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Remembering our humanity and prioritizing mental health
November 10, 2016

When the leaves began to change colors in early fall, a part of me was happy and eager to observe the beautiful change of the seasons. Another part of me felt apprehension and an odd sense of dread. I remember during my first year I got so nervous once it was autumn that I couldn’t even enjoy the fall colors and it didn’t make sense to me because I used to really enjoy this time of the year. I was transitioning into college and worrying about midterms at the same time the seasons were in transition, and for some reason that made me feel much more nervous.  More ...

2016 election indicates a regression of tolerance
October 27, 2016

This past Tuesday, Oct. 25, the Bias Incident Report team sent an all campus email describing an incident where a student “was subjected to comments from 8-10 men” who were outside of the Howard Diner. These comments were “sexually and racially harassing in nature.” After reading about this, I felt outraged, angry and sad for the student who had to deal with this treatment. What is even more sad, is that I am used to hearing about incidents similar to this one. The recently-released recording of Donald Trump talking about sexually assaulting women is quite similar. His words are fresh in my mind.  My question is, why, in 2016 are these things still happening? Why, in this day and age, are women still subjected to sexual and racial harassment? How is it that this is acceptable in any way shape or form in the United States of America? We are supposed to be a progressive nation that seeks to liberate all those with a history of oppression and all those who have been exploited. Yet today, unarmed black mens’ lives are being systematically ripped away. Our presidential candidate Donald Trump is using rhetoric of racism, islamophobia, sexism, ableism, bigotry and unthinkable hate that is unacceptable for a person who is supposed to represent the United States and run our country. What do other countries think of us, with a presidential candidate such as Donald Trump? What do our youth think?  More ...

A call to digitize housing lottery
April 28, 2016

Everyone on campus knows that the housing lottery is horrendous. It’s a stressful time of year that causes a lot of campus contention and drama. How can we change this process? More ...

How the Femme Monologues spoke to me
February 18, 2016

This past Sunday on Valentine’s Day, the Womyn’s Center hosted their second annual Femme Monologues.  When I first heard of this event, I immediately knew I wanted to go, but I was a little reluctant.  What if I couldn’t relate to any of the monologues?  Many of the monologues I’ve seen in the past have come off as more of a performance and not genuine enough for me to feel something. I wanted to connect with the womyn performing and I really hoped that I could.  So, although I had my reservations, I went to the Femme Monologues anyway and I was not disappointed. More ...

Kim’s talk guided students to compassion
February 4, 2016

On Tuesday, January 26, founder and publisher of the popular online feminist magazine Everyday Feminism Sandra Kim came to Hamilton to talk about how we, as students, can take an intersectional approach to ending sexual assault and domestic violence in our campus community.  Given that one-in-four women and one-in-16 men will become victims of sexual assault at some point in their lives, it is important for us to have workshops like these. Sometimes, however, people are very reluctant to talk about sexual assault because of the sensitive nature of the topic. So the most pressing question is how can we create a community within this campus in which we can provide support for our fellow students who have been victims of sexual assault?  If one of your friends told you that they were a victim of sexual assault, what would you say? It can be difficult to know how to react in such a situation, but Sandra Kim, who has extensive experience working with victims of sexual violence, stated that the most important thing to do is to listen. More ...

New security policies seem reasonable
January 28, 2016

Over winter break, Fran Manfredo, the director of campus safety, emailed students with some new security policies for the spring semester.  Among these policies was a ban on hoverboards along with the installation of new security cameras in public areas across the Hamilton campus. More ...