Spotify’s Recommending System Protects Abusers
I listen to a ton of music. I often fill every available minute I can with music. According to Spotify, ...
Opinion
Ranked-Choice Voting: A Necessity in Today’s Political Climate
Somewhere along the 2016 campaign trail, the laundry list of presidential hopefuls during the primaries resembled less a competent group ...
Avoiding Targeted Ads is Hard, But Worth It
In a moment of potent stress during winter break, I went on a brief frenzy searching for summer internships and ...
The Post-Protest Portrait Posting Positives: How Instagram Helps Democracy
The 2017 Women’s March was a momentous occasion. Not only did it display the country’s opposition to the Trump presidency, ...
Waiting on Extraction: Hobbes and the Antarctic Treaty System
As one of the coldest and most extreme places on Earth, Antarctica is rarely discussed as a political theater. But ...
Housing Entitlement: The Right to Safe Spaces or Social Spaces?
The mold in the dishwasher was black. I could not be sure whether it was black mold, but it was ...
Wesleyan Refuses Responsibility for the Wood Frame Problem: Students Must Solve It
Wesleyan’s wood-frame houses are in bad shape. The dialogue sparked by Fran Koerting’s email last Monday revealed that not only ...
From Massage Parlors to Usdan Memes: Wesleyan’s Problem with Selective Inclusivity
The musky scent made standing in the trailer doorway almost unbearable. Blotches—each a varying shade of brown—peppered the aged carpet ...
The Ocasio-Cortez Phenomenon: Why Americans Should Admire Her
She is young and famous. No, she isn’t a Jenner or someone else who lucked into the spotlight. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a ...
The Illusion of Choice: Video Games, Anxiety, and Worker Expendability
I started playing a video game last week. Fallout: New Vegas is an RPG (role-playing game) premised on making impactful ...