Community – The Whittier Miscellany

Addressing Voter Ignorance: What Would a Mandatory Civic Literacy Test Look Like?

March 29, 2018

Filed under Columns

It appears as though no stone has been left unturned in discerning Mr. Trump’s capacity to govern the United States of America as president: time and time again, he has shown himself to be an inept leader who incites his ba...

The Pros and Cons of Greek Life in College

March 29, 2018

Election Day Offers Solidarity Amidst a Fractured Country

Olivia O'Donnell, Community Writer

February 12, 2018

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With the rise of Trump came the dismantling of the democratic safeguards and the shattering of established norms. The expectations of a political figure to be poised, trustworthy, and civically aware crumbled, replaced by an ...

Freshman Workshop: Opening Doors for Discussion

November 6, 2017

Opinion: Jemele Hill, ESPN, and the NFL Controversy

Marley Morton, Columnist

November 6, 2017

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Jemele Hill, an ESPN personality SportsCenter host, was suspended for two weeks over a tweet. Hill, who is a 41 year old African-American woman, was already forced to apologize earlier this fall after calling President Trump a...

The Importance of Politics

Olivia O'Donnell, Columnist

November 6, 2017

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“Yale, where do you stand?” the stark white letters brazenly read. Unlike the various other posters hung one after another on a noticeboard at the university’s campus, this perfervid question dema...

Will Journalism Survive the Modern World?

Cecilia Ergueta, Columnist

November 6, 2017

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“You are the future.” Whether spoken half-jestingly, proudly, emphatically, or even desperately, these words grew to become “old news” at the 2017 Al Neuharth Journalism and Free Spirit Conference. The fiv...