The universal nature of being brown
There's always been the joke that brown parents are the harshest parents one can have in the world. From arranged marriages to being...
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Farrin Khan
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
The importance of relooking at universal healthcare
It is not hard to conceive that universal healthcare has recently become popular, being in the midst of a pandemic as we are. According...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 17, 2020
- 4 min
The commodity that is the college athlete
College sports is a behemoth in generating big money. Viewers pour in on screens, in stadiums, and are rabid for the entertainment that...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
Model it like Scandinavia
The happiest countries in the world have a very simple secret: socialism. It may have filled the history books with tales that regale us...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
The invisible cycle of violence the NRA perpetuates
Maybe it is because I had been absent from the U.S. for so long (two months, to be exact), but every time I see headlines that relate to...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
My Uber dilemma
My friends have often told me that a repeated catchphrase of mine is, “I’m calling an Uber!” One friend in particular has informed me...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 4 min
Make college free already
I’ve often found that the polarizing point of disagreement between the left and the right is each political ideology’s separate...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
The glorification of sexual purity, and why it's illogical
I went to a Hozier concert late October of last year. Amongst the glitter and the roar of the crowd, “Take Me to Church” began blaring, a...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
Inherent imperialism in the U.S. today
The US is an imperialist country. There, I said it. Controversial opinion, I know. And on a nation that was founded on the premise of...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
Hey corporations, be more like Hershey
I think we could easily call the the Hershey Company the “cool kid on the block.” Growing up, I lived around 1.5 hours away from...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 2 min
One people, one India
Unification. Cooperation. Integration. Amalgamation. They are synonyms, but not the same. Muslim. Hindu. Jain. Christian. Sikh. They are...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
The BJP is disastrous for India
The current Prime Minister of India is a far-right extremist who, while ironically popular with the Indian public, has an ideology that...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
Everyone needs to care about their skin a little more
Maybe it’s because I’m a fanatic for skincare, obsessed with the endless clarity of skin and horrified when a pimple unexpectedly lands...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
I've got a problem with anti-feminists
I’ve got a problem with anti-feminists, or people who do not call themselves a “feminist.” There, I said it. And let me tell you why....
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
Therapy is bullsh*t, or so I thought
Does this sound familiar? You find yourself in college, immersed in a world of discovering who you truly are. You are surrounded by...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 4 min
Why don't you shut up about the Second Amendment?
September 17, 1787—The day our ageless Constitution was officially ratified. It also happens to be the day that the pro-gun movement will...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
The indiscernible discrimination in our election process
I’m not one to deny the importance of voting, of inhibiting that civic right to exercise a vote, or to cast a ballot that is symbolically...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 7 min
Let's talk about how the world treats its women
Step 1: The original of all sins Let it begin. Let it begin in the first pages of the creation myths of the Abrahamic religions, where...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 2 min
Keep being blind, America
This is a new virus. This a virus that led to an entire area, Wuhan, to be shut down to contain it. This is a virus that needed two new...
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Farrin Khan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 4 min
The third world war: water
Two hydrogen atoms. One oxygen atom. So intrinsically and chemically simple that it’s astounding. And yet, such a chemically simple...
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