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...
Opinion: Confucianist Warriorship Standpoint: My Serving as a Role Model Benefiting the Countless Under the Heaven
By Rivolia Chen Xiao-Yu (陳瀟玉), Contributing Writer In August 2021, I — a Confucianist warrior — visited some families who were guests of the Trump Hotel in Washington D. C. Initially, based on what I know and believe in, I refused to enter the hotel. I was later told that my younger family members who have not reunited with me face-to-face for three years found it difficult to leave the hotel for reasons such as the hot weather. At...
Opinion: Abortion Bans: PA Could Be Next
By Emily Dalgleish, Editorial Board Manager We have been holding our breath for this moment: a test of Roe v. Wade with the conservative Supreme Court. On Tuesday, the Court did fulfill an emergency request to block an abortion ban in Texas that prevents abortions after a heartbeat is detected, around six weeks of pregnancy. The ban goes against the precedent of Roe v. Wade that protects a person’s right to an abortion before fetal...
Opinion: Confucianist Warriorship Standpoint: My 204 Hours of Hunger Strikes and My Contribution to Improved College Policies Benefiting More Than A Thousand People in Devotion to China the Hallowed Land’s Native Heritage
By Rivolia Chen Xiao-Yu (陳瀟玉), Contributing Writer I constantly correct myself when I should, adjusting myself while living with my many imperfections and even mistakes. At the same time, my accomplishments (rather than various mistakes) in this life of mine are eternal and beautiful symbols of learning, wisdom, and courage — illuminating the world and benefiting the countless — as well as a Chinese person’s loyalty and love...
