The Last Straw
By Virginia Favaro 2018 was the year of the plastic straw. This everyday object became the new “poster child” for environmental damage and degradation. Environmental [...]
Opinion
Brett Kavanaugh, #MeToo, and Male Repercussions
By Dharaa Rathi When Alyssa Milano tweeted #MeToo in October of last year, Hollywood had no idea what it was in for. Harvey Weinstein, a famed and formerly respected film [...]
Perspectives From A Semester Abroad
By Sanjana Gupta The semester abroad is something every Stern student hears of well before we actually enter university. It is a crucial aspect of the Stern experience, [...]
Chinese Hegemony: The Data Imbalance in Geopolitics
By Aldo Aragon Gonzalez Tensions are high between the United States and China. If you listen to President Trump, the story is one in which China skirts the rules to gain a [...]
Extra! Extra! Where to Read All About It
By Eda Ozbay We’ve all heard about “fake news.” The validity of a news source is extremely important, but finding said news source can be difficult. Searching for a [...]
When 15 Minutes of Fame Is Too Long
By Anya Srivats As app after app surfaces, we have started attaching a certain worth to the 15-year-old who lip syncs on TikTok or performs a 1 minute long Instagram [...]
Looking Back at 2017 – How Bad was US Foreign Policy?
Written by Srishti Ganesh Looking back, 2017 wasn’t as bad as a year or revolutionary a year for US Foreign Policy compared to what it could have been. A cursory glance at [...]
Tweets, Memes & Covfefe: What We Can Learn from Trump’s Humor
Written by Sal Bhakuni “Just kidding” is a defense against the out-group – a way to get out of an ill-timed, offensive, or hurtful joke. Now, the out-group can’t be [...]
XXXTentacion and the Case for Ethical Listening
Written by Stephanie Yang While the hip-hop world is no stranger to domestic violence accusations and misogynistic song themes, it has avoided the scrutiny of the #MeToo [...]
Don’t Graduate without Taking Negotiations
Written by Devyani Nijhawan If it were up to me, I’d make Negotiations & Consensus Building a required course for all Stern students. Studying in a Finance-focused [...]
