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Why Start Over? Understanding the Semi-Gap Year

Pursuing higher education is a privilege that not everyone has. The preparation also starts long before university, when we are still in school. From taking tutoring classes every day, joining paid practice tests, to buying prep books, all require extra effort to get ready for university entrance e…

If We Can Just Type It, Why Bother Handwriting? Here’s Why

With the increasing prevalence of digital devices and technology in the digital era, handwriting gradually plays a less important role, especially with the widespread use of keyboards on computers, tablets, and smartphones. This phenomenon, reflecting the significant impact of technological advance…

Beyond Campus Discipline: What These Cases Reveal About LGBTQ+ Students and Institutional Justice

Recent disciplinary controversies on Indonesian campuses have sparked widespread debate among students. One case involved students who reportedly received severe sanctions after engaging in consensual same-sex intimacy on campus. Around the same time, discussions surrounding cases of sexual harassm…

Once a Student, Now a Mentor: Alexei Wahyudiputra’s Journey in EDSA UNAIR

The same classroom that once witnessed a student learning in silence now hears him teaching with confidence. That is now the story of Alexei Wahyudiputra, a graduate of the English  Language and Literature Department of the Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Airlangga, who became a lecturer in the …

Letterboxd and the Fear of Having Bad Taste

Which cinephile has never heard of Letterboxd before? This film-reviewing app, created by Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow in 2011, has started to gain more attention among movie enthusiasts. Users can log the films they have just watched, add movies to their watchlists, rate them, and write af…