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Letter to the Editor: Measuring inequality through NIL

By Maggie Munson | Apr. 6, 2023

NIL exposes underlying inequality between men’s and women’s sports, but this is something we can try to fix.

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The agricultural labor shortage: The struggle to fill plates across America

By Charlotte Relac | Mar. 30, 2023

The labor shortage that is plaguing America’s agricultural sector finds farmers struggling to find the adequate amount of help to keep Americans fed.

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Scott Walker’s legacy: The fall of labor union rights

By Owen Puckett | Mar. 30, 2023

It is far past the time for America to realize unions are not detrimental to capitalism but instead crucial components of a functioning society.

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Cell phones hurt human connection

By Nina Starynski | Mar. 23, 2023

It’s amazing how human innovation has dramatically changed technology within the last 30 years. When you look at calculators, for example — a staple for many students and professionals alike — they’ve dramatically changed how people live and learn by becoming more compact and accessible for more people.

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Crutching to changes

By Anna Schulman | Mar. 23, 2023

Our campus needs to open its eyes and see our societal structure benefiting those with full mobility and disadvantaging disabled individuals.

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Why I love grocery shopping and so should you

By Nina Starynski | Mar. 9, 2023

Grocery shopping is a form of meditation for me. It should be for you too.

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Say goodbye to affirmative action

By Jason Li | Mar. 2, 2023

Why the Supreme Court will, but shouldn’t, strike down affirmative action in higher education.

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The sex industry, pornography, violence

By Priyanka Vasavan | Mar. 2, 2023

The normalization of sex work through the sex positivity movement borders on dangerous, both in the lies it tells young women and the glamorization of the working conditions it spreads.

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Welcome to your echo chamber: How algorithms control your life and how to get out

By Athena Kafkas | Feb. 23, 2023

Relieving yourself from an echo chamber is a difficult process that takes conscious effort, and it all depends on your willingness to make a change in the way you view the world through social media.

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Shakespeare is overrated

By Sofia Piolanti | Feb. 23, 2023

William Shakespeare is not cultivating the literary education of students, but instead murdering any potential interest in the subject.

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Cardinal View: We mourn with Michigan State University, grapple with yet another school shooting

By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Feb. 23, 2023

As we mourn with Michigan State University, we implore those in positions of power to take action and realize that enough is enough. Ultimately, every day without action is a day where vulnerability persists.

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Save yourself the hurt: Reframing the way we look at our idols

By LiLi Bicoy | Feb. 16, 2023

Cancel culture is more prevalent than ever, and as the public slowly loses more idols due to public misconduct, we need to reevaluate the way we look at them.

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I canceled my Netflix subscription, you should too

By Jason Li | Feb. 16, 2023

At the end of the day, Netflix is a business and it is going to be run like one too.

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Is fine dining still feasible?

By Alex Clark | Feb. 9, 2023

Noma’s closure does not signify an end to fine-dining, but it does address some of its problems

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A professional fan’s eulogy of professional fan journalism

By Graham Brown | Feb. 9, 2023

What we lose without flamboyant, personal perspectives.

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Self-discovery doesn’t have a timeframe

By Priyanka Vasavan | Feb. 2, 2023

Just because you’re in college doesn’t mean you have to know everything.

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Is it just me or are young people constantly villainized?

By Nina Starynski | Feb. 2, 2023

Older people have always complained about young people. Will Gen-Z be any different?

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Martial law amnesia: A reflection on the legacies of the Marcos family in the Philippines

By Bea Millan-Windorski | Jan. 26, 2023

In a developing country where the majority of the population is too young to remember martial law, history has not been rectified.

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The stories machines can’t tell

By Graham Brown | Jan. 26, 2023

Technology helps us develop stories, but we must create them.

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It’s more than the economy, stupid

By Graham Brown | Dec. 8, 2022

While the sputtering political pundit class got another election wrong, 20-somethings on Twitter didn’t. What did they see, and where can the talking heads go from here?