On Cultural Appropriation and Cultural Appreciation
“Cultural appropriation?” I ask when my friend uses that term to justify why she can’t post a picture of herself ...
Opinion
On Knowing a Person Who Engaged in Public, Pro-Trump Harassment
In the four years before I became a student at Wesleyan University, I, like many others, was a student in ...
On Drones and Foreign Policy: Accountability on Autopilot
“Sometimes you have to take a life to save even more lives,” said President Obama’s CIA Director John Brennan in ...
Why Social Media Sites Must Treat Themselves as News Outlets
While many lament social media as the source of any and all of society’s ills, few are aware of the ...
An Open Letter on a Muslim Registry
To members of the Trump Administration, I’m writing to you to let you know that I intend to sign up ...
Unpacking Veteran’s Day, Flag Defacement, and Last Weekend’s Protest
Last Friday, there was a protest on the steps of Olin Library. During the protest, an American Flag was defaced. ...
Conservative Politics in the Modern Orthodox Community
Growing up attending Orthodox Jewish day school, I learned a lot about people’s intolerance toward my religion. I was taught ...
Why We Wrote “Amerikkka” on an Upside-Down Flag
On Nov. 11, 2016, we climbed the stairs in front of the anti-Trump post-election rally at Wesleyan University and painted ...
On Wesleyan Protests
My first day at the University was frightening, overwhelming, exciting, and anxiety-inducing. People always hear about the college experience, and I ...
Editorial: How The Argus Intends To Cover a Trump Presidency
Donald Trump campaigned on a platform of bigotry. He called Mexicans rapists, claimed that “Islam hates us,” was endorsed by ...