What it’s like having all white friends at UMass
Hannah Tran-Trinh, Contributor
April 26, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, Voices
Having all white friends at UMass is like hiding your brown skin behind a white mask while your pale friends are out getting spray tans.
Read more »Sexual harassment isn’t normal behavior
Amy Russes, Assistant Politics/Op-Ed Editor
April 26, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, Voices
What gets me is that some of us see the problem, while others fail to acknowledge its existence.
Read more »Wellness: A bandage for a deeper wound
Jack Danberg, Writer
April 20, 2017
Filed under In-Depth, Showcase, The Weight They Carry, Voices
The university’s promotion of wellness serves a Band-Aid to a much larger problem: our culture.
Read more »Living with depression in Japan
Matthew Saburo Hachisu, Writer
April 18, 2017
Filed under In-Depth, Showcase, The Weight They Carry, Voices
As a Japanese native who grew up confronting questions of undiagnosed depression and anxiety, Matthew Saburo Hachisu experienced first hand how hard it is to ask for help.
Read more »Anti-Semitism in America
Isaac Simon, Writer
March 10, 2017
Filed under Showcase, Voices
People are coming to understand that these acts are not individual or anecdotal, but part of a larger trend.
Read more »Should President Trump get his news from Breitbart?
Léa Aliberti and Alvin Buyinza
March 9, 2017
Filed under Politics, Showcase, Voices
Let's ask ourselves: Should the man with the most intelligence access in the world be getting his news from a partisan news and opinion website?
Read more »Trump and the conservative narrative
Jack Danberg, Contributor
February 23, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase, Voices
President Donald Trump has appointed the least effective, most detrimental and glaringly inept cabinet in recent history.
Read more »The political revolution continues
Carson McGrath, Writer
February 23, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase, Voices
We now have a president who tweets as his form of communication to the public. How is this not an episode of Black Mirror yet?
Read more »The ugly side of the songs we love
Fitzgerald Pucci, Contributor
February 21, 2017
Filed under Music, Opinion, Showcase, Voices
Wrapping up ugly lyrics in sweet and repeated layers of sound makes for catchy hooks people learn to sing before understanding.
Read more »Why H-1B visas are important
Olivia Laramie, Writer
February 17, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, Voices
" H-1B visas provide a better livelihood for our fellow human beings. Who cares if they are not from our country? The pursuit of happiness is not reserved only for Americans."
Read more »Thoughts on President Trump’s agenda
Jack Danberg, Contributor
February 9, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase, Voices
"From restricting the government’s immigration policy to renewing its support for the Keystone Pipeline, Americans have taken their resistance to his policies from Facebook to the streets."
Read more »The Women’s March on Washington is a call for unity
Emilia Billett, Contributor
January 31, 2017
Filed under Current Affairs, Opinion, Showcase, Voices
There can be a space where individuals of all races can see a crowd of peers chanting, “Black lives matter,” where individuals of all sexual orientations can see political friends with signs reading, “Love is love is love,” where all privileged people can see all of the pain and resilience of those that are oppressed.
Read more »Multimedia
Heads Up: How a concussion feels
Julie Shamgochian, Managing Editor
Students who have suffered from concussions describe a loss of consciousness and a "fuzzy-brained" feeling.
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Politics
U.S. strikes back at Assad for use of chemical weapons
John Coakley, Writer
The United States launched 59 tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield late Thursday night, targeting “Syrian fighter jets and other infrastructure.”
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