Janet’s Journal: Culture is about care
By Opinion Editor Janet Guan I’m a huge C-drama fan. I watched way too many last semester, from heartfluttering campus romances to chilling murder mysteries…
Opinion
Opinion: Trump’s compact jeopardizes academic freedom
By Staff Writers Cecilia Cheng, Erika Liu, Michael Qin Nine high-profile colleges across the US were sent a letter signed by White House officials on…
COP30 and the world go up in flames
By Staff Writers Alex Duan, Amber Halvorsen, Michael Qin, Warren Su The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), an annual session of the United Nations…
AI tools highlight the decline in empathy in digital culture
By Staff Writers Erika Liu, Veer Mahajan, Finn McCarthy & Leland Yu Introduction “RIP Kirk, your sacrifice meant something,” one TikTok user said, captioning a…
Fake News is the Authoritarian’s Tool
By the Smoke Signal Editorial Board “Quiet. Quiet, piggy,” President Donald Trump said, poking his finger at a Bloomberg News reporter asking about the Epstein…
Vikram’s Viewpoint: Appreciating What You Can, While You Can
By Opinion Editor Vikram Mahajan Over the summer, I returned to India for the first time in two years in what was one of the…
Janet’s Journal: Starting again when you fall
By Opinion Editor Janet Guan For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved to set goals. There’s proof of it in every corner of…
TikTok’s favorite politician takes office
By Editor-in-Chief Padma Balaji TikTok cannot get enough of Zohran Mamdani. It’s easy to see why: he’s well spoken — extraordinarily so — flashes a…
Do two wrongs make a right? Understanding perspectives on Proposition 50
By Staff Writers Veer Mahajan, Finn McCarthy, Warren Su, & Matthew Zhang In the election on November 4, CA voters faced one major decision: Proposition…
Vikram’s Viewpoint: “I shower every week”
By Opinion Editor Vikram Mahajan It was a dark and stormy night. I grinned slyly at my iPhone. Another night, yet another mindless scroll of…