Category: Archives

  • September 1, 2017
    On Hollywood whitewashing and why representation matters When I was younger, I wanted to be an author. I wanted to…
  • August 26, 2017
    Our lives are fuller if we accept that our personalities are malleable. Stanford University researcher Walter Mischel’s “Marshmallow Experiment” has…
  • August 20, 2017
    USA Today Network has published an important, troubling article, "America sees alarming spike in middle school suicide rate." "The suicide…
  • August 12, 2017
    If Marathon Helicopters flew over our house, as they often do, shuttling tourists around Resurrection Bay, if they passed overhead…
  • August 6, 2017
    Social Media Today’s teens and tweens are connected to one another, and to the world, via digital technology  more than…
  • July 31, 2017
    Parting reflections on being black at UChicago. “If I were you, I would just go to whatever state school you’ve…
  • July 20, 2017
    As of writing this, two weeks from now I’ll be sitting on a beach somewhere. Three weeks from now, I’ll…
  • July 15, 2017
    It was cold, a November evening, and I was the administrator on duty, so I was walking around the campus…
  • July 8, 2017
    I love opinions—I energetically spatter them around with Pollock-like imprecision, with the Columbia student body as my canvas. And at…
  • July 2, 2017
    What do you want to do with your life? A lucky few Princetonians will be able to answer that question…