You’ve probably seen that Ancestry.com commercial — the one where Kyle, who grew up thinking he was German, takes a DNA test and discovers that his ancestry is mostly Scottish, and trades […]
In Defense of the Western
In 1987, a group of Stanford students held a protest against the University’s Western Culture requirement. As they marched they chanted, “Hey hey, ho ho, Western culture’s gotta go.” Jesse Jackson happened […]
Credit to Nowhere: The Problem With Unpaid Internships
Over the summer I worked my dream job. Sadly my dream job didn’t pay me. Let me clarify: I am a double major of English and Film, by pursuing this degree I […]
Professor Stephanie Daniels on battling with breast cancer and her return to Wheaton
On June 1, 2017, Daniels “was at home with [her] son who was recovering from getting his tonsils out” when the call came at 12:30: “Stephanie, you have breast cancer. You’re not […]
Toxicity right before us: the hazardous of constant news intake
Roughly a year ago, amidst the constant headlines concerning President Donald Trump and the stream of news surrounding the Russia probe, I began to research what has now become a fascinating area […]
Welcome to the second Space Race
Fifty years ago, two Cold War titans pitted their brightest scientists, most innovative engineers, and bravest explorers against each other as they competed for technological and social dominance. The Space Race was […]
The 1 in 5 Sexual Assault Statistic is False // Words and How They Matter in Activist Spaces: A Response
The 1 in 5 Sexual Assault Statistic is False by Tre Ayer ’20 In 2007, the Campus Sexual Assault Study (CSAS) reported that approximately one woman attending college in five (19.8 percent) […]
Passing on the Right: an academic necessity
Conservative demagogues have long argued the existence of institutional discrimination against conservative professors in the academy. This discrimination, they argue, occurs through the various forms of hyper-partisan peer-review processes, discriminatory hiring practices, […]
America’s Nation-Building Dilemma
The phrase “nation-building,” in a vacuum, sounds positive. Building, after all, is constructive. Nevertheless, this phrase has become something with near universally negative associations in discussions of foreign policy. Of course, it […]
What We Talk About When We Talk About The Holocaust
I will forever be fascinated by how my Jewish Day School handled Holocaust Remembrance Day. There were three parts to it, each of which accorded with the maturity of the students involved. […]