My last weekend was pretty memorable, to say the least. On Sunday, March 2, I was arrested at the White House while protesting the Keystone XL pipeline. I was part of a mass youth march and peaceful civil disobedience movement called XL Dissent. More than 1,200 people took to the […]
Op/Ed
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Letter to the Editor – 3.07.14
We just can’t let the historical inaccuracies in the February 24, 2014 Mount Holyoke News feature article, Strengthening...
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10 things I learned in my first semester
1. Home and the importance of family: When I was a freshman in high school I’d often remark that I wished life had...
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The future of assisted reproductive technology
Recently, the Gender Studies Department on campus has hosted a number of events on the topic of Assisted Reproductive...
My experience at the Keystone XL Pipeline protest
Over a thousand students from schools across the country took to the streets on Sunday, March 1 and marched from Georgetown University to the White House, protesting the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. I had the incredible opportunity of being one of them. We marched to the chants of “Hey, Obama, […]
Read more ›Letter to the Editor: J-Show ’14 a fair representation of the class of 2015?
There are two types of humor in comedy. The first involves the comedian laughing with the audience while the second involves pointing fingers and laughing at the audience. Junior Show 2014 belonged to the latter category. Like everything related to school spirit this year, it had a Harry Potter theme […]
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