“Never think about smoking marijuana in America!” my dad warned me with a disapproving expression before I left for the United States. He told me, “It will make you addicted, then your whole life...

If your only introduction to marijuana is through an episode of “That ‘70s Show” or any comparable comedy featuring marijuana use, you probably think it’s nothing more than a dangerous drug impairing...

A late night stabLast month, an Ohio resident didn’t dance around a serious salsa issue with her husband. Phyllis Jefferson and her husband, Ronnie D. Buckner, did what any reasonable couple would do...

Sometimes life feels like a BuzzFeed quiz. Are you more concerned with being passionate about your job, or are you a money monger?  While we are still busy studying Shakespeare and biology, it’s hard...

Wednesday night marked the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah, a period of mourning and reflection on the mass genocide of millions of Jews, Roma, Slavs, political dissidents, people...

I am a feminist. But that does not mean I am a brutish woman, rallying in the streets, shouting about how men are the oppressive pigs while setting my bra ablaze.So why is it that I am met with sighs and...

With finals approaching, our columnist set out to put her end-of-year advice to poetic wisdom. Read on for helpful hints to overcoming your finals woes.For 15 weeks you’ve held on,to everything that...

“Dad, I’m a Republican.”I could imagine what was racing through my liberal father’s mind — that his 18-year-old, first generation Syrian-American daughter was identifying with a party associated...

Colleges should give needy students financial aid, but should they receive a financial award in return? A foundation in northern Virginia thinks so. This month, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded Vassar...

As a Chinese student studying in the United States, I felt conflicted when I read the news about Chinese police detaining anti-sexual harassment protesters on International Women’s Day last month. The...