Three years ago, I wrote my first ever Argus article. It explored my frustration with the lack of queer spaces at Wes, an institution I assumed would have a more established feeling of queer community as an incoming freshman. Looking back at that article, I have mixed feelings. On one hand, I see an opinionated […]
After midnight, the traffic lights along High Street are excused from telling you how to take turns. They abandon the cycle that involves green and instead leave rudimentary instructions, pulsating with warning colors. The cars on High Street don’t have to stop; they get a flashing yellow signal, which means proceed with caution. And if […]
This past spring, I was hired by Vermont State Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale’s campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives as their Southern Vermont Field Organizer—essentially the point person for everything south of Rutland City. We were competing in a fierce contest for the first open Vermont seat in Congress since 2006, and excitement across […]
The question of whether we can still appreciate an artist’s work while acknowledging that the artist themself is controversial or problematic is one that doesn’t necessarily have a yes or no answer. Recently, Kanye West, whose legal name is Ye, has further committed himself to antisemitic rhetoric and remarks. Ye has long been known for promoting […]
There’s nothing I (Dill) love more than a little chinwag with the girls. Whenever a horrifying or embarrassing situation happens, the only saving grace is the knowledge that I have a story to tell my friends, and even the most stomach-wrenchingly, soul-crushingly humiliating situations have turned into funny little anecdotes. So when you marry my […]
I was Spock for Halloween. The costume itself was a silly affair, as Halloween costumes tend to be, involving affixing the insignia of Starfleet, the central organization of the “Star Trek” world, to my shirt, reshaping my eyebrows to emulate Spock’s iconic, severe look, and applying pointy latex ears over my own. Yet as I […]
When I walked into the first day of “Virtue and Vice,” the philosophy class taught by President Michael Roth ’78, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I, as a first-year international student with limited exposure to American collegiate classroom and campus culture, thought I might encounter a tweed jacket-wearing, serious looking academic. After that first […]
Long-distance with your partner sucks. Being limited to digital communication can change the dynamic of the relationship and make both parties feel cuddle-deprived. My (Doe) girlfriend and I live across the country from each other, so inevitably, we have spent multiple periods doing long-distance throughout our relationship. Through trial and error, we have figured out some […]
“What’s Roe v. Wade?” my friend asked, coming up behind us. I exchanged glances angrily with the other friend standing next to me. “This isn’t a conversation you want to be part of, trust me,” I said tensely. “It’s easy to be ignorant when you’re unaffected,” someone else snapped at him. He took in the […]
As a self-diagnosed hopeless romantic, there’s nothing I love more than a fat, juicy crush. That heart-racing, palms-sweating, cheeks-reddening rush. Catching their eye across the dining hall, brushing past them on a sidewalk, stumbling over your words, suddenly finding yourself aware of their exact position in every room— I live for those butterflies. But with […]