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These six films might make it big during next year’s awards season.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

My parents love me deeply, but coming out to them was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

The Stanford senior is on her campaign to re-think how Girl Scout cookies are made.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Facebook and other such social media have been hailed as powerful tools for community building, but what are their limitations?

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

The famed Canadian psychologist is a veritable academic rock star, but does he really have any idea what he’s talking about?

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Looking to hunker down and focus on studying for finals? These five soundtracks will get you through the grind.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

A conversation with Iman Siddiqi, the UC, Irvine, student behind the first student-funded refugee scholarship in the country.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

‘Love, Simon’ is being hailed for its ‘revolutionary normalcy,’ but is appearing ‘normal’ all queer people can hope for on the silver screen?

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Is gay pride failing the queer community?

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

With #MeToo going on, try out these three brilliant works of art to better understand our current sexual, feminist moment.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Nursing a hangover after spring break? These new Netflix releases will be the perfect distraction from your cracked phone and missing wallet.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Bitter and alone? These five books might help ease the pain.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Pratt Institute senior Casiano Hamer, the director of the gritty but cinematographically stunning short film ‘STUD’, has his eyes set on gold when it comes to making movies.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

A conversation with Harvard’s Amanda Gorman, America’s first youth poet laureate.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

The awards are just around the corner, so let’s get into which films will make the Best Picture Nominees for the Academy Awards.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Yale senior Lauren LaMonica is combining her love for public health with her passion for fostering class equity for first-generation and lower-income students.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

What having a speech impediment can teach you about language, communication and self-esteem.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

These seven writers are capturing the Asian American experience in new and exciting ways through literary fiction and poetry alike.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Can’t get a text back, ever? Here’s how to deal.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Why the Asian American community needs to deal with its anti-blackness ideals.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

PC culture might be able to save us from the alt-right and their Nazi leaders, and it’s time for college campuses to put their foot down.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

As a result of their own struggles with racism, Asian Americans have exhibited a history of complicity in the oppression of black bodies.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

After creating “Caged Bird Magazine” last year Howard University’s Alexa Lisitza discusses her new feminist publication, “The Intersectionalist.”

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

The Indian army has systematically carried out the disappearances of over eight thousand Kashmiris. Where are the bodies?

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Why we should all be terrified of the rise of the European far right.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Bob Dylan and Kazuo Ishiguro are two very different people linked only by an award struggling with an identity crisis.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

University of Wisconsin-Madison student Eneale Pickett is fighting systemic oppression one shirt at a time.

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

The impact of seasonal affective disorder is real: What can be done about it?

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

What Zadie Smith’s ‘White Teeth’ can teach us about tolerance and terrorism.