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With the clashing of cultures in our increasingly globalized world, the need for understanding is as relevant as ever. Historically, religion has been one of the most important and sometimes controversial areas of culture. It is one thing to understand where a person is from, but what about understanding his or her most fundamental religious beliefs? More ...
When I ran for Student Assembly President at the end of last semester, my running mates and I pushed a platform of diversity and inclusion. This platform aimed to lead the campus in taking concrete steps toward positive social change, together. We’ve kept our focus on this goal in SA all semester. More ...
Although many people will recognize this as an almost repetitive sentiment, my resignation email from Student Assembly has a bigger focus than just representation. As I read over last week’s Student Assembly minutes, however, two things became clear: our student representatives misunderstood the broader implications of the letter, and many became defensive rather than receptive in response to the issues I raised (aren’t our representatives supposed to lead by example?) Not only would I like to clarify some of my statements, as I did not receive the opportunity to do at the Student Assembly meeting, but I would also like to drive home why the issues in Student Assembly are a micro-representation of the culture on this campus. More ...
Every day I’m still surprised by the fact that organizations (fraternities) built on policies of white supremacy, the enforcement of cisnormative binaries, heteronormativity, the dehumanization of women and a number of other destructive systems of oppression could somehow still carry these foundations into the present day. More ...
Around the middle of February, the income from tuition, room and board runs out. From that point until the end of the academic year, the College relies on donations from Hamilton’s alumni, parents and friends. More ...
I am writing in response to “Treatment of Conservatives at Hamilton College,” published in Volume 4, Issue 19 of The Enquiry and written by Elizabeth Barry ’17. More ...
In response to the opinion article in the 2/16 issue on the current late night jitney policy: More ...
We accept the upcoming retirement of Dean Nancy Thompson with reluctance. She deserves rest and quiet, but we receive this news as a loss. When appointed dur- ing our sophomore year, she was a warm and welcoming administrator. She soon became much more. More ...
More than a quarter century ago, while working at another college, I was sent to meet a Somali and his family at the airport and bring them to their new home in the United States. It was a moving experience – one of the most profound of my life. More ...
To the Editor: I wish to personally acknowledge Lana Gura in these pages not only because she was a classmate, a friend, a one-time Spec copy editor, and a fellow young journalist. Lana was also a hidden fixture of my tenure as editor in-chief of this newspaper. More ...