Massachusetts Daily Collegian

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A free and responsible press serving the UMass community since 1890

Massachusetts Daily Collegian
A free and responsible press serving the UMass community since 1890

Massachusetts Daily Collegian
James Mazarakis

James Mazarakis, Op/Ed Editor

James Mazarakis is the Editor of Op/Ed. Studying Sustainable Community Development and public policy, James is interested in theories of discourse and has been in Op/Ed since his freshman year.

All content by James Mazarakis
An Op/Ed manifesto

An Op/Ed manifesto

By James Mazarakis, Op/Ed Editor
April 30, 2020
Courtesy of Joe Biden's official Facebook page

NARRATIVE: What to say to your #NeverBiden friend

By James Mazarakis, Op/Ed Editor
April 27, 2020
Superfly Productions

Coping with a transforming world with ‘The Suburbs’

By James Mazarakis, Head Op/Ed Editor
April 23, 2020
Anish Roy/Daily Collegian

College students snubbed by CARES Act

By James Mazarakis, Head Op/Ed Editor
April 2, 2020
Courtesy of the Mike Bloomberg Facebook Page

Money won’t fix Bloomberg’s problems

By James Mazarakis, Opinion Editorial Editor
February 26, 2020
Official Netflix Facebook Page

The case against binge television

By James Mazarakis, Op/Ed Editor
December 4, 2019
Mehroz Kapadia

Der RSO-Bewerbungsprozess ist mit Problemen gespickt

By James Mazarakis, Jan Niklas Jokisch, and Xenia Ariñez de la Vega
November 24, 2019
Mehroz Kapadia

The RSO application process is riddled with problems

By James Mazarakis, Op/Ed Editor
November 20, 2019
Photo by Judith Gibson-Okunieff

At student-led protests, non-students should stay on the sidelines

By James Mazarakis, Op/Ed Editor
October 1, 2019
(Collegian File Photo)

Il miglior cibo di giorno, niente di niente la sera

By James Mazarakis, Alessia Guglielmi, and Eleonora Pellicano
April 11, 2019
Service de restauration primé le jour, désert alimentaire la nuit

Service de restauration primé le jour, désert alimentaire la nuit

By James Mazarakis, Margot Powers, and Florent Charrier
April 11, 2019
(Collegian File Photo)

Top dining by day, food desert by night

By James Mazarakis, Collegian Columnist
April 10, 2019
Alvin Buyinza/Collegian

Para a Associação de Estudantes (SGA): Pare de lutar por restos

By James Mazarakis, Charles Williams, and Gabriella Lalli Martins
March 27, 2019
(Alvin Buyinza/ Daily Collegian)

To the SGA: Stop fighting over scraps

By James Mazarakis, Assistant Op/Ed Editor
March 26, 2019
(Collegian File Photo)

Хватит на всё подряд класть лук

By James Mazarakis, Daniel Yurkovetsky, and Vadim Trubetskoy
March 10, 2019
(Collegian File Photo)

Arrêtez de mettre de l’oignon dans tous les plats

By James Mazarakis, Tanya Asnani, and Florent Charrier
March 8, 2019
(Collegian File Photo)

Dejad de poner cebolla en todo

By James Mazarakis, Álvaro García, and Adriana Rozas
March 8, 2019
(Collegian File Photo)

Stop putting onions in everything

By James Mazarakis, Collegian Columnist
March 7, 2019
Alvin Buyinza/Collegian

It’s okay that lots of people are running for President

By James Mazarakis, Collegian Columnist
February 6, 2019
Will Katcher/Daily Collegian

Not-so-absolute units: Describe course work-load accurately so students can prepare

By James Mazarakis, Assistant Op/Ed Editor
January 23, 2019
(Collegian file photo)

麻州大学餐饮: 不如不参与普林斯顿评论

By James Mazarakis, MJ Ma, and Mei Du
December 11, 2018
(Collegian file photo)

UMass: Drop out of the Princeton Review

By James Mazarakis, Assistant OpEd Editor
December 10, 2018
(courtesy of the 'Nancy Pelosi' official facebook page)

Pelosi should lead by stepping back

By James Mazarakis, Assistant op-ed editor
December 5, 2018
Kathrine Mayo/Collegian

Taking classes outside of your major can enrich your experience

By James Mazarakis, Collegian Columnist
October 23, 2018
(Will Katcher/ Daily Collegian)

Tratemos

By James Mazarakis, Adrelys Mateo Santana, and Adriana Rozas
October 12, 2018
(Will Katcher/ Daily Collegian)

Let us try

By James Mazarakis, Assistant OpEd Editor
October 11, 2018
(Flickr Creative Commons: Amira Elwakil)

Columbia Gas and National Grid failed us; now what?

