In an AI video posted by President Donald Trump to Truth Social, “Trump Gaza” imagines beaches and skyscrapers rising from ruins.: Trump’s proposed “GREAT” plan recasts Gaza’s destruction as an opportunity for profit, inviting the same powers complicit in its devastation to rebuild it while further displacing Palestinian populations and causing even greater environmental harm beyond that already caused by the war. Leili Kamali PO ‘29 argues that current plans for reconstruction are dangerously colonialist and anti-environmentalist, and must be reimagined in order to make proper reparations for those living in Gaza.
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OPINION: Why San Quentin’s reform model doesn’t do the trick
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s rebrand as a “Scandinavian style” prison, promises transformation through career training programs and improv classes, but after Leili Kamali PO ‘29 visited, she saw a different story.
OPINION: On Poppin’ and Lockin’: How I developed a breakdancing addiction
During class registration, I thought, why would I sign up to do something I’m no good at? But, breakdancing has been the antidote to my efficiency complex. Everyone should consider diving into something new and uncomfortable, for the sake of expanding horizons.
OPINION: Performative Men are the lesser evil
As whispers of Performative Men seem to be on every lip, while they simultaneously outdo us with their ‘grams and their ‘fits, they seem to 5C students like the pestilence that can’t pass soon enough. However, to Leili Kamali PO ‘29 and Ansley Kang SC ‘29, by not interrogating the psyche driving these misunderstood men, we risk moving in a worse direction.