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Dani Blum | Mock the vote

(10/14/14 2:09am)

L ast w eek, Rock the Vote, the nationwide organization dedicated to boosting youth voter turnout, released its latest video. The campaign, a four-minute YouTube clip, features Lil Jon, Lena Dunham and other celebrities dancing to “Turn Out for What,” an anthem modelled after the all-too-popular song, “Turn Down for What. ” With midterm elections just four weeks away, the video urges millennials to “turn out” for various issues and make a difference through political participation. It’s a noble, well-intentioned goal. I just wish there was a different way to reach our generation.


Dani Blum | Stress test

(10/07/14 3:51am)

L ast Sunday, I woke up, got ready to hit the library and realized I had no work to do. I had woken up early to do work the previous day — my schedule was clear and I’m one of the lucky few who doesn’t have midterms until the end of October. It was the first free time I’d had in a while. When friends texted me to come study with them, I brought a book I’d been meaning to read for a while and plopped down with them at a table in Fisher Fine Arts. They brought out their laptops and freaked out about English essays. I sank into Michael Cunningham .



Dani Blum | Yes, you're a feminist

(09/23/14 3:05am)

F our w eeks into college, I feel obligated to measure myself against the person I was in high school. My friends back home are struggling with college apps, and as I read over their essays, I remember how difficult it was to package myself with neat catchphrases and college-accepted terminology. In a school of 10,000, though, I’m constantly meeting new people, and I look for easy ways to define myself. For me, “feminist” is an easy term to tagline my self identity.