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Gen Z’s new nightlife: Staying in is the new going out
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I remember being 18 and stepping out of a cab on a freezing Winnipeg night. A group of friends and I were shoved into the back seat, with the most charismatic of us sitting...
Ozempic obsession: How big pharma profits from panic
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If you’ve been to the movie theatre lately, your ears drums might’ve been blown by the obnoxious Ozempic ad with poor sound editing. An upbeat tune plays while the camera introduces the unwilling audience...
Consumerism and its gaping jaw
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A while back, I was scrolling on TikTok or Instagram. I don’t exactly remember what short-form content medium I was consuming to rot my brain. Regardless, I stumbled upon a video clip of a...
Academic perfectionism: The silent struggle
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I remember when I was first called a perfectionist. I sat across from my therapist with a confused expression. I was appalled, “how can I be a perfectionist? Nothing I do is ever perfect,”...
The pitfalls of smartphones
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The advent of the smartphone, comprising of computing capabilities not originally associated with telephones, undeniably changed the way that humans operate and interact.
In 1994, International Business Machines (IBM) released the Simon Personal Communicator, commonly...
U of M students shaken in wake of bloodshed in Bangladesh
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The night after the police opened fire on a peaceful protester, Abu Sayed, I slept for only 45 minutes.
The violent events that transpired in Bangladesh from July 15 has tainted the headspace of Bangladeshi...
The “right side of history” does not yet exist
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Shortly before the Nazi invasion of France forced him to flee Paris in May 1940, the German-Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin wrote a harrowing essay that I am certain will stick with me for the...







