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Posts published in “Opinion”

The state of live music

Last week, I went to the Music Hall of Williamsburg, and it was the first indoor concert I’ve seen in three years that seemed post-pandemic.

Properties of perfection

What makes the perfect project meeting? As finals and end of semester projects loom in the not-so-distant-but-not-near-enough-to-really-start-worrying-about future, Off the Press went on a fact finding mission around campus.

Burnt out?

It’s about that time of year again. Students are back from a Thanksgiving holiday that gave them a taste of what it felt like not to focus on school every hour.

Being sustainable during the holidays

I am passionate about sustainability, but I use plastic water bottles when there is no other option, I buy food that is in disposable packaging, and I don’t judge others for the choices they make.

A railroad strike for the holiday season

Introduction
For the past few weeks, two of the nation’s largest railroad unions have been threatening a strike due to poor working conditions, severe attendance policies, and staff shortages.

Talent or nothing

Sometimes certain sentences from books I’ve read stay in my head. Randomly, they’ll come back to me. Like how when I add sugar to my lukewarm coffee, I’ll think about how Danny Conroy from Dutch House would have rather spent his time explaining to the woman who claimed his mother was still alive that her sugar would have melted faster if she had added it while her tea was still hot.

Artist Spotlight: Giovanni Paolo Panini

The most difficult aspects of landscape painting to master are the use of perspective and color. It is easier to draw a landscape on a level plane because objects remain unchanged regardless of our distance from them or the angle at which we look at them.

The Cabin, by Natasha Preston

The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of going on a trip to a lake with my friends is how much fun we will all have together.