OPINIONS

Opinions

The Ursinus Response to COVID-19

Julia Paiano, jupaiano@ursinus.edu  Ursinus has been recognized in the region for its aggressiveness in its COVID-19 approach—there was even an article written in The Philadelphia...

Online learning versus in-tents perspective

Shelsea Deravil, shderavil@ursinus.edu  Being physically back on campus has allowed many of us students to complete our college experience. It is quite a privilege because...

The Case for Pronouns

Liam Reilly lireilly2@ursinus.edu A personal pronoun is a word that replaces an individual’s name in a sentence. It also reflects an individual’s identity. Those who...

All Students Should Have the Same CIE Experience

Liam Reilly lireilly2@ursinus.edu The Common Intellectual Experience, or CIE, is a required class for all freshmen. The course revolves around four central questions and utilizes...

Productivity is a sham

Kevin Leon keleon@ursinus.edu The sun goes up and down every day. This routine strings itself into weeks, which have now blurred into months. The last...

“Biden” My time? I’d rather not be

Daniel Walker dawalker@ursinus.edu This past month has seen the rapid ascendancy of Joe Biden to the top of the Democratic candidate heap, despite his initial...

“The Circle Brazil” and demystifying the foreign

Jen Joseph jejoseph@ursinus.edu There has been a growing uptick in xenophobia since the spread of the Coronavirus, as many of you have already experienced. This...

The arts: a casualty to come?

Daniel Walker dawalker@ursinus.edu As John Maus once sang, “times is weird these days.” Weird is an understatement: for all of us except the most hermit-y...

On Bloomberg and the boys in blue

Daniel Walker dawalker@ursinus.edu On February 29th, the first official month of the Democratic primary closed out with former Vice President and current bumbling coot Joe...