OPINION

It’s OK to not always be perfect

By VICTORIA HILL | Nov. 17

If you get a “bad” grade, it isn’t the end of the world.  

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OPINION

Being invisible is the worst superpower

By MORGAN S.T. ROSS | Nov. 16

As children, we often ask each other the question: If you could have any superpower, what would it be?  

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OPINION

I am numb to the racial inequality against Black Americans in America

By AJ FRANKLIN | Nov. 16

Will racism in the U.S. ever end? For myself and many of my friends, the likely answer seems to be that it won’t.

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OPINION

Joke’s on you

By DYLAN GRECO | Nov. 9

Don’t live life in service of others, desperate for their companionship. Be the jester, the king, the queen and the knight, in all of their glory. 

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OPINION

I wish I had more time before graduation

By VICTORIA HILL | Nov. 9

You aren’t forced to have your life figured out after senior year. But the societal pressure of finishing school and finding a job right after graduation are real.

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OPINION

We need more time to choose our majors

By Kiana Hodge | Nov. 2

As a first generation college student, I felt a lot of pressure from my family to go into school with an idea of what I actually wanted to do, but I barely had any guidance during the application process.

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OPINION

Being nonbinary is hard enough

By JULES EVANS | Nov. 2

But as I grew older and developed more of my personality, I started to feel like I was forcing myself to be a girl. It was like I was putting on an overly feminine performance to attract attention and to please my family, because it was easier to be a woman than it was to even consider the possibility that I may be nonbinary.

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OPINION

Your Jeffrey Dahmer costume isn’t clever — it’s offensive

By KAYLA ESTRADA | Oct. 26

Being a member of a marginalized community is scary enough — let’s not make it worse by wearing inappropriate, insensitive or stupid Halloween costumes. 

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OPINION

Chase your dreams, not your parents’ or society’s

By AJ FRANKLIN | Oct. 26

I am done with the system that deceives me and my peers into thinking that our success is defined by how high our grades are and how satisfied our family members and teachers are.

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OPINION

Good enough

By JASMIN YEUNG | Oct. 19

You don’t need to be perfect to be worth something. Memories are made when you set yourself free from the little, nitpicky expectations no one but you notices.

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OPINION

Fireworks displays aren’t all they’re cracked up to be

By ALEXANDRA SACCONE | Oct. 19

UB’s Homecoming fireworks are only one of many examples of environmental destruction. But its contract with the Town of Amherst for the Fourth of July display over Lake Lasalle magnifies this issue. Why does UB, a research institution with multiple offices and programs based in sustainability, continue with this engagement?

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OPINION

Letter to the editor: GSEU State of the Union

Oct. 14

A graduate worker’s state of the union is this: the University at Buffalo knowingly keeps their graduate workers in severe financial distress and poverty, while their top administrators have received $20K+ bonuses EACH since the pandemic started.

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OPINION

Letter to the editor: emergency contraception on campus

Oct. 14

Providing emergency contraception in vending machines is an innovative way to ensure easy access to basic, essential health care.

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OPINION

How to not get roofied: A survival guide for women, as taught by my parents

By KAYLA ESTRADA | Oct. 12

As a first-generation college student and an eldest daughter, it goes without saying that my family was completely and utterly terrified for me to move out and start attending parties.