Opinion: Democrats Cannot Continue to Fear Monger about 2024
By Terra Hobler, Opinions Editor The rematch that nobody wanted is becoming more and more inevitable as primaries take place throughout the country, but Joe Biden’s greatest threat this election cycle is not a candidate in the primaries. It might not even be his opponent in the general election come November–Joe Biden’s biggest enemy is himself. With the genocide in Gaza being perpetrated unimpeded for months in front of the eyes of...
Wealth Inequality: An Environmental & Social Crisis
By Leah Nath, Staff Writer Though the climate crisis is still a highly debated and politicized topic, the consequences of global warming are being increasingly felt all around the world. Many of the world’s nations are clinging aggressively to their nationality and to the means of national evaluation by which we judge a nation’s worth. These concepts of evaluation are arbitrary and human-made, giving us the valuable opportunity...
Opinion: Privatized Higher Education and Sustaining the Status Quo
By Terra Hobler, Opinions Editor As someone who grew up in an area with conservatives, I have often heard it said that college campuses across the country are riddled with “liberal indoctrination.” While I have always found this narrative slightly amusing, I could not help but simultaneously get annoyed by it. There is obvious irony in saying that higher education results in people becoming liberals, but as a student on Gettysburg...
Opinion: Student Senate on Establishing Reasonable Grading Practices
Framework and Basis The below opinion (S/RES/2401) was amended and approved by the Student Senate during its weekly meeting on February 12, 2024. The opinion was drafted by the Student Senate Opinions Committee during the week of February 4, 2024. The Committee found that, in general Students are dissatisfied by the current system of grade posting and the timeliness of grade returns. There exists inconsistencies in how professors...
Opinion: The United States Must Act to Protect Human Rights in Palestine
By Vincent DiFonzo, Staff Writer Since Oct. 7, over 30,000 people have died as a consequence of the Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent Israeli assault on Gaza. No matter how you feel about the long and divisive Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there is no question that the world faces a massive humanitarian crisis—civilians on both sides are dead, millions are displaced from their homes and basic human rights have been repeatedly...
Opinion: The Case Against Animal Consumption
By Leah Nath, Staff Writer In no way is the climate crisis a result of the common person’s actions, nor is it our individual responsibility to solve it. The culprit lies with the companies and organizations who directly benefit from the further degradation of the environment—thus in the capitalist system of America, they are only incentivized to continue destroying the Earth and convincing the world that climate change is not real....
