The Zika epidemic threatens more than just health
Zika is the new epidemic causing panic in Central and South America. It is a virus spread largely by mosquitos, and in rare cases has been contracted through sexual contact.…
We need to talk about the Sith
The last three editorials that I have worked on have been relatively lighthearted, with topics including American gun violence, the Paris tragedy and pretentious academic writing. This week, I need…
The effect of Ellie Harrison
The question of what constitutes art has been argued over for thousands of years. In 1917 Marcel Duchamp signed and dated a urinal, titled it ‘Fountain’ and exhibited it as…
A critical examination of pretentious academic writing
‘The absolutely facial identity of existence/the proportion of the new creation sans depth/the light itself ex nihilo: the dark itself univocally identified, i.e., not self-identity identity itself equivocally, not the…
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité
Liberté: the right to do that which does not harm others. It is the validity of this ideal that allows us to carry on with life as normal. We watch…