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Sandhu ’25: ‘I’m just a girl,’ ‘You’re just a man’ — What’s happened to accountability?
By Meher Sandhu | April 23“I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.”
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Sandhu ’25: Diversity, equity and inclusion in the classroom starts with names
By Meher Sandhu | April 8Growing up with a name that is not easy for everyone to pronounce, I struggled to feel recognized and included in classrooms where teachers did not learn my name. In the past, I had grown accustomed to mispronunciations of my name, undermining my sense of identity in class. Because of this, I know that ...
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Sandhu ’25: The “Barbie” movie deserves more credit than it’s been given
By Meher Sandhu | March 15I have always been drawn to fictional heroines. Throughout my adolescence, I idolized and tried to emulate female characters because I found their strong sense of self, ambition and determination to be extraordinary. In “Barbie,” the titular character’s journey came to represent something even ...
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Sandhu ‘25: Shiny object syndrome plagues our generation
By Meher Sandhu | February 26In a fast-paced world, our generation’s obsession with the new is pervasive. From the latest smartphone to fleeting fashion trends, we have grown up in a society caught in an incessant cycle of novelty. This fixation with the new has become deeply ingrained in our culture, shaping our consumer behaviors, ...
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Sandhu ’25: Is social media the puppeteer of our memories?
By Meher Sandhu | February 13In a recent New York Times Magazine interview, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Charan Ranganath explains how memories are far more complicated than a chronological record of past experiences. He claims that “we update our memories through the act of remembering,” creating a biased sense ...
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Sandhu ’25: Fear Of Many Opportunities
By Meher Sandhu | January 29As you weave through parked cars and scattered shopping carts, the bold red lettering on the warehouse beckons you: COSTCO. At the door, you confidently display your membership card as a smiling employee welcomes you inside. Flat-screen TVs line the walls, displaying vivid images that catch your eye. ...
