Opinion: The Brighter Side of Greek Life
By Miranda Zamora, Contributing Writer I always used to tell myself that I would never join a sorority. It just never seemed like my kind of thing. I was worried about hazing and cliques, and was especially concerned about the price tag that comes with joining Greek life. So, I joined Alpha Phi Omega on campus as an alternative to joining a social Greek organization. It’s cheaper and focuses more on service to the community. But now,...
Opinion: I Didn’t Want a Bid
By Grace Verbrugge ’22, Contributing Writer We’ve all heard it before. Someone makes a valid critique of a Greek organization on campus, whether it is about heterosexism, classism, systemic violence, or general inaccessibility, and rather than being met with genuine concern for the root of the critique, a dismissive response is issued by swaths of members: “looks like someone didn’t get a bid.” This type of response has,...
Editorial: An Opportunity to Rebuild
By The Gettysburgian Editorial Board When the pandemic began, the word most often used to describe this period was “unprecedented.” Lockdowns were unprecedented, widespread masking was unprecedented, and the thought of draining our lives of the company of others was also unprecedented. Hardly anyone living had previously survived a public health crisis of this magnitude. With more than a year and a half behind us, “unprecedented” is...
Opinion: Afghanistan: Biden’s Foreign Policy Disaster
By Ziv Carmi, Contributing Writer For the past few weeks, Americans have been watching the events unfolding in Afghanistan. Perhaps some felt shock, others horror. The botched American withdrawal from Afghanistan was an avoidable foreign policy failure on the behalf of Joe Biden and his administration, and the effects of this disaster will reverberate both at home and abroad for years to come. After 20 years, it seems that the...
Opinion: An End to the Western Occupation in Afghanistan
By Vanessa Igras, Staff Writer Twenty years and two trillion dollars later, Afghan citizens are left with an overthrown government and a splintered Afghanistan, all in the American spirit of enforcing Western-style democracy and keeping terrorist organizations at a theoretical bay. This 20-year tragedy has exposed America’s false sense of ideological superiority among the East. The truth is, the United States did not set realistic...
Opinion: How Should the College Heal from the Pandemic?
Compiled by George Malian, Opinions Editor We asked faculty, staff, and students how they think the College should move forward from the pandemic. Here’s what they had to say: Hakim Williams, Professor of Africana Studies and Peace and Justice Studies “I think that healing will look differently for different aspects of the community. I think that it’s important that faculty, and many already do this, be increasingly welcoming to...
