Culture
ATARISTOTLE | Black Women, Don’t Get Trick’d
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It’s 2016. Donald Trump is the president. Kanye finally dropped an album. The Cubs won the world series. We, as a society, are witnessing the unfathomable before our eyes.
Politics
KRAVITZ’S KORNER | Why Undergrads Should Be Against Graduate School Unionization
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The prospect of graduate student unionization at Cornell University is becoming a serious possibility. There has been much debate about the relative merits of this decision from the perspective of graduate students. In fact, Interim President Rawlings laid out his argument for why he feels it is not in their best interests to do so. But lost in this discussion is how a unionization of graduate students might adversely impact the undergraduate student body. Graduate student unionization may hurt undergraduate education
Graduate student teachers play a vital role in the education of undergraduates; they often offer the most direct and accessible source of academic assistance.
Politics
THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL | Happy Election Day!
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Happy Election Day! Congratulations on surviving yet another excruciatingly long electoral cycle. You have been slammed with enough articles on this subject, I will not add to your election fatigue. We are all sick of talking about it. Now go forth and vote.
Politics
POLITICS & STUFF | 5 Things All Government Majors Experience Explained in Spongebob GIFs
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1. Getting asked what you want to do with your major
“So, like, do you want to run for president? Because I’d totally vote for you for president!” Like most college students (with the exception of maybe AEM go-getters), I have no idea what I want to do when I graduate. But I’m 99.99% sure I am *not* running to be your next president. 2.
Politics
WELCOME TO THE ZOO | 2016 Presidential Election
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With an open mind and two sides of the story, you’re bound to learn something new. Welcome to the zoo! This is a blog where both the Republican and Democratic viewpoints are represented. The blog is not meant to sway you either way necessarily, just to present both sides of the story. You may not agree with the whole article, but hey, you’re likely to agree with half!
Politics
OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM | Cornell Is Wrong About Unionization
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Cornell and President Rawlings are wrong. There is really no other way to say it. Last week, President Rawlings sent an email letter out to all of campus, which forcefully attacked the concept of a graduate student union at Cornell. I think the content and spirit of this letter were not only intellectually dishonest, but obviously supported anti-union propaganda. I say this only because the language of this letter is very similar to language used by companies against union campaigns for workers.
Life
BETWEEN BARS | Learning Chinese
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This week at Auburn I taught Chinese. It came as a surprise, really: when we checked our belongings in at the front desk I noticed a fellow tutor holding what looked like worksheets that were written in Chinese. She explained to me that she taught a small Chinese class and invited me to join her in administering a quiz for her class. It turns out the entire Chinese class that night consisted of three people. The five of us sat around a single table in a classroom filled with other students who were there for study hall.
Politics
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY | The Conscience of A Liberal
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Awhile ago, Paul Krugman ran an op-ed piece titled “Plutocrats and Prejudice”, in which he observes the division between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton during the primaries as a division between what change is best. Senator Sanders says he, along with the people, will revolutionize politics, while Secretary Clinton says she will implement progressive reforms. The question of revolution or reform was discussed previously in Western Europe and pre-Soviet Russia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Scholars discussed this question in the context of what is the proper interpretation of Marx’s work. To achieve socialism, do we implement reform or do we need revolution? In the present, the goal hasn’t changed.
Politics
KRAVITZ’S KORNER | The Uncomfortable Truth About AJ+
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In just over a year since its founding in September 2014, AJ+ has exploded onto the scene to become the second largest news video producer on Facebook. In October 2015, AJ+ amassed over 1 billion views across its platforms. It’s safe to say that AJ+ has risen to social media preeminence. Owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, a Qatari-based multinational multimedia conglomerate, AJ+ produces digital media news coverage from around the around about social justice issues. It is a self-described “global news community for the connected generation. We highlight human struggles and achievements, empower impassioned voices and challenge the status quo.
Culture
POLITICS & STUFF | American Dream
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I am the child of immigrants. I am the child of two people who moved to another country with not a penny to their names and worked themselves to the bone for twenty years to finally earn a small house with a yellow lawn and white picket fence. My parents worked hard and endured continuous years of hardship because they were promised a light at the end of the tunnel. My family is The American Dream personified. And just as my parents’ lives were strung along by a longheld promise, my life has been shaped by that same promise.