By Rosalie de Vries This is Part 2 of a series, about how the academic environment has changed. Not only for the students, but also for the teachers and professors. Since this article covers many issues, it has been divided into two parts. In Part 1 of the story, theContinue Reading
By Rosalie de Vries Nowadays, the academic environment is no longer what it used to be. Not only for the students, but also for the teachers and professors. Since this article covers many issues, it has been divided into two parts. In Part 1 of the article series the problemContinue Reading
By Chira Tudoran and Rosalie de Vries All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion. – Stephen Hawking Global warming is a major threat to humans and the naturalContinue Reading
By Nick Psomas The 11th thesis on Feuerbach states that “philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it”. A superfluous and hasty examination of Marx’s commentary tempts the reader to believe that its author is discarding abstract theorising. Fortunately, for philosophy atContinue Reading
By Catalina Hurtado In an elementary school setting in Singapore, I witnessed many talent shows and guest speakers. Despite taking place almost 6 years ago, a one-liner delivered by a History teacher has managed to stick in my mind to this very day – “You were given two ears andContinue Reading
By Lauren Griesedieck Over the summer, I completed a research project for an Honors personal project about the institutions in the United States as they pertain to race. This report covered six different institutions and examined the origins, evolution, and modern practice conducted by the respective institution. The full reportContinue Reading
By Lauren Griesedieck What is the male gaze? Laura Mulvey first used the term male gaze in her essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” where a woman is merely portrayed as an object to be viewed by a man. As she is a film critic, she applies her theory toContinue Reading
By Arianna Pearlstein Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, people across the world have consistently heard similar messages from governments, international organizations, and celebrities alike: We are all in this together, and to return to “normal” everyone must do their part by following social distancing guidelines to limit the spread of theContinue Reading
By Lauren Griesedieck Growing up, most of us have been told that we should recycle our plastic in order to help the environment. While we have been taught to reduce, reuse, and recycle, this type of thinking is not actually sustainable. In reality, it should be reduce and reuse, andContinue Reading
By Helena Reinders For years, Italy has been struggling with overcrowded prisons. This is illustrated by the fact that the country’s average prison population is 140% compared to their capabilities, with some prisons’ populations reaching as high as 268% (Pezzuti, 2015). What can the root causes of this overpopulation be,Continue Reading