African immigrants and their children are finally feeling like they belong, without feeling like they are sacrificing a part of themselves.
Op-Ed, Opinion
The new travel ban on Nigerian immigrants has harmful implications
This ban is heartbreaking for a people that have served and enriched the United States for decades.
Opinion, Staff Editorial
We want you to vote in student government elections
The more we pour into student government, the more they pour back into us.
Op-Ed, Opinion
Let’s talk New Year’s resolutions and change
I’m constantly reevaluating and remodeling throughout the 365 days.
Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Stop attacking Iron Arrow
The entire purpose of the society was to honor Miccosukee culture and preserve it while honoring the greatest leaders and change-makers in our academic community. Calling the society’s traditions “exoticizing of native culture” and racist is a complete denial of concrete fact.
Opinion
Validation and visibility as a queer black woman
At the time, I felt like my Blackness and my queerness couldn’t exist in the same space on campus.
Opinion
Is diversity just a marketing strategy?
The current state of race relations in America is just that: having to deal with the performers. Social media has allowed the popularization of movements through hashtags and trends.
Opinion
We should celebrate queerness this Valentine’s Day
The same way society prioritizes heterosexual and non-conforming relationships is the same way most universities, including our own, operate.
Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Advice for the upcoming student government elections
During our election time, I encourage you all to be open-minded, be willing to hear perspectives, and think critically about what is being said and why.
Opinion
Playing Indian: What Super Bowl LIV and Iron Arrow can teach us about American colonialism
It is important to note that just because these organizations may have ‘relationships” with native tribes does not mean they are not guilty of racism.
Cover, Opinion, Staff Editorial
Why Black History Month still matters
In America’s white and evangelical haze, we can forget that Black History is American history, but Black Awareness Month, as we at UM call it, is here to make sure that we never forget.
Opinion
Our Student Government needs more diversity
It will take more than a few black individuals within student government to dismantle years of established, structural discrimination.