Living with It: Beauty, the beholder and standards
Elisa Fang, Editor-in-Chief
December 14, 2018
Filed under Living with It, Opinion
Dear Reader, We all have a body. We, truly, are just a myriad of bodily functions — intricate chemical balances and imbalances that make us who we are and allows us to experience the world in the way we do. Our bodies have the potential to cause us a great amount of pain or a great amount of plea...
We don’t “meat” ethical standards
Kavin Kumaravel, Opinions Editor
November 24, 2018
Filed under Opinion
I recently became a vegetarian. Over the past week, my friends have repeatedly asked me, “Why?” But as I begin to explain why I made that choice, it’s immediately countered with a “but you’re wrong … ” So what began as a discussion turns into a debate. Countless debates with countless...
The perils of categorization
Oce Bohra, Copy Editor
November 19, 2018
Filed under On-Campus Perspectives, Opinion, Social Issues
When I was younger, my self-perception was limited to essentially one question: which Hogwarts house would I be a part of? My friends were sure I would be a Ravenclaw, but I took every online quiz I could find until one validated my opinion: Slytherin. Houses in Hogwarts, lineages in Greek mythology...
Living with It: Chronic illness
Elisa Fang, Editor-in-Chief
November 5, 2018
Filed under Living with It, Opinion
Dear Reader, Here’s how we talk about living with chronic illness: We don’t. … In a way. Here’s how we really talk about living with chronic illness: we ignore the chronic illness part of it, or we frame the story with an emotional bias of either a glorified tale of persistence or...
How solutions journalism is tackling the opioid crisis
Oce Bohra, Copy Editor
October 27, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Social Issues
While the precept "if it bleeds, it leads” has long been applied to journalism, a burgeoning movement within the press reckons that journalism should go one step further and help patch up the wound. Solutions journalism, or constructive journalism, is an approach to news reporting in which journal...
Nonstandard deadlines equal later sleep times
Michael Han, Assistant News Editor
October 25, 2018
Filed under On-Campus Perspectives, Opinion, Student Life
It's 9:58 p.m. You browse through the row of green check marks across the top of the screen, and you only need one more. As your anxiety rises, you double your efforts to finish the question. However, you’re inexplicably unable to submit your answer. You glance at the clock in the corner of your scr...
DV breaks traditional barriers surrounding Homecoming
Amruta Baradwaj and Sheyda Ladjevardi
October 22, 2018
Filed under On-Campus Perspectives, Opinion, Social Issues, Student Life
As the 2018 Homecoming dance comes to an end, we are prompted to reflect on a time of deep emotional stress and social judgment. Homecoming can often be perceived as a rather taxing event, placing a high standard in regards to the reputation of DV’s student population. In this field, Dougherty persev...
Queering a path in STEM
Pranav Chillappagari, Public Relations Manager
October 8, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, Social Issues
My biggest problem when deciding what I want to do in the future is narrowing down a wide range of interesting options between STEM and humanities. The decision was based on where I felt most comfortable, or to put it bluntly: which was more gay-friendly. Based on that criteria, it took me less than...
Living with It: Introductions
Elisa Fang, Editor-in-Chief
October 8, 2018
Filed under Living with It, Opinion
Dear Reader, It’s always been my opinion that introductions are the worst necessary evil, but here goes anyway. I’ve always had a fascination with life. That’s a stupid thing to say. Unless you’re a biologist — in which case, have at it. But what I mean is that life is so obviously...
Good news creates a brighter outlook
Oce Bohra, Copy Editor
October 7, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Social Issues
There were a few months last year during which I stopped reading the news altogether; strange, especially for someone taking Journalism, but I simply couldn’t bother opening up my news app every day to article after article about political controversies, forest fires, global warmings and crime. The ...
Dealing with the deaths of problematic figures
Kavin Kumaravel, Opinions Editor
October 1, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Social Issues
John McCain passed away a few weeks ago at the age of 81. He knowingly caused the deaths of thousands of Middle Eastern people. “But he was human too.” XXX passed away a few months ago at the age of 20. He domestically abused a pregnant woman. “But he was human too.” When public figures ...