Living with It: The success-full mindset
Elisa Fang, Editor-in-Chief
February 13, 2019
Filed under Living with It, Opinion, Social Issues
Dear Reader, Motivation is a scam. Is what I’ve thought sitting and staring, in all my senioritis infused glory, with the thought of the workload from the classes I love looming in the many tabs of my computer screen — this article included — wondering why I do what I do, and why I’m wil...
Centering on Central America
Riya Bindlish, Opinions Editor
February 11, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Political Issues, Social Issues
Gunshots deafen the screams of thousands of civilians running from the rampant violence that continues to stamp over the Northern Triangle. Men and women from the region desperately protest for their human rights, hoping someone will answer the cries of a boy coerced by the Mara Salvatrucha to murder ...
Can Disney trademark “Hakuna Matata”?
Daniela Wise, Staff Writer
February 9, 2019
Filed under On-campus Perspectives, Opinion, Social Issues
In the wake of the re-release of Disney’s well known film “The Lion King,” Zimbabwean activist Shelton Mpala calls for Disney to revoke it’s trademark of the Swahili phrase “Hakuna Matata” in a recent online petition. So one may wonder, is Disney making a wrong move here, trademark...
Separating art from the artist sets a dangerous precedent
Vivian Kuang, Staff Writer
February 6, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Social Issues
There is no trope more common in Hollywood than an acclaimed artist whose questionable past threatens their career, and with the rise of #MeToo, this phenomenon is more prevalent than ever. Bloomberg reports that over 425 prominent people across industries have been accused of sexual misconduct since ...
Revisiting 2018: “Year of the Woman”
Riya Bindlish, Opinions Editor
December 30, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Political Issues, Social Issues
2018 has officially been declared the second “Year of the Woman,” with a record-breaking 102 women in Congress thus far and pending elections possibly increasing that number. 1992 was the previous “Year of the Woman,” seen as the first major rise in the number of women in Congress. However, with this social p...
‘Tis the season?
Sheyda Ladjevardi, Assistant Photography Editor
December 21, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Social Issues
Let’s face it. The holidays aren’t the same anymore, and they haven’t been for a while now. Each year it seems that the rushing excitement that surrounds the holiday season is drowned out by the stress and pressure of everyday life. The gradual decline in holiday spirit signals this feeling of empt...
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...
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...
DV breaks traditional barriers surrounding Homecoming
Amruta Baradwaj and Sheyda Ladjevardi
October 15, 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...
Good news creates a brighter outlook
Oce Bohra, Copy Editor
October 4, 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 ...