When the new academic year of 2015/16 started, I arrived among more than 60 other international students at Wheaton College. What differentiated me from most of the others is that I am […]
The dangers of the fashion industry
For four weeks now I have been sitting in front of Youtube with a warm cup of coffee, scrutinizing all the clothes on the world’s runways. The New York and London fashion […]
Destructive Habits: Reflecting on Wildlife Tourism
Wildlife tourism and watching has had an adverse effect on breeding, animals’ habitats and their behavior, as well. In some cases, just the mere presence of people can disturb an animal’s habitat. […]
The final straw: Donald Trump vs. the Pope
Last Thursday, Pope Francis questioned Donald J. Trump’s faith, suggesting that “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian.” The Republican […]
Justified violence: living under the Israeli occupation
The past month has seen a spike of violence amongst Palestinians and Israelis across Israel and the occupied territories. Some are calling this wave a third Intifada, or uprising, the previous two […]
#IStandWithAhmed
A fourteen-year-old boy brought a homemade clock to school and hours later the Texas teen was accused of creating a hoax bomb and arrested on sight. After a brief investigation, no charges […]
Don’t blame the laborer: the necessity of decriminalizing prostitution
Abortion and prostitution are very similar. They both involve the separation of sex from reproductive consequences, whether by abortive or preventive methods of birth control. The selling of sex predates any contemporary […]
Sollner: Heimatgefühl (a sense of home)
On the news that I would be going to Wheaton, my best friends’ dad Rudi Bernklau sent me a Bee Gees song and some wise words: “All of us went to places […]
Jennings ’18: The last pan-African leader
Robert Mugabe, in his acceptance speech following his appointment as chair of the African Union (AU), said: “African resources should belong to Africa and to no one else, except to those we […]
Al-Mogahed ’18: Yemen and the backlash of foreign intervention
To understand the situation in Yemen, we should understand the historical and geographical facts about the country and the region. Yemen is located at the south end of the Arabian Peninsula where […]