Hacky sack circles are so hippie-dippy-liberal-artsy-granola-college it’s disgusting, and I’m a massive fan. I was vehemently opposed at first. You would not catch me making a fool of myself doing...
While in COVID-19 isolation, I spent my time binging the entirety of "Dance Moms" from start to finish, but before "Dance Moms," I was fully absorbed in the "Hunger Games" resurgence that had been taking...
Writer’s note: This article was inspired by the important lessons and ideas that I gained from my former philosophy major advisor, Professor Tom Davis. He helped me grow as a person through his teaching.
Why...
In 2020, the U.S. government spent $204 billion on roads and highways; compared to other state and local expenditures, highways and roads were the government’s fifth-largest expenditure. In the same...
The wet-blanket-ification of Whitman College has resulted in a campus culture of finger-wagging and desolate energy. Multiple times throughout this semester, I’ve asked my classmates, “Is it just...
Language is one of those things where, if I ruminate on it too long, I get amazingly overwhelmed and it starts to seem unbelievable. The number of languages in the world is incredible, and the countless...
This article originally appeared in the May 2, 2013 issue of The Whitman Wire.
Dear Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association:
Earlier this year, the Chicago...
In Nashville, Tennessee, two Black Democratic legislators were ousted from their seats in the State Legislature by Republican leadership. In Massachusetts, Governor Maura Healey vowed to keep the abortion...
Cancel culture is not a popular actor losing employment opportunities due to misconduct; rather, it is Colorado Springs Pulse Nightclub and Matthew Shepard. This is the logic of cancellation – out of...
This article is dedicated to everyone who has never found their name on a keychain souvenir.
I love my name; it’s mine, which makes it special. Unfortunately, it’s one of those names that people...
Etiquette as it is understood today has fallen into irrelevance at the cost of personal social freedom, mutual respect and the ability to be socially mobile. What happened?
I understand etiquette within...
One night in Seattle, my friend gets hit on in a line at Dick’s Drive-In. My friend and her suitor exchange Instagrams. The moment we load back into her car, we go on our phones. After finding his full...