By James Mazarakis, Assistant Op/Ed Editor
September 26, 2018
(David Swanson/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

言论自由不代表Alex Jones 对社交平台享有绝对权利

By James Mazarakis, MJ Ma, and Mei Du
September 11, 2018
(David Swanson/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Free speech doesn’t mean that Alex Jones is entitled to a platform

By James Mazarakis, Collegian Columnist
September 10, 2018
(Sinclair Broadcast Group/ Official Facebook)

Sinclair Broadcast Group’s message is covertly deceptive

By James Mazarakis, Collegian Columnist
April 19, 2018
Boycotts are part of the free market

Boycotts are part of the free market

By James Mazarakis, Collegian columnist
April 3, 2018
(Collegian File Photo)

UMass protest policy is dumb, but that’s the point

By James Mazarakis, Collegian Columnist
March 19, 2018
(Mike Stocker/Sun Sentinel/TNS)

An open letter to the students in Parkland, Florida

By James Mazarakis, Collegian Columnist
March 1, 2018
A national military parade can’t beat local parades

A national military parade can’t beat local parades

By James Mazarakis, Collegian Columnist
February 13, 2018
The solar panel tariff is not about jobs

The solar panel tariff is not about jobs

By James Mazarakis
January 31, 2018

Anecdotes do not show the full picture

By James Mazarakis
December 5, 2017

Amazon is abandoning UMass. What do we do now?

By James Mazarakis
November 14, 2017

Bedenken Sie die Auswahl, bevor Sie Ihre Stimme abgeben

By James Mazarakis
November 2, 2017

Considering the options when casting your vote

By James Mazarakis
October 31, 2017

Trump’s Twitter has unprecedented influence on society

By James Mazarakis
October 17, 2017

First response is important, but a long-term response is too

By James Mazarakis
September 19, 2017

Four takeaways from Boston’s ‘Free Speech’ counter-protest

By James Mazarakis
September 6, 2017
Steve Jurvetson

Driverless cars represent the challenges of hyper-innovation

By James Mazarakis
April 3, 2017
Abayomi Azikiwe/Flickr

North Korea in the tense spotlight

By James Mazarakis
March 21, 2017
In a February 2015 file image, Tom Perez as Labor Secretary attends an American Association of Retired Persons function in Washington, D.C. On Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, Perez was elected as head of the Democratic National Committee. (Photo by Mike Theiler/Pool/Sipa USA/TNS)

With Perez, Democrats remain in limbo

By James Mazarakis
February 27, 2017
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivers her concession speech on November 9, 2016, in New York. She may have had the worst of all political years, but she was hardly alone in taking hits during 2016's bruising political climate. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Money machines: unpopular and a waste of time

By James Mazarakis
February 13, 2017
President Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Karen Pence during a prayer service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

A Pence presidency is not great, but it may be better

By James Mazarakis
January 30, 2017
Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Donald Trump is gutting journalism with his Twitter

By James Mazarakis
January 23, 2017
(Jong Man Kim/ Daily Collegian)

Standing Rock’s message could save America

By James Mazarakis
December 6, 2016
(Erica Lowenkron/ Daily Collegian)

Protesting is our last front

By James Mazarakis
November 15, 2016
(Shannon Broderick/ Daily Collegian)

If you like Bernie Sanders, listen to him

By James Mazarakis
November 1, 2016
(Erica Lowenkron/ Daily Collegian)

Expanding the charter cap is gambling the taxpayer’s money

By James Mazarakis
October 18, 2016
Blue Coat Photos/Flickr)

Give us cybersecurity or give us war

By James Mazarakis
October 4, 2016
(Katie Peek/ Flickr)

Bridging the divide between eastern and western Massachusetts

By James Mazarakis
September 20, 2016
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