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Borrok: What I learned about life from Mac Miller

January 21, 2020

What does it mean to live? Beyond surviving, what are we meant to be doing here with the time we are given? Existential questions like these were common themes of the late Mac Miller’s albums. Starting...

Shirola: The U.S. government must ensure open access to ketamine infusions

October 3, 2019

This is the third column in “Failed Policy,” a series examining the history of drugs and drug policy in the United States since its founding. Ketamine, which is a drug most commonly used to induce...

Shirola: Mass restrictions on opioid prescriptions are unnecessary and unethical

May 8, 2019

This is the second column in “Failed Policy,” a series examining the history of drugs and drug policy in the United States since its founding. In 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...

Holtzman: When women say they’re in pain, believe them

March 6, 2018

Even within our modern healthcare system, women still face remarkable stereotypes about pain and suffering in doctor’s offices. It starts with the everyday workings of female bodies — the classification...

Holtzman: Tech companies are finally acknowledging their role in tech addiction. Now what?

March 1, 2018

I recently came across a tweet that read, “College is mostly just sitting with a laptop in different places.” I read it on my iPhone, which had been in my hand for several hours as I sent emails, listened...

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