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(04/11/19 1:21am)
It seemed impossible for the Koch Brothers and the American Civil Liberties Union to champion a common bill. It seemed even more unlikely that congressional Republicans and Democrats could cooperate for a common cause. Nevertheless, in December 2018, Congress passed the First Step Act, a criminal justice reform bill, by the shockingly-bipartisan 87 votes in the Senate and 360 in the House.
(03/26/19 3:04am)
Fifty individuals were recently accused of securing spots for their children in elite colleges using alarming methods. According to the charges, the accused collectively paid over $25 million to fabricate standardized test scores, bribe admission officials and fake extracurricular activities for their children. In response, there was an outcry against the apparent ease with which wealthy individuals could buy coveted spots in prestigious universities.
(01/14/19 4:50pm)
The University recently began construction of the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers, a monument near Brooks Hall that will recognize the nearly 5,000 enslaved laborers who first constructed the early academical village. The memorial will also serve as a pedagogical tool, allowing people to gather and reflect on the University’s oppressive history. Building on these efforts to grapple with its past, the University should educate its student more fully about its legacy of oppression by developing a module on its history of racism and require all incoming first-years to take it.
(11/07/18 3:44am)
The Democratic Party is still debating how to respond to its lack of local, state and national power and a pugilistic, norm-breaking president of the opposite party in the White House. Just as policy debates have raged — should Democrats take an economic populist approach or hew to a centrist agenda? — another debate has emerged — whether the next Democratic nominee shouldn’t be judged primarily on policy priorities, but on how hard they can hit back against Trump. One such voice is Michael Avenatti, a trial lawyer who represented adult film actress Stormy Daniels and who, in a sign of the strangeness of our political times, is currently mulling a 2020 presidential bid.
(10/19/18 3:58am)
America’s criminal justice system is profoundly broken, and one of its most alarming features is its staggering incarceration rate for those not even convicted of a crime. American prisons incarcerate over 450,000 individuals who, unable to afford cash bail and accused of minor crimes, are merely awaiting trial within a U.S. prison. We must find alternatives to the cash bail system.
(10/11/18 12:43am)
Universities have a noble mission — to help their students engage with the world as enlightened, active and critical citizens. Implicit in this charge is the idea that university students should take a diverse and unexpected range of courses. According to the College of Arts and Sciences’ website, “A good liberal arts education… demands not only rigor and depth, but also sufficient breadth to expose students to a wide range of subjects and methods of studying them.” According to countless brochures and mission statements, the world’s most pressing challenges can’t be solved without critical thinking, curiosity and intellectual depth.
(04/12/17 5:23am)
I was sprawled over my desk, a broken man. My column — this column — was due in only a few hours, and yet for the past hour I’d been staring at a blank screen, the blinking cursor taunting me like a schoolyard bully. I would hazard a sentence or two only to backspace furiously, unable to escape the clasp of writer’s block.
(03/14/17 4:49am)
I like to run. It’s a morning ritual: my alarm rings and I groan out of bed, stretching and shaking the morning’s inertia from my body. I lace my shoes, don my polyester shorts and walk outside. Bitter cold — the kind that pricks your skin like a needle — usually greets me when I exit my dorm. The sting feels good as it shakes off the last traces of sleep.
(11/29/16 2:39am)
Look, I’m not always the paragon of “smooth.”
(11/15/16 2:21am)
Early in my first semester, my friend told me a memorable story about failure.
(11/01/16 1:47am)
When I imagined what college would be like, part of me believed each new day would bring some flashy, life-changing revelation. Every day, my life would be changed by some mind-bending book or some virtuoso lecture. Every day, I’d gain some unbelievable insight into the workings of the world.
(10/18/16 2:43am)
I love making jokes. Humor is an invaluable tool in life, helping to melt away suspicions, forge new friendships and inject otherwise arid conversations with brilliant flashes of energy. Without it, life would be incurably dull. And no matter which form it takes — light-hearted sarcasm, amusing accounts of past events, bread-and-butter formulaic jokes — humor never fails to brighten. The poet E.E. Cummings said it best: “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
(10/07/16 1:05am)
Before I left for college, I received my fill of well-meaning adages. People told me to work hard, play hard, stay up on schoolwork and prepare for the underwhelming dining hall food. However, my dad gave me the most memorable advice. “Jack,” he said one night at dinner, “college is a time to try new things and meet new people. Don’t forget that.”