People often dismiss the consumption of reality TV as a “guilty pleasure” and regard it as lowbrow, but I feel no embarrassment about my love for it. Beneath the chaos and confessionals, there is something that is worth taking seriously.

We don’t have to dismiss AI just because it is currently in the hands of greedy corporations. We can make a conscious choice to shift the conversation to something productive and meaningful, instead of putting it down altogether.

I hear students criticize St. Louis all the time. Whether making fun of the city as a whole or calling any neighborhood outside of Clayton “ghetto” or “dangerous,” students can be insensitive when it comes to describing the St. Louis area. However, these criticisms are often misguided, sheltered, and classist.

Now, the focus of making music is on picking out a certain color palette or figuring out what pose looks best for a poster. These used to be afterthoughts, a menial task to complete after the album is made, but now it’s the main event. Music has become another way for celebrities to mobilize fame. The goal is to appease the fangirl: to create a cult following that obsesses over you and the persona you provide, not the music itself. We talk more about what outfit our favorite artist wore at their concert, or what their album cover looks like, and less about the music itself.

As polarization deepens and skepticism of higher education grows, WashU School of Law hosted a panel last Thursday night to discuss how universities can better educate students for democracy.