"The back of the can doesn’t give much information either, only a government warning and a select few nutritional facts: calories, carbohydrates, protein and fat. Although I’m sure that’s enough for some — and too much for others — it lacks transparency."
"Cornell has policies. What it owes its students is something more difficult: evidence that all of those things actually work when someone needs them."
"Nobody is suggesting that Sheeran secretly sat in a back room and personally drafted the eviction notice. The point is more uncomfortable than that. You can be deeply involved in the circumstances surrounding a decision without being the person who officially makes it."
In 2025, 36% of teens said they use at least one of the top five social media platforms “almost constantly,” according to the Pew Research Center.
"I achieved my goal, surpassing my anticipated milestones in all testing categories of reading, speaking, listening and phonetics. Yet, I accomplished these feats in a much different way than I had anticipated."
"Don’t get me wrong, I understand the importance of supplementary readings — they’re an extremely helpful resource to add deeper context to a professor’s instruction — but it’s a different story if the chapters alone are the source of our education."
"Why can men slip free from societal judgement, but every movement of young women is scrutinized? These girls are not ridiculous or hysterical — at least, not any more than their male counterparts are."
"Many people are rightfully upset with the economy. But just being frustrated is not a plan of action."
"We don’t keep fire extinguishers around because we expect our buildings to catch fire every Tuesday. We keep them around because if something does happen, waiting for someone else to arrive is not much of a plan."
"I’ve seen videos from every corner of the women’s sports community showing how valuable sports are and what they mean to women. Diminishing our love for sports by making a nude commercial is not only hurtful but harmful."
"The most recent Battle for the Victory Bell, held in 2024, ended in an unfortunate loss for Miami University. It also happened to be the first college football game I got to experience."
"While I still love creative writing, creating opinion articles for The Miami Student is not just a hobby or coping mechanism: It allows me to share my thoughts confidently with the Miami community."
"I made myself miserable as a first-year student because I refused to make other long-term friends, swayed by my own misconception that my roommate was the only person I needed. Humans crave companionship, so please go find your people."
"Yet a huge difference lies between maximalism and messiness. Maximalism is about intentional clutter: Filling a space with colors, patterns and memories cultivates a personalized place of belonging."
"There’s a certain allure to human-made trails, especially if you already see other students using them. It’s not too dissimilar from why we jaywalk so frequently: We have somewhere to be, and if that means breaking out of conventions a bit, so be it."
"People have been traveling across borders to learn languages, study different intellectual traditions and bring new ideas back with them for centuries. That exchange is not new, and I don’t think it’s something we should lose sight of now."
