The Vector

The Sinister Politics of E-Cigarettes

Katherine Ji, kji, and pagrawal • February 21, 2019

In 2015, Juul began releasing USB-rechargeable e-cigarettes and cartridges (called pods) with 5% nicotine content—the equivalent of one pack of cigarettes—while competing companies offered products...

Why We Need a Wall, and How Trump Wasted Our Time

Flynn Thomas • February 17, 2019

In game theory, chicken is an experiment that everyone is quite familiar with: the only way to make the other player yield is to make a definitive statement that you're willing to risk mutual destruction....

Hague Judge Resigns from Post Following Overt Interference from US and Turkey

Parth Agrawal • February 17, 2019

Christoph Flügge, a senior judge at the international courts in The Hague, Netherlands, set off a storm of controversy by resigning from his position, citing claims of extensive political interference...

Left, Right, Middle: Is there a point to this government shutdown?

Beshoy Shokralla • January 31, 2019

Is there a point to this government shutdown? Do you anticipate a compromise? Which side is being unreasonable here? Please note all opinions were written during the shutdown and reflect the reality of...

Left, Right, Middle: Is there a Problem with Straight-Ticket Voting?

Adrian Wong • October 24, 2018

[one_third]Liberal - Nicole Cheney In a country with a broken political system, it’s hard to place the blame on any one individual for their particular voting choices. Straight-ticket voting, an option...

Left, Right, Middle: Do you believe the nature of a city gives rise to crime, or is it the citizens? Is it a mass fabrication?

Carmel Rafalowsky • October 15, 2018

[one_third]Liberal - Nicole Cheney Cities as we know them have statistically higher rates of crime due to the nature of urban America. Just by virtue of greater anonymity, denser living conditions,...

A Prisoner’s Dilemma: China-U.S. Trade War

Anuj Patel • October 15, 2018

On March 1 of 2018, President Trump rolled out a series of tariffs on China. On his personal Twitter account, he tweeted “when a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually...

Brett Kavanaugh: The Story So Far

Beshoy Shokralla • September 26, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh is the latest judge to be nominated to the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump. His hearings came to an end on September 7 and committee voted to send him to the full chamber on September...

Left, Right, Middle: Do You Believe that Singularity is Inevitable?

Rahul Kapoor • September 26, 2018

[one_third]Liberal - Rahul Kapoor Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla CEO, recently launched Neuralink, which is a venture to merge the human brain with Artificial Intelligence. The goal of this initiative...

US Senators Pushed to Pay Up

Victoria Nguyen • May 1, 2018

Male republican U.S. senators do not believe that they should pay for their own sexual harassment settlements. As of Thursday April 19, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) was the only male senator of his party to...

NJIT: Political Bubble or Political Apathy?

Nicole Cheney • April 24, 2018

College is often stereotyped as a magical, liberal fairytale land in which all conservative ideas go to die. There is some merit to this concept, though not quite as extreme as those on the left would...

What Media Sources Do You Rely On?

Akinlolu Aguda • April 17, 2018

[one_third]Liberal — Akinlolu Aguda Spotify, Facebook, Instagram; in that order, these are my primary mass media sources. They are mostly all that I have the energy for. I utilize...