Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who was blacklisted from the NFL in 2016 for kneeling during the National Anthem, recently sparked controversy when he likened the NFL drafting process to...
Too often, the good-hearted leftist makes a critical mistake: in an attempt to behave sensitively and to not say anything unjust or offensive, they swing back around to the other side of the horseshoe...
Before the start of this spring semester, I knew I had to notify all my professors that I’d be gone the week after spring break for a trip to Europe with my former high school. I had planned and fundraised...
Unbelievably, mass shootings are on the rise. On paper, it doesn’t make sense. Crime has been on a largely downward trend for decades, gun ownership in America is half of what it was a half-century ago...
Panic! At The Disco broke up and a furry has unveiled the TSA no-fly list. The internet and my brain are in shambles ... and I’m the most inspired I’ve ever been.
We all have idols, some stranger...
In Japan, people sleep on trains! Or at least that was the claim made by YouTuber oliSUNvia in her video on insignificance. The power of the exclamation lies entirely in how it presents us with a previously...
Isabel Mathy, Opinion Columnist
• December 8, 2022
It's August 2020, and I’m mindlessly scrolling through TikTok for what must be an hour straight and "Money Trees" by Kendrick Lamar keeps popping up on my feed. The videos are mostly of white women dancing...
I enjoy noticing the distinct sound of quiet when it snows, the smell of air as it gets crisper in October and the leaves falling from the trees to create massive piles. I notice these things every single...
When we think of the word "invisibility," we think of it as the power to render oneself unable to be seen. This term appears to be very simple on the surface, until we realize that invisibility is a privilege....
Chloe Hansen, Opinion Columnist
• December 8, 2022
Words are castles. Too often it is the most comfortable choice in our lives to cross the drawbridge and vanish inside. One can speak for hours without saying anything, beating perpetually around the bush...
"The winner of the midterms: gerrymandering" - Isabel Mathy
Alabama’s seventh and Louisiana’s second are the only congressional districts Democrats won in the two states on brutally gerrymandered...
The New York Times Best Seller and subsequent non-profit Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL) describes Whitman College as a place which, well, changes lives. The CTCL’s entry on Whitman College reads:...
