The Dangers of Forgetting
It may seem as though all of the talk about Charlottesville, Virginia is getting old. I get it. We’ve heard about it at Convocation, it…
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Stuck in an Echo Chamber
Acceptance and respect are not synonymous, and it took me a long time to realize that. I always hear others say “let’s agree to disagree,”…
Free Speech Run Rampant
It was a chaotic time. The birth of a new American democracy was already causing political turmoil, and one man, James Madison, was tasked with…
What Happened: A Premature Criticism
Over the summer, I decided to finally begin going through the reading list that I accumulated over the school year, and I started with Shattered:…
The Detrimental Effect of Being an “Ally”
As a news junkie, I get irrationally excited when I open Google News and see multiple headlines for the exact same event, thinking that something…
Space Colonization: Is It Really Worth It?
“I don’t think we will survive another 1,000 years without escaping beyond our fragile planet,” proclaimed physicist Stephen Hawking in November. This notion is shared…