Elizabeth McCann/Staff Writer Internships are a key educational experience for students. It helps students gather experience to add to their resumes, narrow down career interests, and gain professional contacts and resources. However, not every student has the financial means to accept an unpaid internship. There are systemic barriers that have held minority and lower socioeconomic […]
Elizabeth McCann/Staff Writer Cancel culture needs to be canceled. It seems Orwellian to me that nowadays that mob mentality can discard someone’s works and merits like they never existed, all because of questionable words, actions or behaviors from their past. I am not talking about rapists, murders or other people who repeatedly exploit the vulnerable. […]
Elizabeth McCann/Staff Writer #DefundThePolice. When first I read this hashtag back in June, I was alarmed. Up until then, I had supported the Black Lives Matter movement, but this, I thought, marked the moment at which I could no longer bring myself to participate in it. I imagined a country plagued with anarchy and lawlessness. […]
Elizabeth McCann/Staff Writer The recent killings of unarmed citizens like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and more have brought light to racism and police brutality that is still present in American society and American institutions. In response, thousands of petitions have been circulating online advocating for legislation to protect and uplift Black Americans. A […]
Elizabeth McCann/Staff Writer On Friday May 13, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden used “Good Luck America”’s Snapchat platform to call for rent and mortgage forgiveness amid the current health crisis. This progressive approach is more fitting to our unprecedented circumstances than the alternative–postponing mortgage and rental payments. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) […]
Elizabeth McCann/Staff Writer Last week, United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced new regulations to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. These new changes will affect how colleges and K-12 schools handle sexual assault allegations, investigations and cases. However, there are too many stipulations in the proposal that excuse universities of the […]
Elizabeth McCann/Staff Writer This November may mark the fourth time ever that a woman’s name would be included on the election ballot in the United States. During last month’s Democratic debate, presidential candidate Joe Biden said that he would choose a woman as his running mate. Names that have been rumored to be in his […]
Elizabeth McCann/Staff Writer Coronavirus has been coined an “equalizer;” no matter what socioeconomic status, race or gender you are, no one is immune to disease. However, labeling it so is harmful and inaccurate. Though this disease is blind to status, it hurts the vulnerable people of our society more harshly. Therefore, coronavirus has instead highlighted […]
Elizabeth McCann/Contributing Writer From the moment I wake up to the time I go to sleep, everywhere I turn I see the word “coronavirus.” The common thread, however, is that I always see it on a computer, phone or television screen. I turn on the news and see a coronavirus headline with the daily count […]
Elizabeth McCann/Contributing Writer Imagine politics as a light dimmer switch that you slide rather than flip up and down. The political parties and its loyal supporters want you to believe politics is like a light switch that only has an on and off option. However, it’s not this simple. Rhetoric from political parties’ members in […]
Elizabeth McCann/Contributing Writer Around the age of seven, when I was at the Publix checkout line with my dad, he flipped magazines over to face the back of the magazine rack. At the time I would get embarrassed because people would stare and it would hold up the line. Now, I understand why he did […]
