Category: Viewpoints

Recently, I read a New York Times opinion piece titled “Let Children Get Bored Again: Boredom teaches us that life isn’t a parade of amusements, it spawns creativity and self-sufficiency.” The piece laments that kids these days no longer make their own fun, that now “every spare moment is to be optimized, maximized, driven to…

Not long ago I noticed an odd mood hanging over my thoughts as I walked around campus. Now, I’m a sophomore, so I thought to myself, “oh, damn, it must be the infamous sophomore slump, right?” That period of numbness in the center of the college experience that kills passions and triggers transfers. But I’m…

There are a lot of things I could talk about regarding Black History. I could talk about the current state of the country and how the president is inciting violence with his rallies. I could discuss Colin Kaepernick’s efforts to bring attention to the current injustices in the world. There are plenty of things about…

A few weeks ago I was standing in my aunt and uncle’s kitchen, swaying my hips as I held a tiny infant to my chest — her little sighs leaving warm puffs of air on my collarbone — and I suddenly realized that if there was anything in the world I wanted to teach her,…

I should be quick in my response to this prompt, however I find myself filled with a sense of grief that I don’t know what the right response is.  Before I speak on Black History Month, it is imperative that I define what black history is in itself. The reality is that there is no…

There is a well-known anecdote about a school laying out their campus paths. When Ohio State was laying out walkways on their campus, they simply planted grass in the open spaces and let students walk where they needed to go. Obviously, this tactic resulted in paths being worn where students actually walked. On these student-made…