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Posts published in “Opinion”

Where am I?

We’re in that awkward part of the semester where classes are having their final tests before actual finals, you’re being forced to speak to people you haven’t talked to all semester for a project, and your four overdue assignments are lingering over your head.

Famous people that you didn’t know went to Stevens

Over the course of many years, ever since its founding in 1870, Stevens has been the place where many famous people came to study and learn about technology, like Frederick Winslow Taylor, Henry Gantt, Mark Crispin, Frederick Reines (wow, two Fredericks!),

Back burner tomato sauce

Italian food is so simple to make for me. I probably have a lot of learned intuition from watching my family cook, but when writing down these recipes, there truly are not that many steps.

Dorm room dependencies

Having been through almost the entirety of college at this point, I am reflecting on the ways I have spent my time.

Arab superstitions I totally believe in

Like every Asian household, shoes needed to be off when I entered the front door — sometimes, outside the door, if my mother had just vacuumed and mopped (ah, yes, certified clean freak).

Midtown: PATH to Grand Central

Although I am attending Stevens, I am actually from Connecticut (where I often have to defend against the armies of the New Jersians here in Hoboken).

Passing the torch

My term on the Stute E-Board has officially ended, and while I’m still involved as an editor, I get to watch the new leadership start to carve their paths.

Beggars in Spain: Sci-fi gene editing from future’s past

Human genetics remains a largely unexplored frontier in which our dabbling becomes an ethical debate of playing God. Before CRISPR gene editing technology was mainstream, the 1993 sci-fi novel Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress is set between 2008 to the 2030s and offers social and ethical commentary on present-day genetic engineering.