Anya Marquardt, Author at The Statesman

The consequences of romanticizing mental illnesses

Anya MarquardtMental Health 2020 Op-eds Special IssuesOctober 4, 2020October 9, 2020

#OPINION Do not rely on a show or movie that portrays someone with a mental disorder to make you declare that you have a disorder. The romanticization of mental health is harmful to all of us, whether you have a mental disorder or not.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy deserves to be remembered

Anya MarquardtOp-eds OpinionsSeptember 30, 2020September 30, 2020

#OPINION Ruth Bader Ginsberg spent her entire life breaking gender norms and fighting for others. No matter how difficult the challenge ahead of her was, she continued to persevere.

To all college students: Stop partying

Anya MarquardtOp-eds OpinionsSeptember 12, 2020

#OPINION Many academic institutions across the country have reported outbreaks of COVID-19 on their campuses, with many of them being attributed to a common occurrence: Parties. These parties need to stop to allow students to safely remain on campus.

Do your part – vote for USG elections this week

Anya MarquardtOp-eds OpinionsSeptember 10, 2020

#OPINION It is up to us, the student body, to choose who we want to represent us. We should take advantage of this opportunity, as those in office will be the ones who push for more initiatives to help the student body.

A college student’s perspective on quarantine

Anya MarquardtOp-eds OpinionsMay 25, 2020May 25, 2020

COVID-19 has affected us all in one way or another. For college students like me, it meant turning our lives upside down – we lost the familiarity of seeing our peers in a physical classroom setting.

Why we should stick with primaries and leave caucuses behind

Anya MarquardtOp-eds OpinionsMarch 4, 2020March 5, 2020

It is counterproductive to have two different types of preliminary votes, especially when one is already being used more than the other — the majority of states using primaries instead of caucuses.

Downplaying the severity of the coronavirus is counterproductive

Anya MarquardtOp-eds OpinionsFebruary 22, 2020February 22, 2020

Anya Marquardt is a freshman English major and journalism minor. In late 2019, a new strain of the respiratory illness known as coronavirus began to take form in Wuhan, China….

Iowa caucus results plagued by new technology application

Anya MarquardtOp-eds OpinionsFebruary 9, 2020February 9, 2020

The Iowa caucuses took place last Monday — the first caucuses to take place in the 2020 election season. The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg, won by a slim margin.

Dealing with Instagram’s poor customer service was a nightmare

Anya MarquardtOpinionsNovember 24, 2019November 24, 2019

Instagram is easily one of the most popular social media apps of this decade. As of June 2018, Instagram has 1 billion monthly users, compared to 130 million monthly users in June 2013. It is the second most-used app after Facebook, which bought Instagram in 2014.

Don’t let the USG vote for you — the vote is yours

Sam Lauria & Anya MarquardtOpinionsNovember 15, 2019November 15, 2019

The USG elections will directly impact us, as SBU students, so play your part by voting in the election.