The life of the college student is as idealized as it is misunderstood. Popular culture often depicts us as perpetually happy and carefree: drinking out of red Solo cups, throwing Frisbees or reading on the grass under an old oak tree. Those who have graduated before us will tell us, with great confidence: “These are […]
It isn’t news that men often dismiss feminism because we consider it too radical or because we don’t quite understand it. Many of us were raised to think that way — the very word “feminism” either made us frown with disapproval or left us confounded in our ignorance. However, accepting that feminism is just and […]
This column is responding to Will Hall’s column “Statue opinion must be challenged” published Nov. 3. Will Hall’s opinion is nothing new, and it might even seem compelling. “Confederate symbols exist to remind people of their ancestors; removing them from public spaces is an authoritarian reaction that plays into the hands of a mob mentality” […]
Essentially, contextualization doesn’t work with Confederate statues in public spaces because it’s a policy based exclusively on the white experience. It pleases nostalgic fans of cherry-picked, sanitized history and guilty white “liberals” alike. The former remain satisfied with their symbols standing tall, while the latter seem content with a little paragraph to ease their guilt. […]
I can’t think of a better way to salvage the presidency of Donald Trump than with a federal investment plan for the most impoverished regions of the country, starting with the state of Mississippi. The poorest state is also home to one of the poorest regions in the country — the Mississippi Delta. Making America […]
I always found the American phrase “the elephant in the room” to be very fascinating. It’s a bizarre idiom, but it’s one that provides a powerful metaphor. This phrase gives us a way to mention something so embedded in culture and society that it often proves hard to address. Every place and time has its […]
They prepare our food in the Union, serve us our coffee in the library, clean our classrooms and bathrooms and do many other indispensable jobs for our university. Yet the low-wage workers who make this campus function every day get very little time in our thoughts and considerations. The line at the Starbucks provides a […]
Introductory language courses should have two main purposes: teaching the basics and developing the student’s interest in the language so he or she has an incentive to continue studying it. Since these goals seem like such common sense, I am surprised to see that intro-level language courses almost always require students to purchase and use […]
To anyone worried about political correctness taking over college campuses across the country, I have a safe space for you. Sadly, for our university, that space is no other than our beloved Grove during tailgating season. Saturday, what was supposed to be a celebration of college football became an ideal environment for racial tensions. The […]
Five friends walk into a bar. They have driven separately, and now they’re ordering glass-bottled drinks and tasty dishes packed with meat and cheese. This is not the setup for a joke, but rather a common scene in our dining and entertainment practices. It’s also a scene that shows how little attention we pay to […]
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