Selfish Volunteerism
Nandin Ganjoloo, Opinion Columnist
December 7, 2018
Filed under Columnists, OPINION, Uncategorized
With finals in just a couple of days, I was binging “Friends” as any responsible student should. Two characters had an argument in “The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS.” One claims that there are no selfless good deeds, because feeling good about the deed made it selfish. For the rest of the episode,...
Reviving the Estate Tax
Jack Fleming, Opinion Editor
November 29, 2018
Filed under Columnists, OPINION
The very mention of the word “taxes” makes many Americans quake in their boots. Indeed, the idea that US citizens and businesses should pay large amounts of money to the government fills many Americans with righteous indignation. One form of taxation in particular, the estate tax, has drawn the ire...
OP-ED: Letter to ASWC
Ethan Raffman, Junior
November 29, 2018
Filed under Letter to the Editor, OPINION
ASWC is coming up with a new plan to better serve and represent the student body. Part of the plan is to create a new student union where engaged and interested students can work together to improve campus independently of the existing administration. In their infinite wisdom, the representatives...
He Who Must Not Be Named
Dani Schlenker, Opinion Columnist
November 29, 2018
Filed under Columnists, OPINION
Sometimes I feel as though on Nov. 8, 2016 I stepped out of my progressive, Obama-loving American reality and into J. K. Rowling’s ingeniously compelling fantasy series featuring a young man named Harry Potter, where wizards take on issues of genocide, racism and at times even government corruptio...
Interpretations of Truth
Gavin Victor, Opinion Columnist
November 25, 2018
Filed under Columnists, OPINION
Thought experiment: how much of the way you go through your everyday life is really based in cold, hard, scientific fact? How many of your actions are dictated by calculations and complex logical analysis? If you go through your day with this question in mind, chances are you’ll realize you tend to act ...
Revisiting Food at Whitman
Dana Walden, Opinion Columnist
November 25, 2018
Filed under Columnists, OPINION
I have so many problems with the Cleveland Dining Center that if I were to write about all of them, I would probably take up most of page seven. Fortunately, my editor would never let me do that, so you are spared from the incendiary rant that could have ensued. But I am not alone in my anger — t...
Cycles of Satire: Addressing Mass Shootings
Nandin Ganjoloo, Opinion Columnist
November 25, 2018
Filed under Columnists, OPINION
Following the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting on Oct. 27, 2018, I read the “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens” headline on the satirical news outlet The Onion. I thought it had a good point and humor is always a plus for me, so I followed The Onion on socia...
OP-ED: Whitman’s Money Perpetuates Violence
November 9, 2018
Filed under Front Page Slideshow, Letter to the Editor, OPINION
Power, privilege and race. These are everyday buzzwords at a school like Whitman where everybody is eager to prove their progressive politics. But what does this mean in terms of environmentalism on campus? Climbing gyms, Patagonia jackets and young toned, national park frequenting white bodies...
OP-ED: My Letter of Resignation from ASWC
Ari Louie, Former ASWC Sophomore Senator and Senate Educator
November 9, 2018
Filed under Letter to the Editor, OPINION
I resigned from ASWC and my letter of resignation is below. I am sharing it here because I believe that transparency is important to the integrity of our student government; ASWC did not publish my letter or any notification of my resignation. Dear Senate and Students, I am writing to you because I am resignin...
Contextualizing Outrage Culture
Cy Burchenal, Opinion Columnist
November 9, 2018
Filed under Columnists, OPINION
Public vigilance is a critical part of democracy as a concept, because in order to act via their vote and voice, the public must be both informed and actually care. People, as fallible actors, are prone to failures of character. Bigotry of many kinds exists in prominent positions both in government an...
Critiquing Modern Masculinity
Jack Fleming, Opinion Editor
November 9, 2018
Filed under Columnists, OPINION
In modern-day American society, unspoken and antiquated definitions of masculinity and a profound unwillingness to discuss male insecurities adversely affect men of all ages. We still have this idea that male vulnerabilities are entirely unacceptable and must be repressed. This absolutely must change. Ma...
Divestment: An Economic Perspective
Dani Schlenker, Opinion Columnist
November 9, 2018
Filed under Columnists, OPINION
During the height of the U.S. anti-apartheid movement in the 1980s, college students all across the nation protested university investment in companies that traded with or owned operations in South Africa. Due to increasing pressure from these students, many institutions divested from these companies ind...
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