Author: Xavier Quiles

Before I proceed to discuss my intended topic, a disclaimer is warranted: I am not an economics expert, and I do not claim to be. Nor am I interested in analyzing specific details of business or finance, as I am not going to be arguing from an innately numbers-based premise.  I could care less about …

I hate personality tests. At first, they look so nice and inviting, almost as if I’m being offered airplane sprite and a wonderful Biscoff cookie on a flight. I get so excited because finally, I’ll be able to understand myself! I take the test, as giddy as when I got LEGOs for Christmas as a …

Hello again. Recently, yours truly was considering what to write about for this week’s opinion column. And I had a wondrous thought: What if I wrote about the separation of church and state and how that bedrock of American society is being undermined by the religious right in our country?  According to the Washington Post, …

So, Southern changed its sexual integrity policy. Now it’s updated. And there we go; the story ends there. This isn’t newsworthy. It’s just an update on a policy that has existed forever, and some students will still either hate it, love it or not even care.  But wait, there are two things that are different …

The late Queen Elizabeth II. That feels weird to say.  For the past 70 years, the world has had only one British monarch. And, at the end of it all, she became the longest reigning British monarch of all time. With such a long reign, it is understandable that many, including I, attribute a highly …

Hi. My name is Xavier Quiles. And that’s the end of this article.  Just kidding. I would be fired if that were the case.  But why exactly does this not work? Isn’t telling you that I am Xavier Quiles enough? I mean, this article is supposed to be an introduction to who the new opinion …