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Lalita Rai, Opinion Columnist

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A brown cow with a tag on its ear stands on a manure-covered ground. Opinion Columnist Lalita Rai encourages consumers to avoid purchasing furs, skins and other styles of fashion that cost animal lives. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Fashion shouldn’t cost lives

By Lalita Rai, Opinion Columnist
November 20, 2024
A tax form and two arrows – one pointing up and the other pointing down – sit beneath the words "Look Both Ways" and above the topic of the week. Should taxes be lowered? (Jackson Shields | Northern Star)

Look Both Ways: Taxes

By Santiago Montañez Bertoletti and Lalita Rai
November 20, 2024
Mt. Thamserku sits under a pink sunset sky east of Khumjung village in Nepal. Opinion Columnist Lalita Rai grew up in Nepal and attends NIU as an international graduate student. (Lalita Rai | Northern Star)

International student pushing through

By Lalita Rai, Opinion Columnist
November 17, 2024
Lanterns and candles glow in celebration at Pottenger House, the location of the NIU Center for Burma Studies and the NIU Center for Southeast Asian Studies, on a late autumn evening. Opinion Columnist Lalita Rai encourages international students to find ways to connect with their culture on campus. (Courtesy of Aye Myat Mon)

Culture must be evolved, not abandoned

By Lalita Rai, Opinion Columnist
November 13, 2024
Five segments display five elements - sodium, iron, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen - as they appear on the period table and with a basic atomic structure diagram. Which periodic element is most like your personality? (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)

Poll: Which periodic element best represents your personality?

By Lalita Rai, Opinion Columnist
November 12, 2024
Six panels show pictures of different classic international foods and the flags of the countries they originate from, including: tacos, croissants, sushi, pizza, burgers and momo. What's your favorite classic international dish? (Northern Star Graphic)

Poll: Which classic international food is your favorite?

By Lalita Rai, Opinion Columnist
November 7, 2024
Two shadows lean in toward each other over a phone with a notification from “Baby” that reads “Hey, where are you?????” Opinion Columnist Lalita Rai believes infidelity is never justified and that the status of every romantic relationship must be continuously communicated between partners. (Daniela Barajas | Northern Star)

Cheating is never justified

By Lalita Rai, Opinion Columnist
November 6, 2024
Shopping bags, a ghost holding a trick-or-treat bag, and craft supplies sit beneath the words “Look Both Ways” and above the topic of the week. Is it better to wear store-bought or homemade Halloween costumes to celebrate All Hallows’ Eve? (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)

Look Both Ways: Store-bought versus homemade Halloween costumes

By Ethan Ernst and Lalita Rai
October 28, 2024
A table in the Founders Memorial Library displays Safe Passage items and information. Opinion Columnist Lalita Rai encourages all cultures, religions and societies to abandon the dangerous ideology that women should remain in every marriage, even abusive ones. (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)

Love should never be violent

By Lalita Rai, Opinion Columnist
October 23, 2024
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