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mRNA breakthrough could mean ethical questions ahead

mRNA breakthrough could mean ethical questions ahead

Brendyn Burkitt, Staff Columnist June 8, 2021

How has COVID impacted humanity? How has it affected you? At its most profound, it has motivated international action, and at its least, changed daily routine. For most people, it has been an overhanging...

There’s a first for everything

There’s a first for everything

Daniel Katz, Staff Columnist June 8, 2021

When I woke up on the beautiful morning of April 18, I was ready to debate. My last two tournaments had gone better than they ever had, and I, like many who have risen ranks too fast, felt invincible....

Mars venture signals the triumph of science

Mars venture signals the triumph of science

Brendyn Burkitt, Staff Columnist May 4, 2021

Millions of years ago, humanity had just begun experimenting with sticks and stones. Now, we are exceedingly close to putting a man on another planet, potentially passing another historic rung on this...

Meet the canceled characters

Meet the canceled characters

Fatmata Sesay, Assistant Production Manager May 4, 2021

As an avid YouTube watcher and social media consumer, I am very plugged into pop culture, which over the past few years has been dominated by cancel culture, where a large number of people, all linked...

Stop transphobic transgressions

Stop transphobic transgressions

Jacqui Haining, Staff Columnist May 4, 2021

Since February, two companion bills known as HB1/SB10 have been edging closer to implementation by the Alabama Senate. While the bills’ name may look like a jumble of numbers and letters to some, they...

Maybe give Mayer a chance

Maybe give Mayer a chance

Carson Eckert, Staff Columnist May 4, 2021

A couple of summers ago at a sleepaway camp, my bunkmates and I were sitting around a welcoming fire we had brought to life in the woods of Maine. As we relaxed and enjoyed each other’s company, our...

Letter to the Editor: AAPI hate must stop

Letter to the Editor: AAPI hate must stop

Kat Chen, Kira Tian, Andrew Zhao, and Jane Mo May 4, 2021

On March 16, 2021, a 21-year-old white gunman fired in multiple spas in Atlanta, Georgia, killing eight people, out of which six were Asian American women. Since the beginning of the pandemic, hate crimes...

Fatigued by fashion

Fatigued by fashion

Daniel Katz, Staff Columnist May 4, 2021

At the start of quarantine last spring, I found myself browsing the product website for an incredibly pretentious designer mechanical keyboard called the “Tokyo 60.” While trying to analyze both the...

La vie à Paris

La vie à Paris

Dunia Sarkis, Staff Columnist May 4, 2021

Is quarantine getting you down? Does your life feel on loop, with days blurring into weeks and weeks into months? Have you stared at your computer screen for hours in the cozy darkness of your room, ignoring...

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