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Student journalism is the need of the hour

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Lakshmisree Shaji
I grew up interacting with print journalism, but I also witnessed the booming popularity digital media received in a matter of a few years. Many have wondered whether digital journalism will turn print into...
Dallin Chicoine
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The global rise of far-right governments is concerning

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Lakshmisree Shaji
The increased global acceptance of right-wing political parties and conservative ideology has gained much attention in the past few years. The deteriorating effects on the public sphere of governments that prioritize the interests of...
Dallin Chicoine
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Students should support faculty strikes

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Lakshmisree Shaji
Strikes are meant to be disruptive. There is no way around it, because protesting for rights while meeting the needs of the administration workers are agitating against is simply not feasible or logical. In light...
Teegan Gillich
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Is health care for international students just a promise?

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Lakshmisree Shaji
The results are in, and UMSU’s newly elected executive team for 2024-25 has been decided. Among the elects, Divya Sharma, the incoming president and incumbent vice president community engagement, campaigned on the goal of reinstating...
Teegan Gillich
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Is it just men hating women, or is there more to...

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Lakshmisree Shaji
Those who have ever had the misfortune of coming across the animated meme of two men sharing tea, saying “women” and laughing maniacally will have likely watched the origin of the insulting meme “women...
Dallin Chicoine
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Capitalism doesn’t support enduring friendships

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Lakshmisree Shaji
Friendship is a deeply social process. bell hooks writes in All About Love, “friendship is the place in which a great majority of us have our first glimpse of redemptive love and caring community.” Many...
Teegan Gillich
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Notting Hill can spread love straight from the heart

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Lakshmisree Shaji
Love has never been a complicated idea for me. I grew up watching my parents fall in love every day. I watched them sing old Bollywood songs together on long drives — they did pretty...
Teegan Gillich
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