Tiffany Sun

Yap Culture: The Good, The Bad, and the Wordy

You sit at an oval table: a notebook, pencil, and book splayed out around you. Your teacher has scribbled your classmates’ names on a piece of paper, and remains silent,...

Free Speech Musings

          The First Amendment and the extent to which it protects free speech has become increasingly relevant since the start of the Israel-Palestine war. Phrases like...

Letter to the Editor

A response to “Don’t Blame ByteDance,” published 4/14/2023 Last month, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, forcing Chinese corporation ByteDance to either...

Falling from Cloud Nine: A Faulty Solution for Climate Change

In 1990, physicist John Latham hiked the undulating hills of Wales with his young son. Gazing at the clouds, Latham’s son asked why the clouds were bright. Latham explained how...

Letter to the Editors

As the Mem Hall bell chimed, signaling the start of the period, I set foot in my classroom and found myself in the middle of a heated conversation between a...

Bring Back the 24 Hour Pass

Sitting on the common room couch, staring at my nearly completed essay on the eve of its due date last spring, I was struck by a troubling realization: I hated...

Senate Bill 1329 Fails Idaho Minors

On July 1, 2024, Idaho’s State Senate enacted Senate Bill 1329, which requires healthcare providers to secure parental consent before treating minors. This bill covers all degrees and aspects of...