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The Speed of Large Objects

This week, I watched Dr. Jacob’s lecture on race relations at Penn State and discrimination in the workplace. The lecture stayed largely on those topics, but briefly at the beginning, he spoke a bit about psychology and about some of his colleagues’ research. One of...

Wellness Day Reviews

In class this week, the effectiveness of the first wellness day was discussed. I was not there to contribute my opinion, but due to my standing as a second-semester senior and the general lack of credits that accompany the title, I don’t know that I’m the most...

Inequality, Relentless Negativity, Liability

In his article “Covid–19, Pandemic Triage, and the Polymorphism of Justice”, Jonathan Marks lays out his explanation of how the 2020-2021 pandemic has highlighted inequities in the United States, especially along the lines of race and class. I have seen this sort of...

The Silver Lining?

A lot has happened in the news and in our society since the beginning of this pandemic. While COVID-19 will surely be remembered as the worst headline of the early 2020s, a number of other enormous, often unprecedented events have occurred and continue to occur.  The...

my rambling train of thought update

During my extended winter break, I’ve kept my promise to myself and tried to remain productive. Before the break started, I pledged that I would try not to waste this time, and while I did not accomplish all of the goals I had set out to achieve, I am proud to say...

Getting myself to work

I sit here in great joy that the semester will soon be over. Since mid-October, when my workload became too great for me to bear peacefully, I have awaited a time when I can transition my energy from busywork assignments to my own personal projects I am passionate...

The Spring Wave

It is hardly a controversial statement to say that the American news media has not taken the most responsible approach to covering the Covid-19 pandemic, but their either complete nonchalance or utter fear mongering panic (depending on the network) does hold some...

Telling Stories from Childhood until Now

In a 2am chat with some friends this weekend, conversation shifted onto the topic of our childhoods and the things we used to have fun doing. We talked about make-believe games, action figures, legos. Strangely, the one thing none of us brought up were sports.  To...

The Polls Captured the Wrong Thing

Like most Americans, I was watching the election last night. As of writing this, there is still no clear winner. I doubt that the winner will be explicitly clear for many days, perhaps even a week or two. But this isn’t surprising.  In 2016, I was confident Trump...

Let Student Orgs Meet

We are now over halfway through the semester, and much more than halfway through our time on campus. Student organizations are still not allowed to meet in-person, though. I think this is the worst COVID-19 policy that Penn State has laid out by far, and I want to...