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Minor Chords and Major Feuds

By Emma Mafi
April 11, 2025 12:00 PM
Popular media has a lot to say about the Drake—Kendrick Lamar feud, but according to one undergrad, philosophy will help you understand it best.
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Human Bodies, Human Problems

By Emma Poulsen
December 12, 2024 03:00 PM
Although we all have such different experiences in life, there may be one that we all share: having a body.
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The Identity Frenzy

By Emma Poulsen
November 12, 2024 01:23 PM
In a world where people search for identity in many different places, Professor Katie Paxman says that we should be careful what we choose to identify with—and how we use that identity.
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“Two things fill the mind with increasing admiration and reverence the more often and more steadily one reflects upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.”
– Immanuel Kant