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Deplatforming Hate: A Tool to Combat Bigotry
On Thursday, September 6th, Alex Jones, noted right-wing conspiracy theorist, was banned from Twitter. This is the latest in a long line of social media platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Spotify) to remove content associated with Mr. Jones or…
Thoughts on a Bittersweet Victory in India
On Thursday, September 6, 2018, the second-most populous country in the world, India, decriminalized gay sex.
The Indian supreme court ruled to repeal a colonial-era law that deemed gay sex “unnatural” and decided to take a stance…
Identity Perception & Productive Dialogue: Finding Common Ground in a Polarized Society
By Guest Writers: Bernardo Moreno '18 and Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan '18
Everybody Take a Breath.
Now that the ACE investigation has been completed and people have had the opportunity to reflect on the racial climate on campus due to…
St. Lawrence University is My Home… Where Are My Family Pictures?
All photos courtesy of Ndirangu Warugongo '18
The premise of this piece was initially meant to focus on the lack of iconographic representations in our SLU community. The concern came to my attention as I began to consciously walk…
In Defense of A Dear Friend
Personal attacks rarely yield institutional changes. I write this with respect to the Damn Danielarticle by Mougheis Umar.
I mention this author not to attack him, but to criticize his approach and sweeping generalizations. I wish to…
Damn Daniel
I wasn't shocked at Daniel Banta's winning the award for journalism in the moving up day ceremony. In fact, I expected it because this school prides itself on freedom of speech practices and Daniel used it to its utmost potential…
Explanation Over “The Oppression™ Olympics”
Given the nature of some of the responses I received over my article "The Oppression™ Olympics," it is clear that I failed to effectively communicate my point. To those who interpreted my article as laughing at the experience of…
On The Oppression Olympics
Last Wednesday, Dr. Steve Gimbel, professor of philosophy at Gettysburg College, gave a philosophy lecture on humor ethics at St. Lawrence University. During this lecture, one of the things Gimbel posited was that we put ourselves at a…