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Charting Delhi’s changing political skyline

A strained silence fills the hall as Delhi’s newly elected chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, rises from his seat to address the Delhi legislative assembly for the first time. He wears the same scarf and sweater that he wore throughout his campaign. His
January 30, 2014

Not enough professors to go around

Over the past week, I have attended several department information sessions in preparation for the sophomore plan. More than any of the requirements, recommendations and advice on the proper way to explain a major choice to disapproving family members, what has stuck
January 30, 2014

Civic engagement and Student Council

Student Council has a leadership problem. While reorganizing and expanding the organization may provide more structure and manpower, it does not address the underlying issue. Few people really know or care about what Student Council does, and Student Council doesn’t assert itself
January 30, 2014

Controversies of Billboard’s top 10

The year 2013 will be remembered for many things: Egyptian protests, national security scandals, new popes. For the people who watch the pop charts, however, 2013 will be remembered as one of the worst years for mainstream music in a very long
January 30, 2014

Should everyone attend college? Probably not

For many years, my grandfather told me: “You just need that degree,” as if going to college was some requirement for adulthood. Having grown up in a coal-mining town in western Pennsylvania, my grandfather regrets that he was never able to afford
January 30, 2014

God, privilege and thankfulness

The hardest thing for me to grasp in my religious questioning, even today, is the idea of inferiority, smallness and lack of control. As I grew up, I would proudly hoist up my accomplishments with pride. My mother would remind me to
January 30, 2014

The problem with following mass atrocities

I’m probably biased, but when I think about the worst suffering humans can endure, it’s hard to think any further than mass atrocities.  Not only does it connote terrible hardship on the part of the victims, it also demonstrates a capacity for
January 23, 2014

What happened to open academic debate?

College campuses like ours are — well, should be — defined in large part by open-mindedness and a willingness to listen to people with different perspectives. Swarthmore Hillel’s decision to welcome speakers of all opinions, “be they Zionist, anti-Zionist, post-Zionist or non-Zionist,”
January 23, 2014
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