Opinions

By Henry Jarvinen As many of you probably know, there was a petition to revoke Sen. Susan Collins’ honorary degree from St. Lawrence following her recent vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh. While I stand with Dr. Ford, this petition…

This week has been devastating. It has left us with tears in our eyes and pits in our stomachs. It has been almost unbearable to watch. In case you missed it, on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, the U.S. Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh, a man…

The term slut is usually negatively connoted, and even more commonly it is assumed female. A slut usually describes a woman that sleeps around with a lot of people. In times of pure monogamy, when there was really only one (sexual) partner…

Being in a new place is hard. It’s scary, really, especially when you’re 348 miles from home and are visibly different from everyone else. I can’t speak for all students of color on campus, but for my first weeks here I had to contemplate…

The Hill News is only successful if it represents all students across campus. However, in past publications, we have failed to do this. As your student-led newspaper, we, The Hill News, would like to formally acknowledge and apologize for…

UFC 229 was one of the most exciting nights in UFC history to date. While the feature of Conor McGregor versus Khabib Nurmagomedov was expected to be explosive given their history, no one could’ve expected the brawl which broke out at the…

The news coverage around Brett Kavanaugh is yet another proof that women in the media can only be two things: the vicious villains that, purely out of spite and revenge on men as an entire gender, want to take down successful hard-working…

How many women must come forward with allegations against a powerful, white man in order for their accusations to be taken seriously? The fact that we even have to ask ourselves this question is something that makes me absolutely sick to my…