California’s recall reveals how democracy is failing
(Wikimedia Commons/Cory Doctorow) I wasn’t excited to vote in my first election. In fact, I almost didn’t ...
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OPINION
Insects. The revolutionary future of the human diet.
Illustration courtesy of Alison Barlow. Haven’t you ever wondered about the taste of the enoki-pine nut, wax...
College academics are a behemoth of mental health problems. Let’s Take a Wrecking Ball to It.
(Emory Wheel / Alison Barlow) What student hasn’t experienced some form of the ever-invasive academic stress creeping into their lives and affecting their mental well-being during their time in college? Colleges serve as bastions for propping a competitive culture that pits students against students and degrades mental health without offering much in return. Universities take [...]
“Stay healthy” Is Not The Positive Message You Think It Is
Emory Wheel/Jay Jones, Stay Healthy Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the phrase “stay healthy” has become a common greeting and sign-off in our digital and in-person communication. It makes sense; we have been living with a massive risk to our collective health for the last year and a half, and many of us [...]
Emory is responsible for the COVID-19 outbreak on campus
(Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) This semester feels like the premise of a really sick scientific experiment. What happens when 7,000 undergraduates are allowed to run amok during a pandemic? What if you don’t require testing for vaccinated students? Vaccines are required, except for people with health problems and “strong personal objections.” The answer: the Emory [...]
Georgia colleges need to do more for students mental health
Going forward, Emory and its peer institutions need to ensure students can access and use mental health resources. It shouldn’t be up to students to lobby for a bill to force universities to distribute this information.
Using philosophy to cope with anxiety in the 21st century
Instead of being trapped thinking of the problems of the far future, we can focus our attention on what is happening now and what we have to address today.
Emory’s unclear COVID-19 policies are undermining themselves
(The Emory Wheel/Gabriella Lewis) Up to this point, the objective of Emory’s COVID-19 rules has been clear. In the beginning, the goal was to “flatten the curve” of cases and hospitalizations. As the fall 2020 semester approached, cases overwhelmed hospitals nationwide, causing thousands of deaths. Emory implemented a mask mandate, kept classes online, restricted gatherings [...]
Corporations are benefitting from school lunches, but they aren’t even the ones eating.
(Wikimedia Commons/Peachyeung316) The high school I graduated from in Indiana consisted of a two-period, 45-minute lunchtime block. We had a number of lunch lines but people in them were never evenly distributed, resulting in lines that went up the stairs and through the doors. My friends and I complained frequently. When more than half of [...]
Gustave Caillebotte Defies How We Define Queer Art | Let’s Be Perfectly Queer
Sometimes it is only safe to be queer in the most subtle of ways, with a hint of clothing or a phrase thrown into conversation. Depending on your location, the people around you and the time period you lived in, your own queer expression may have to look quite different from an Atlanta Pride Parade. [...]
President Biden is wrong to withdraw troops from Afghanistan
(Wikimedia Commons/Zoozaz1) Crowds of people in front of Kabul airport, trying to travel abroad. Throughout history, the achievements of certain American presidents have been overshadowed by scandals or catastrophic policy mistakes. Bill Clinton may have brokered peace between Israel and Jordan, but he is remembered for his affair with Monica Lewinsky. George W. Bush may [...]
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OPINION
California’s recall reveals how democracy is failing
(Wikimedia Commons/Cory Doctorow) I wasn’t excited to vote in my first election. In fact, I almost didn’t vote at all. I cast my first and last ballot as a Californian the night before I came to Emory. On Sept. 14, I watched from Atlanta as the country’s eyes turned to the gubernatorial recall in my [...]
Insects. The revolutionary future of the human diet.
Illustration courtesy of Alison Barlow. Haven’t you ever wondered about the taste of the enoki-pine nut, wax moth caterpillars and the bacon-chanterelle of bee larvae? Maybe not, but maybe it’s time. The American diet is simple and uninspiring; it chooses to respond to a Eurocentric culinary perspective and ignores millions of different species that could [...]
Emory must strengthen its climate action
Photo Courtesy of Jaylan Jacobs (Emory Climate Analysis and Solutions Team) We are living in an age of climate crisis. Emory University, despite its good intentions, has neglected its responsibility to address this emergency with the urgency it requires. The Emory Climate Coalition demands that University President Gregory Fenves and the Board of Trustees substantially [...]
Why the Jewish high holidays offer a perfect queer, religious intersection | Let’s Be Perfectly Queer
(Unsplash/Lavi Perchik) When one hears “religious holiday,” the first word to enter their mind is not typically “queer.” However, as a bisexual, queer Jew from a queer household, the Jewish high holidays have always felt like a unique way to connect to one’s LGBTQIA+ identity, spirit, body and space. The high holidays begin with Rosh [...]
College academics are a behemoth of mental health problems. Let’s Take a Wrecking Ball to It.
(Emory Wheel / Alison Barlow) What student hasn’t experienced some form of the ever-invasive academic stress creeping into their lives and affecting their mental well-being during their time in college? Colleges serve as bastions for propping a competitive culture that pits students against students and degrades mental health without offering much in return. Universities take [...]
“Stay healthy” Is Not The Positive Message You Think It Is
Emory Wheel/Jay Jones, Stay Healthy Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the phrase “stay healthy” has become a common greeting and sign-off in our digital and in-person communication. It makes sense; we have been living with a massive risk to our collective health for the last year and a half, and many of us [...]
Emory is responsible for the COVID-19 outbreak on campus
(Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) This semester feels like the premise of a really sick scientific experiment. What happens when 7,000 undergraduates are allowed to run amok during a pandemic? What if you don’t require testing for vaccinated students? Vaccines are required, except for people with health problems and “strong personal objections.” The answer: the Emory [...]
Georgia colleges need to do more for students mental health
Going forward, Emory and its peer institutions need to ensure students can access and use mental health resources. It shouldn’t be up to students to lobby for a bill to force universities to distribute this information.
Using philosophy to cope with anxiety in the 21st century
Instead of being trapped thinking of the problems of the far future, we can focus our attention on what is happening now and what we have to address today.
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