Claire:
Wow, what a complicated question! While I’m certainly no expert on philosophy, I’m happy to give my input. I think that at this point in the semester, people start asking themselves this question more often because they start to wonder if all this work is actually worth it or if we’re just wasting our time.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The approach of Thanksgiving, that quintessential American holiday, has me brooding once again over scientists’ slanderous portrayals of Native Americans as bellicose brutes.
Claire
Being sick sucks, and getting sick in college only makes it worse. This past week, I got sick and was once again reminded of how horrible it is to go through classes while feeling under the weather.
We’re at a weird point in the semester. Midterms are over, but finals still feel kind of far away, so we just feel tired.
Despite the global downturn in crypto, Sam Bankman-Fried still began his week as a billionaire. By the end, both he and his empire have fallen from grace to the depths of bankruptcy.