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Vote, Damnit

Maya Peak 2024-11-04 No Comments

What is more American than not trusting the federal government? It’s in our history to rebel against higher states of power. If you have the power to make changes it is your duty to yourself and your fellow Americans, to your brothers and sisters across the globe to vote. You can and should have issues with your candidate of choice. You should remain vigilant to their actions, their wording, their policies because ignorance aids the oppressor.

In defense of the seven-week schedule

Mary Mulualem 2024-10-31 No Comments

Although I agree that trying to fit a syllabus into seven weeks forces many classes to feel like they are flying by too quickly, I can appreciate the way this keeps students on their toes. If anything, I think there is great experience to be gained that will hopefully help DKU graduates while trying to navigate an increasingly fast-paced dynamic competitive global workforce.

Anonymous: My undefined discomfort with polyamory

Mary Mulualem 2024-10-10 No Comments

Submitted anonymously to The LilyPad I find myself particularly uncomfortable with the concept of polyamory. It makes me question my values of love, intimacy, and balance in relationships. Polyamory challenges the traditional views I hold about relationships, particularly my ideas on exclusivity being fundamental for commitment. While I recognize polyamory

Is there still a reason to get married?

Mary Mulualem 2024-09-26 No Comments

Since starting university, I’ve been asked many times by people from my parents’ and grandparents’ generations if any of my friends are engaged or married. Those questions always shocked me, and my answer that most of my friends were not even in relationships would always shock them back. In my

Boycotts Worked Better Before They Were Popular

Mary Mulualem 2024-09-01 No Comments

Boycotting corporations whose products are the default mental image of the commodities they offer isn’t as hard as some people make it out to be. It’s no surprise that many are quick to assume “boycotts don’t work” when contemporary society tends to either use them as a suggestion or call

On Trial: Student Governance at DKU

Mary Mulualem 2024-04-28 No Comments

Student governance is not a foreign topic to university students. The constant wish for smoother communication between administration and students is an omnipresent feeling no matter which university you attend. The case for a DKU student government In a relatively new and small community like DKU, many students feel a

I Want You to be Angry

Kris Sun 2024-04-06 No Comments

The video on display LAST WEEK was super DISTURBING This article is going to make you angry (in some way or another). I want it to. I want you to feel a burning, seething, pent-up hellfire of aggression and distaste. And then I want you to scream and shout. I

Listen to the Music

Kris Sun 2024-02-04 No Comments

The existence of quantum mechanics should serve as proof to us that many things can exist at once. Meanwhile, the human experience shows that many things can exist at once even if you, or others, don’t think it can or should.

Stop Asking Celebrities to Get Involved in Politics

Mary Mulualem 2023-11-06 No Comments

When Jamie Lee Curtis posted year-old pictures of Palestinian children holding each other after an air raid by Israeli bombs and falsely claimed the images were instead the aftermath of a recent Hamas attack on Israeli children, I was reminded of why I could never truly support a celebrity who tries to get involved in politics.

ChatGPT Scares the Hell Out of Me

Mary Mulualem 2023-10-22 No Comments

There is no denying we live in an era of change. From social change, to climate change, to power ex-change. 200 years ago, the average person on Earth only changed their clothes once every several weeks. And now? Change seems to inspire a more rapidly moving lifestyle. Advancements in technology

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