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[COLUMN] In the music industry, it seems, it’s the year of the female

Eliza Farley, The Rubicon • November 3, 2023

Don’t forget to support the women behind the scenes as well, like the producers, engineers, and songwriters that make the chart-toppers possible.

[FREE SPIRIT] First Amendment freedoms let citizens determine morality of their expression

Orion Kim, co-Editor in Chief • October 6, 2023

This column explores issues of freedom of speech through the lens of the first amendment.

[PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING] The benefits of thinking about death

Catherine Hooley, Managing Editor • April 28, 2023

Death gives people a timeline, ot

[PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING] What is self-awareness?

Catherine Hooley, The Rubicon • January 31, 2023

Does self-awareness require a more complex brain? Is it perhaps a condition that only humans can endure? Science doesn’t know.

[PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING] What is beauty?

Catherine Hooley, The Rubicon • December 5, 2022

That's ugly. That's beautiful. Who decides? Explore these statements with Managing Editor Catherine Hooley in this month's column.

[PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING] Is life easy or hard?

Catherine Hooley, The Rubicon • October 18, 2022

Life is hard. Life is easy. Explore these statements with Managing Editor Catherine Hooley in this month's column.

Play or be played: are humans living in a simulation?

Catherine Hooley, Managing Editor • May 21, 2022

Humans feel, hear, see, taste, smell and think, but what if everything perceived about human reality isn't real?

Do you really control yourself?

Catherine Hooley, The Rubicon • April 8, 2022

Humans have the ability to make choices that are their own, but it is known that other influences guide the factors which affect our decision-making.

Life is meaningless, enjoy it

Catherine Hooley, The Rubicon • December 3, 2021

The meaning of life. This phrase has been thrown around and debated by almost every philosopher, religious leader, or really any person that thinks too much.

The fallacy of finding yourself

Catherine Hooley, The Rubicon • November 4, 2021

Finding yourself is a topic that self-help journals love to preach and almost everyone attempts to achieve in their lifetime, but in actuality, it isn’t attainable.

Eviction or aid? Congress must find the compromise.

Colin Will, Columnist • June 2, 2021

A bipartisan group of Minnesota senators has come up with a possible solution. Thirty days after coming into effect, their “offramp” plan would allow landlords to evict tenants for any lease violation that does not involve a failure to pay rent.

Senators, don’t close parks

Colin Will, The Rubicon • May 26, 2021

By threatening to close state parks and tear down the programs that keep our state beautiful, Republican senators have shown a complete disregard for their constituents and everything that the government is supposed to stand for.

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