Blake Martin is the opinions editor for The Daily Cardinal.
I owe you something, and you owe me something, too. I have no idea who you are, and you’ve probably never met me before — but that’s the point. While it might be tempting to focus on ourselves, and ourselves alone, we can’t ignore that our own wellbeing often relies on those around us.
On Nov. 1 at midnight, high school seniors across the U.S. submitted their early action applications to secure their spot as part of the class of 2030. This spring, over half will receive a rejection letter. With college admissions in the rearview mirror, enrolled students have started to take their place at UW-Madison for granted. As a student body, we owe it to hopeful future badgers to give falling back in love with UW-Madison another chance.
On the other side of the country, Florida residents are bracing for the second devastating hurricane in under two weeks. There, it’s hard to accept this might be the new normal. What does this have to do with us in Madison? As individuals here and across the country, we’re not doing nearly enough to stop the climate crisis that’s causing more intense natural disasters.
In this installment of the Cardinal Call, host Oliver Gerharz speaks to Daily Cardinal Opinions Editor Blake Martin about his article on Canvas, a Learning Management System that UW–Madison uses to connect its students to their classes at all times. In his opinion article Students have a right to leave the classroom. Canvas isn’t helping, Blake argues that changes should be made to the use of Canvas on campus through the angle of a student’s right to disconnect. Articles in this week’s “campus news in brief” segment: UW System president defends recent campus free speech policies in address to conservative groups – Ellie Huber and Bryna Goeking ‘It’s the same history repeating itself’: Wisconsin Black Student Union holds vigil in memory of Marcellus Williams – Srijeeta Patra
Students deserve the “right to disconnect” from their learning environments, and for instructors, softwares like Canvas have made that too easy to forget.
COVID-19 lockdowns have fundamentally changed the way pop-culture fans interact online. While virtual communities have grown stronger, so has an inability to separate artistic criticism from personal attack.
Not all college campuses allow for wider community engagement: it's time for students at UW-Madison to make the most of stepping outside of the "campus bubble"
With access to mental health treatment on the rise, “therapy speak” has become an important tool in clinical spaces. But it has the potential to be weaponized outside of the office.
Life on a campus of 50,000 people can be lonely, but it doesn’t have to be. Our unrealistic expectations of the college experience are to blame.
In a culture where convenience is king, dating as a young adult has lost its purpose.
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