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Sofia Woo

Opinion

The People’s Cookie

By Sofia Woo

No cookie gets as much hate as the oatmeal raisin. We’ve all heard the common complaint of picking up a…

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Opinion

Is There Really Such a Thing as Safe Travel During a Pandemic?

By Sofia Woo

COVID fatigue, emotional exhaustion, whatever you choose to call it—we’ve all experienced it at one point or another over the…

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Opinion

How the Normalization of White Nationalism is Breaking Liberal Bubbles

By Sofia Woo

This article has been edited since its original publication. The last few months have seen Black Lives Matter protests taking…

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Opinion

Lessons From Bob Ross

By Sofia Woo

When the world seemed to shut down in March, everything I had taken for granted suddenly disappeared. Normal life became…

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Opinion

Do the Presidential Debates Matter?

By Sofia Woo

With the American presidential election approaching in just a few weeks, the debates are the last major events of the…

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Opinion, Perspective

Beware of Celebrities Bearing Gifts

By Sofia Woo

What’s not to like about Ellen DeGeneres? She’s made millions laugh for over a decade, she hands out free gifts…

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Opinion, Politics

Trump’s New Wall: Why Banning TikTok Could Lead to the Start of America’s Great Firewall

By Sofia Woo

I hate TikTok. From its viral dances to its eerily accurate algorithm, the app is everything that I despise about…

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Opinion, Perspective

Climbing Past My Fears

By Sofia Woo

You know those people at amusement parks who just stand next to the entrance of the ride, waiting as their…

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Opinion

The Goop Gap

By Sofia Woo

  It’s hard to log onto Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop website and not want to make fun of it. For those…

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Opinion

The Puzzle of Keeping It Plant-Based on Campus

By Sofia Woo

If I had one more day to live, my last meal would probably be a beautiful bone-in ribeye cooked to…

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