Trust between students and professors depends on a delicate balance. Professors are responsible for teaching students how to think through complex issues without imposing their own political beliefs. Students trust professors to act with impartiality and neutrality. In art school, when an assignment is open for interpretation, there are many...
What Does the Bondi Beach Attack Show Us About Chinese Attitudes Towards Jews and Israel?
The Bondi Beach massacre on December 14, 2025, shocked the world and sparked intense online debates across multiple platforms, including Chinese-language forums. Based on my observations, reactions to the tragedy across these platforms do not reflect a monolithic “Chinese public opinion,” but rather a fragmented digital ecology in which platform...
Nick Fuentes’ Arsenal of Lies Exposed
The White Nationalist, Nick Fuentes, was recently invited onto the Tucker Carlson show and received international condemnation and scrutiny. During the interview, he openly acknowledged his admiration for Stalin, and expressed his belief that “organized Jewry” is to blame for most if not all the major issues plaguing America. He has built his...
Notes From a Pro-Israel Student: Our Spaces Should Feel Like Home, Not a Hiding Space
Being visibly Jewish on campus has never felt straightforward, but for the second anniversary of Oct. 7, we refused to shrink ourselves. My friend and I set up a stall in the middle of campus. Around us, we wrapped the pillars with hostage posters, hung Israeli flags and lit electric...
When Hate Crosses the Threshold: Antisemitism and the Targeting of Jewish Greek Life
In the early hours of Shabbat morning on Jan. 10, the UC Santa Barbara residential AEPi house was trespassed on and vandalized with a swastika on a bathroom mirror. According to the ADL, this is the fourth time since November that this particular Jewish residential institution has been targeted with antisemitic hate. Isla Vista...
Personal Stories Change the Way We Understand the World. It’s Our Duty to Listen.
I have always believed that personal stories can change how people understand the world. A story fills in the parts that statistics are not able to. I saw this firsthand when ISRAEL-is — an Israeli organization that aims to improve the way Israel is perceived— came to campus to showcase its virtual...
How Anti-Zionist Rhetoric Became a Political Brand at Missouri
The anti-Israel rhetoric at the University of Missouri is not happening in a vacuum. It reflects a larger national pattern, one that becomes clearer when examined alongside the rise of politicians like Zohran Mamdani, the recently inaugurated mayor of New York City. Mamdani’s platform represents the mesh point between Democratic...
A Strong Jewish Community Shapes Resilient Leaders
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? As early as the Babylonian period, Hillel the Elder emphasized the importance of self-support, taking responsibility for one’s own needs as a foundation for recognizing and attending to the needs of others, without slipping into selfishness, and acting with...
