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Noble Avellino

Noble Avellino is a senior in the School of Arts and Sciences majoring in economics and minoring in political science. Avellino’s column, “Noble’s Advocate” runs on Mondays.

AVELLINO: Young men are now important voting bloc in elections

If you have read any of my articles ever, you would know I was not thrilled about Tuesday's elections.Nov 12

AVELLINO: Joe Biden: Our last statesman

This election is going to be really close. Look at a million forecasts and the polls they aggregate, and you will see a million coin-tosses. Nobody really knows what is going to happen on Tuesday. If that makes you anxious, you should still do something because that is all we can do. But I cannot tell you what will happen.Nov 5

AVELLINO: This election, do something

There are seven days until Election Day. That is not a lot of time! But it is not nothing, either.Oct 29

AVELLINO: Rutgers is not big enough

AVELLINO: What will happen to American Left after November 8?

With three weeks until Election Day and my inevitable nervous breakdown, I cannot stop thinking about Nov. 8, 2016.Oct 15

AVELLINO: Rutgers' free speech rules equal censorship

At the beginning of the year, the Rutgers community was treated to this special nugget by University President Jonathan Holloway on free expression.Oct 9

AVELLINO: Chappell Roan's views should not be taken 'to go'

Not every celebrity can perfectly navigate the tricky world of politics. There is a balancing act every celebrity has to perform between wanting to keep as many fans as happy as possible, and wanting to say what is on their mind. It is a complicated game and rarely do even the most media-savvy celebrities get it right.Oct 1

AVELLINO: Holloway benches himself as U. president

On Tuesday, University President Jonathan Holloway announced that he will not be seeking a renewal of his term as president at the end of his five-year term.Sep 24

AVELLINO: Beware Stein's siren call

This presidential election is going to be frustratingly close.Sep 17

AVELLINO: Women's chess coverage needs improvement

I first got into chess when I was 4 or 5 years old. My grandfather, always eager to give his grandson a much-needed shellacking, showed me how the game works. As a casual fan, I did not play much until the pandemic, when chess experienced a tremendous boom due to the popularity of streamers and online play. I love playing the game, and I especially enjoy watching it at the competitive level.Apr 23

AVELLINO: Sonia Sotomayor must retire from Supreme Court

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. In the landmark case that overruled Roe v. Wade, the Court decided that a Mississippi law eliminating abortion rights after the 15th week of pregnancy, even in cases of rape and incest, was constitutional. It also eliminated the federal protection for everyone across the country.Apr 16

AVELLINO: Nex Benedict deserved dignity

On Wednesday, 16-year-old student Nex Benedict's full autopsy report was released.Apr 2

AVELLINO: TikTok is not only social media that sucks

Approximately a week and a half ago, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a bill to force the social media app TikTok to be sold to an American company or be banned from U.S. app stores. The near 300-vote margin of victory was a huge bipartisan show of force against the national security threats posed by the Chinese-controlled social media platform.Mar 26

AVELLINO: TikTok is probably getting banned — good

The process of banning TikTok oscillates between glacial and breakneck.Mar 12

AVELLINO: Do not valorize suicide

Content warning: suicide Mason Escamilla remembered Aaron Bushnell as a “normal, quiet, friendly, quirky guy.” Escamilla attended a vigil held on Friday for Bushnell, the 25-year-old serviceman who committed suicide via self-immolation on February 25 in order to protest Israel’s war in Gaza.Mar 5

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: On recent opinion column discussing portrayal of Israel-Hamas war in media

The Israel-Palestine conflict has horrified the world. The atrocities committed by Hamas against civilian Jews and Israel's disproportionate response against innocent Palestinians deserve our reflection and attention. What also deserves attention, though, is the clever lying, lazy reasoning and outright anti-semitism my "progressive" peers have demonstrated over the past few days. On Monday, The Daily Targum published a column that nearly checks all three.Oct 16 2023