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Title IX should protect students, not silence them

The U.S. Department of Education rescinded the Biden Administration’s 2024 Title IX rules from the Code of Federal Regulations on Sept. 28, replacing...

Student newspapers have a responsibility to speak up

The recent editorial work of the Cornell Daily Sun and the swift impact of it should be a reminder to campus newspapers everywhere...

The New University enters its 58th year of publication 

On Sept. 23, 1968 the Associated Students of UC Irvine (ASUCI) published Volume 1, Issue 1 of our beloved campus newspaper. Just shy...

Xo Kylie? Meta’s AI glasses and problematic marketing

Kylie Jenner might be one of the only celebrities who can be the face of a marketing campaign and not show her own...

AI shouldn’t become a new political weapon

Political campaigning has never been a pretty process, but as unregulated generative AI continues to improve, it’s easier than ever for politicians to...

Women on Trump’s cabinet keep dropping like flies — why?

Anyone keeping up with the Trump administration must be familiar with one name: Karoline Leavitt. Leavitt has become one of its most recognizable...

The relatability trap: Selling the ordinary candidate  

A question of bodega orders was posed to New York City’s mayoral candidates during an October 2025 debate, placing their preferred sandwich order...

Paparazzi shouldn’t have the right to stalk

Paparazzi are a plague to privacy. In today’s world, they fuel cheesy tabloid culture by taking pictures of the famous in borderline aggressive...

Timely, timeless and tailored: The fashion language of influencer weddings

Wedding bells and ringtones have rung over the past week as influencers have tied the knot in very public ways. From Paige Lorenze...

Korean enough to sell: K-pop’s commodified Korean identity

In Korean pop (K-pop), idols have become cultural Build-a-Bears: meet Korean beauty standards, sing English lyrics and perform a marketable version of Koreanness...

The UN is a bad joke with no punchline. 

In the midst of the Second World War, the Allied Powers created the United Nations (UN) — a global peacekeeping organization dedicated to...

Skinny is back, but whose fault is it?

Check the comments of any recent Ariana Grande post. Between discussions about her new music and the many fans complimenting her makeup, there’s...

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