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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Illustration by Holly VanVoorhis.

Crossfire: Girlboss; Slay, or Nay

Isabel Mathy and Chloe Hansen October 27, 2022

I'm Not A Girlboss; I'm Ontologically Evil - Kyle Mathy "Girlboss," typically associated with the likes of Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is normally about women...

The problem with copaganda

Isabel Mathy, Opinion Columnist October 20, 2022

Journalism and propaganda have operated together in the United States since its inception. In modern media, copaganda (propaganda by and for cops) has seen a steady stream of content. This content reproduces...

Illustration by Holly VanVoorhis.

My favorite singer is problematic, and I don’t care

Natalie Comerford, Opinion Columnist October 20, 2022

It seems impossible to keep up with celebrity drama. Take, for example, Rex Orange County’s recent sexual assault accusations, Taylor Swift’s enormous carbon footprint or Kayne West’s anti-semitic...

Why Whitman has a segregation problem

Kainat Ansari, Opinion Columnist October 20, 2022

Diversity and globalization of the campus is one of the biggest advertisement factors for U.S. colleges and universities. On these campuses, tokenism is mainly used to attract international students and...

The importance of inhabiting beautiful spaces

Chloe Hansen, Opinion Columnist October 5, 2022

The human mind thrives on beauty. We ache for the picturesque; we heavily decorate our spaces; we take breaks from our own designs to enjoy the aesthetics of nature; we decorate ourselves in a great variety...

Illustration by Megan Suka.

Cross-Fire: Stay in or walk out?

Natalie Comerford and Bex Heimbrock October 5, 2022

Performative activism- Natalie Comerford A flier plastered on campus for the Oct. 4 abortion rights walk-out reads: “STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST. DO NOT LET YOUR VOICE BE SILENT.” Students...

The romanticization of mental illness at Whitman

The romanticization of mental illness at Whitman

Ahmed Elsayed, Opinion Columnist October 5, 2022

Take a walk around campus; go into buildings and listen to people’s conversations. You will often hear statements glamorizing mental illness, if not making it a personality trait or an aesthetic. While...

Illustrations by Holly VanVoorhis.

On Salman Rushdie: An endangered art

Chloe Hansen, Opinion Columnist September 29, 2022

On Aug. 12, 2022, novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed 15 times on stage prior to giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. Why aren’t we protecting our writers? Why, unprotected,...

Beer goggles, munchies and Title IX violations

Natalie Comerford, Opinion Columnist September 29, 2022

Every year, we have the same dude, Jason Kilmer, come in and give a talk to freshmen during orientation week about “Beer Goggles to Blackouts, 'The Munchies' to Memory Issues." It’s supposed to be...

Genocide or conflict? Israel vs. Ukraine

Isabel Mathy, Opinion Columnist September 29, 2022

Israel violates nearly every single one of the 149 articles of the Geneva Convention in its actions against Palestine and falls into most definitions of genocide. Still, the United States has doubled down...

Illustration by M Hu.

Cross-Fire: Cancel Culture

Ahmed Elsayed and Kainat Ansari September 22, 2022

Cross-Fire is a new bi-weekly Opinion column where writers go head-to-head on the issues that matter. This week's issue: cancel culture —is it anti-progress or a progressive utopia? Read, share and then...

A rocky relationship with accessibility

Natalie Comerford, Opinion Columnist September 22, 2022

Outdoor appreciation is fully endemic in Whitman’s culture. Physical ability is something that many students at Whitman take great pride in and, in many ways, it dominates social culture. Love of the...

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