COOMBES: Vote ‘Yes’ on Amendment One Nov. 3
By Devan Coombes | October 22, 2020It is time to end gerrymandering and create election maps where everyone — no matter their race, gender, socioeconomic status or political affiliation — is represented.
It is time to end gerrymandering and create election maps where everyone — no matter their race, gender, socioeconomic status or political affiliation — is represented.
Holding classes and exams on Election Day might not seem like voter suppression in the same way that closing polling locations or adding unnecessary registration requirements may, but professors have, for decades in some cases, weaponized their positions as educators to make it more difficult for students to vote.
To ensure we receive the basic necessities for life and to make sure we enter a healthy world, we need to vote — and vote like our lives depend on it.
While not a definite fix to these issues, demographic reporting on the part of the Inter-Fraternity Council, the Inter-Sorority Council and individual houses can help draw needed attention towards any racial disparities that may exist.
In a community that relies upon personal accountability for its survival, students have been critically deprived of their ability to self-govern.
With the rising tuition rates and economic instability of the nation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work-study students are more pressed than ever to find jobs to help make their way through college
Remembering 9/11 should not be considered a conservative tradition.
Pro-choice means to support an individual’s ability to make decisions about their own body.
Individual positive experiences in Greek Life do not erase systemic failures and malice.
Everyone should call their Senators and push for a nomination hearing after the next president is elected.
The University must ensure an equal playing field for all students, ensure a diverse applicant pool, and ensure a Lawn cohort which reflects the contemporary community
The University not only has a responsibility to protect the health and safety of its students, faculty and staff but also that of their families and respective communities.
The problem with merit scholarships is systemic — creating a bidding war between universities for affluent students.
No matter how much we love our country, we do it and ourselves a disservice when we elect to overlook its misdeeds.
We should expect the students, staff and faculty leaders of FCA to give everyone the respect they deserve.
At the core of both the Trump administration and Jim Ryan’s administration is the claim that reopening the economy or school is “worth it” despite the expectation that people will die and get sick.
The University must act with brevity in unrolling new lanes of communication between Student Health’s Psychological Services and students.
Throughout American history, it has always been Black individuals fighting against the systems of oppression put into place by the white population — it is way past time for white Americans to join the fight.
Loving America is a question of caring about how our nation lives up to its ideals — something which is most apparent in how it treats its citizens.
With just under three weeks before classes start, the University must come to terms with the reality of the pandemic — it is either safe to proceed with a socially-distanced reopening or it is not.