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Looking through a new lens

Chester, Pennsylvania. Karachi, Pakistan. 34,000 people in one city, 23.7 million in the other, give or take. I attended Chester 101 during the spring of my freshman year as part of the community-based learning component of my World Religions course. Chester 101
September 10, 2015

How do we talk about speech on campus?

The argument seems never-ending. Every news-conscious college student in the country, or maybe even the world, knows about the issue of campus free speech. Countless publications, professional and amateur, have offered their opinions on the issue of campus speech codes, threatened academic
September 10, 2015

What is a Fuccboi?

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. What is
September 8, 2015

How We Can Improve Trigger Warnings on College Campuses

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. If you’ve
September 4, 2015

In policy, much back-patting with no impact

On August 31, President Obama began a historic trip to the Alaskan Arctic in order to highlight the effects of climate change on the region. Obama’s call to curb the CO2 emissions that are already melting glaciers in the Arctic and leading
September 3, 2015

The campus culture conundrum

I hated the college left before I even started high school. At the tender age of twelve, I began my political education in earnest, at the foot of what was then a novel portal into the wider world: the Internet. This proved
September 3, 2015

How and why to keep your eye on the money

As I begin this column, my peers in the Class of 2019 are walking back to their dorm rooms from our first collection. We are coming back from an evening of reflection about ourselves, our position in this world, our transition into
September 3, 2015

Who wins and loses in the sharing economy?

In today’s economy, the most sought-after real estate is your phone screen. Our economy is rapidly transforming into a shared economy where assets are rented or borrowed rather than owned. Many modern tech companies are essential to the shared economy movement. On
September 3, 2015

Not feeling the Bern: why Sanders would be a disaster

I’m a pretty liberal dude. But I’m not going to vote for Bernie Sanders. Some of it is electoral mathematics. A drawn-out primary fight is a dangerous proposition for the Democrats, and one Senator Sanders is likely to lose. But say I’m
September 3, 2015

College should try harder to retain employees

In light of the recent departures of Lili Rodriguez, former dean of diversity, inclusion, and community development, and Amer Ahmed, former director of the intercultural center and dean of the sophomore class, and anticipating the imminent departure of Mike Elias, current assistant
September 3, 2015
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