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  • When the Wind Takes Hold

    SailGP is a global sailing championship where top national teams race identical cutting-edge F50 hydrofoiling catamarans. Their shared goal; to win the Rolex SailGP Championship and the $2 million cash prize, and to do so they must overcome the shifting nature of the wind.

  • The Illusion of Equality in Tennis

    Identical trophies and matching prize money at Wimbledon suggest a perfect model of equality, but the symmetry is skin-deep. Beyond the headlines, conditional fairness reveals a sport still shaped by structural gaps and biased media framing.

  • Surviving the Seconds

    The 2026 Winter Olympics proved how quickly control dissolves into turbulence. Years of preparation met seconds of unpredictability. Each athlete arrived in Italy chasing the same impossible goal. Success depended on strength, skill and the ability to survive the physical, psychological, and environmental challenges offered by the Games.

  • Redefining Academic Work

    As AI policies shift from “banned” to “brainstorming,” students are left navigating a moving target. The lack of clarity transforms academic work into a performance of compliance rather than proof of learning. Ultimately, the AI era isn’t just changing how we write, it is exposing the poorly defined purpose of academic work itself.

  • When History Ran Hot

    In the summer of 2003, it killed silently behind closed apartment doors. Years earlier, guitars screamed through the streets of San Francisco; over a decade later, disco records were blown apart on a baseball field in Chicago.

  • Starting Over at 20-Something

    By your early 20s, you are supposed to know who you are and where you are going.  At least, that is what it feels like.

  • Round the Table, Round the World

    Sharing a meal can turn strangers into friends. With Lund’s diverse community, these moments take on even more meaning. I sat down with people at LUSEM from different backgrounds to learn how they find collection and a sense of home through the moments they share around the table.

  • Falling Forward

    Every autumn, the trees remember how to let go. One by one, their leaves loosen their hold, drifting toward the earth in a dance. It looks like an ending, but nature calls it abscission, a necessary pause before new life begins. 

  • The Dopamine Rush: Hooked on the Maybe and How to Break Free

    There’s nothing quite like the rush of unlocking your phone after a long day and being swept into an endless trail of social media clips tailored perfectly to your interest. What was meant to be a quick scroll turned into 45 minutes, where one person is telling you to give up studying and travel the…