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Your smart TV is spying on you

Your smart TV is spying on you

Walk down the electronics aisle at Walmart during move-in week, and you can buy a 50-inch 4K television from TCL, Hisense or Vizio for $160 — which is less than some textbooks. That price, though, is subsidized by surveillance. A smart TV does to your viewing habits what a

Ask Helga - Ring by spring and asking Chat under pressure

Ask Helga - Ring by spring and asking Chat under pressure

Got questions? Send them to Helga to get a Viking’s perspective on your life! Dear Helga, My best friend started hanging out with this guy at the beginning of the school year, and she just told me that they plan to be engaged by spring with a wedding right

Should voting be mandatory for all US citizens?

The right to vote is one of the most important, fought for and protected rights in the United States. It’s also the most direct way an individual can impact public policy, whether that be locally or nationally. Today, voter turnout in the U.S. is about 60% of the

Good sitcoms are so back: ‘Adults’ provides a fresh take on a timeless genre

Good sitcoms are so back: ‘Adults’ provides a fresh take on a timeless genre

When we reunited for junior year this August, my roommates and I commenced a random but much-needed “Friends” rewatch of all ten seasons from start to finish. It’s a classic sitcom that I think many of us grew up on, but watching it season by season now as

Why whimsy should not be a consumer good

Why whimsy should not be a consumer good

Engaging with social media is rarely time well spent. Doomscrolling is a notorious time-sucker, and the algorithm pushes you into little echo chambers. However, I can’t help but find many of the viral trends and buzzwords to be incredibly fascinating. They tell us so much about the way

Ask Helga - Halloween costumes and fishy roommates

Ask Helga - Halloween costumes and fishy roommates

Got questions? Send them to Helga to get a Viking’s perspective on your life! Dear Helga, Halloween is coming up, and I have no idea what I’m going to dress up as and I don’t know what to expect in terms of South Dakota weather. Will I

Bring back the notebook

Bring back the notebook

Imagine waking up to find that every college in the United States had banned all kinds of technology from all classes. I certainly would not mind. Spending four years at a high school in Turkey where any kind of technological device except a flip phone was banned taught me that