System failure report Rhea Karuturi January 23, 2018 0 Comments When I first started watching Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special, I was struck by his comment that women who had quit their comedy careers because Louis C.K. masturbated in front of them had... Read More »
Net neutrality: More than just fast lanes Rhea Karuturi November 28, 2017 0 Comments If you haven’t been hit by major 2014 nostalgia recently, it’s because you either missed the headlines then, or you have given up reading the news now. Because yet again, net neutrality is the... Read More »
A new tax plan and an old conversation Rhea Karuturi November 7, 2017 0 Comments On Thursday, as we were stumbling out of midterms or watching a great movie (thank you Cardinal Nights!), House Republicans unveiled their broad tax overhaul plan. As reported in AP News, it’s a... Read More »
The echoes of #MeToo Rhea Karuturi October 24, 2017 0 Comments The argument that social media activism is just slacktivism has been made one too many times. Every time there’s a new movement, a new hashtag — with it comes the slew of articles calling social... Read More »
Puerto Rico and tech plutocracies Rhea Karuturi October 10, 2017 0 Comments When there are disasters, there are calls for action. And often, we look towards those with power and, almost synonymously, to those with wealth, to step in and help those left in such a scary... Read More »
New beginnings and old mistakes Rhea Karuturi September 26, 2017 0 Comments Every year, I imagine what it’ll be like to arrive on campus — to be starting the new year. Memorial Church emerging from behind the palm trees, seeing the sun shine on Hoover Tower, running... Read More »
Covfefe meets Paris Rhea Karuturi June 1, 2017 0 Comments But those facts shouldn’t make covfefe the leading story of the day. Even though President Trump has not announced his final decision on the Paris climate agreement, according to CNN, two senior US... Read More »
Campus activism on Netflix Rhea Karuturi May 18, 2017 0 Comments Campus activism is defined by its activists, and these activists in turn are defined (or as the show points out) or choose to define themselves by their activism. Read More »