is a useful experience with

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Drained to exhaustion by online learning, students should be given less school work

Noa Appelbaum | January 22, 2021

I began to feel the adverse effects of online school while doing homework one night during our second week. My mind a relentless murmur of the same fatigue that seemed to unfocus my eyes and

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