Perspective | Caliber Magazine

Browsing Category Perspective

Perspective 0
Valentine’s Day: A Retraction

In the days of my girlish innocence, when clouds were made of lace and sunsets tasted like orange crème, I picked up the Torch of the Eternal Flame. …
On February 14, 2016 / By Jesslyn Whittell
Perspective 0
In Pursuit of Perspective

At a time before planes, trains and automobiles even existed, Saint Augustine once said, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a …
On February 6, 2016 / By Paula Gomez Villalba
Perspective 0
Shedding Shame, Showing Skin: The Role of Nudity in Feminism Today

My mother raised me with a dichotomy of ideals regarding my body. For one, it is a temple, to be treated with utmost respect. But it is also …
On February 5, 2016 / By Gohar Abrahamyan
Current 0
A Breakdown of FOMO: What It Is and How You Can Overcome It

Refresh, scroll, and repeat—the telling symptoms of someone who has FOMO, or an acute “Fear of Missing Out.” From a college student’s perspective, it seems that more individuals …
On February 2, 2016 / By Rita Guo
Perspective 0
Why I Can’t be an Astrophysicist

I was in the eighth grade sitting in algebra one when my teacher accused me of cheating in front of the entire class, subsequently crushing my mathematic aspirations. …
On November 17, 2015 / By Kathleen Leuty
Campus 0
Taking The Plunge: The College Bathroom Experience

It’s difficult to think about starting college without the ideas of change and adjustment coming up. It’s the topic of conversation at dinners, at picnics, while waiting in …
On October 20, 2015 / By Anisha Dangoria
Current 0
California’s Drought: Not Just a News Headline

Drought—a bland, one-syllable word with a slightly drawn out sound, lasts for less than a second before evaporating into the more substantial parts of our sentences. Drought is …
On June 15, 2015 / By Rita Guo
Current 0
Counting Quarters: The Struggles of being a Five-Feet-Nine and a Quarter Inch Male in America

If Lee Harvey Oswalt tilted his rifle just a quarter inch to the left, JFK probably would have been around for another six years of presidency. If Ralph …
On March 12, 2015 / By Daniel Nissen