OPINION: Tips on documenting protests

By Selena Kuikahi

The influx of citizen journalism activity over the past month has flooded the internet with crucial evidence regarding police brutality, especially as it pertains to recent protests. Without these firsthand videos, our only documentation of injustices would come from mainstream media, which has revealed its biases time and time again. Although this documentation has been and is currently essential to proving true the existence of police brutality, journalists of any degree are now called more than ever to protect the citizens they catch on camera. Read more

OPINION: Weinstein's lawyer isn't a bad woman, she's a bad person

Smack dab in the age of information, people seem to lean more toward data and numbers over, say, emotion. People want cold hard facts and numbers to sway them rather than a pathos-based argument. This strategy is useful when discussing an issue like climate change, for example. But what about matters of human experience? Read more

OPINION: Clickers: Yet another unnecessary cost for students

Not only are tuition costs due, but each class comes with some sort of technology or book that the student is responsible for purchasing. Among one of the most well-known — and most-hated — products students are forced to buy at the University of Arizona is the clicker. Read more

OPINION: Identity politics is crucial

Recently I watched a video on Youtube from the channel Jubilee and the title was ‘Are Americans Obsessed Race?’ First of all, props to the creator of that title because it truly does catch the eye Read more

OPINION: Beautifying gentrification in Tucson

On the corner of sixth street and fourth avenue, the ruins of the Flycatcher stand surrounded by fencing. Now a construction site, the space is the future home of a multi-unit residential complex. Read more

OPINION: Tarana Burke on the #MeToo movement

Tarana Burke didn’t mean for “Me Too” to become a viral hashtag, let alone become the face of an entire cultural movement for survivors of sexual violence Read more

OPINION: What are we trying to accomplish with cancel culture?

Recently, actress Gina Roridguez posted a video via her Instagram story of her singing along to the song “Ready or Not” by the Fugees in which said the n-word without hesitation. Read more

OPINION: What are our roles as academics?

The role of an academic in society has been a question constantly facing academics in their research, teaching positions, and placement at universities. Read more

GUEST COMMENTARY: Race, diversity and classics

Earlier this year the Society for Classical Studies made headlines in higher education news for the blatant racism that was on display at its annual meeting. Among the documented incidents was a scholar of color being told that he “may have gotten” his very prestigious position because he is black. Read more