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Unconscious Bias: The 17% Statistic


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There’s a strange phenomenon I recently learned about: when women take up 17% of a room, men firmly believe that there’s an equal presence of the sexes. And when 33% of the people in a room are women, men think that the women are the overwhelming majority. What could be an explanation for these instances? […]

One Scarf, Seven Ways


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The best accessory is one you can wear in different ways – like this silk scarf I dug up in a little thrift store while visiting Fullerton. In my experience, a scarf is the perfect way to add a little bit of flair to a simple outfit. I usually wear scarves the classic way, but I […]

Sips Tea: Nah-maste On My Couch This Weekend


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The weather may not be cold enough to pull out that sweater or those new thigh-high boots you bought, but one thing that is guaranteed this fall is some good Netflix and chill material. If you’re anything like me, going out after a long week of classes and work sometimes is just not the move. […]

Skimming through college


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If the average college student doesn’t have an internship or job, isn’t involved in numerous organizations on campus, doesn’t get less than seven hours of sleep, and isn’t expected to complete 200 plus pages of reading per week, then is he really a college student? The fact that the American educational system is not what […]

Academia Nuts: Jody Armour — Exuberant Nappiness


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For the last few weeks, the dialogue surrounding race and social justice in the United States has been reduced to a single question, framed as a black-and-white (or maybe a black-vs-white) issue: do you support Colin Kaepernick and his decision to kneel during the Star Spangled Banner, or is ‘disrespecting’ the American flag a hostile […]

Ask Hahney: Staying in Touch


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Q: What are your pieces of advice for keeping in touch with people from home? I resonate with this question a lot because I was born and raised in New York and naturally (thanks to geography), most of my friends stayed in the Northeast. I grew up with a lot of these friends and keeping […]

Sips Tea: How I Got the Best (And Worst) Work Out by Going to the Club


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Three pumpkin spice frappuccinos and one Drake concert later, I’ve made it through another week of my senior year. As I make plans to relax and recover this Friday, many other students will be doing the exact opposite at the weekender at Stanford. Even though I have never attended the weekender (not for a lack […]