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Relax

Serena Mao At my school, being “busy” is almost worn like a badge of pride. In the hallways, it’s not uncommon to hear people battling over how little sleep they got the night before. Students are almost excited to tell their friends …

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Common Elitism

Serena Mao When we were the youngest of the group––whether as the novice on the team, the 6th grader in middle school, or the new kid in class––we all know what it feels like to be isolated from the elite. Indeed, it …

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UCSC Strike

Serena Mao On February 28th, UC Santa Cruz dismissed 54 teaching assistants after they had engaged in a so-called “wildcat strike” for higher wages. The university president explained that she was sympathetic to the high cost of housing in Santa Cruz, but …

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The Generational Split

Serena Mao Social change is abundant in America. Since its founding, its ideals have been changed and warped through time. For instance, early Americans created the social construct of race to control the “subordinates” and slaves, thus influencing the perspectives and stereotypes …

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Take a Break

Serena Mao Running into problems can be frustrating, especially when it means we start obsessing indefinitely about them and see no end in sight. A problem we can’t seem to solve or an idea we can’t seem to squeeze out from our …

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The Need for Consistency

Serena Mao No one is an all-knowing robot––all of us have times where we are wrong about things. Sometimes, we realize that an opinion we originally held wasn’t necessarily correct before making that opinion public, thus hiding the fact that we were …

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Racism and the Coronavirus

Serena Mao The world’s attention has suddenly been focused on a virus that has seen a recent outbreak: the coronavirus. Around 200 people in China have already died due to the virus, and the outbreak has spread to a just under 18 …

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