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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Column

Why are we still salting our roads?

It’s time to ban road salt and make better anti-icing alternatives Deer like salt. I found this out during my last trip to Yosemite after...

Grit: Education’s new buzzword

IQ is no longer the judge of smartness and success One of the shortcomings of our education system is that we are never explicitly taught...

Assassinations In The Street: Boris Nemtsov and his Russo-American legacy

Political hits a reality, not fiction in Russia One February night in Moscow, a Russian opposition leader and his lover were walking home from a...

The little-known invasion of the U.S. by Mexico

American history books fail to recount Pancho Villa’s 1916 attack on the United States Pancho Villa, a Mexican revolutionary from the early 1900s, is recognized...

The Sanchi oil tanker collision serves as a sad reminder of the dangers of oil dependence

The sooner we move toward alternative energy solutions and away from crude oil, the better Whenever I see the words “oil tanker” in a headline,...

Making a quantitative educational system a qualitative one

The opportunity to show ourselves as human is a privilege not all students share Unlike the educational systems in many countries, the United States strongly...

The Execution of Foreign Language Study: Its benefits are striking, but only if we stay enrolled

Personal experience reveals passions and exasperation in Russian courses There aren’t a lot of folks who can say their educational lives changed after they visited...

The Burden of Beauty: We must move away from our destructive perspectives on valuing women

Our deep-rooted perceptions of beauty can seriously damage women’s mental and physical wellbeing In a world inhabited by 7.6 billion people, who determines what qualities...

The scariest provision in the tax bill: Oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

A 40-year debate comes to a close, but there’s still hope drilling will be stopped I wish I had a funny anecdote to make talking...

The case against travel visas: –– and why they impede cultural exchange

Stringent visa policies harm the average citizen more than we realize Let it be known that travel visas are a nuisance. Sure, they mark passports...

The ways we’re raised: Free-range and helicopter parenting

How parenting styles affect us as students — and why we don’t need to be subjected to them Many of us have read Amy Chua’s...

Removing the lifelong challenges women face in entering STEM fields

In male-dominated professions, women confront a culture where they’re devalued and discouraged When I was a 7-year-old girl, I unwillingly held tightly to the impractical...

Trump’s Jerusalem speech should be given credit: Media sound-bites have obscured its presidential content

Only by keeping an aura of fairness can journalism reclaim its former glory President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 6 that the U.S. would officially...

Societal norms teach men to ignore emotions rather than seek help

Men remain silent on their mental health due to lack of resources Mental illness can affect anyone regardless of age, race, socioeconomic status or background....

Sandhill cranes are relying on us to provide their wintering habitat

Migrating cranes turn to farmlands and preserves to make up for wetland loss in the Central Valley The Sandhill cranes start out as black strands...