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Normative minorities: No love lost
Travis Marmon I like to think of myself as a socially liberal and progressive person. My vote is always most likely to go toward the candidate who supports marriage equality and wants to reform our country’s many racist institutions. I consider myself a feminist, because I understand that feminism’s ultimate goal is equality between the…
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Guns and preventable casualties
Anna Fleming It has been said that the politics of gun control are impossible to reconcile. I believe that we can get to the heart of the issue by asking the following question: What is of value to us? To get to the bottom of this, we must recognize that there are three components involved…
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Revising US gun control regulations
Rachel Sullivan In the past year, several acts of gun violence have caused a renewed debate over gun control laws. Most notable among these cases is the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman in a supposed act of self-defense. This November, 19-year-old Renisha McBride was shot and killed by Theodore Wafer. McBride approached…
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Guns and criminality
Bryce Benefield The prohibition of an item or material by a governing authority presents a peculiar opportunity for those willing to defy the law and possess the prohibited items. The inherent danger involved in the transportation and distribution or use of prohibited commodities has proven throughout human history to be a relatively lucrative business. The…
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The politics of gun control: From where do we derive our values?
Abby Helvering I trust the fire department, but that doesn’t mean I don’t own smoke detectors and fire extinguishers. I trust the police also, but that doesn’t mean I won’t own a gun when I live on my own. There is no question that gun violence is a terrible, terrible problem, and one that has…
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What does “liberal arts” mean?
Janet Zahorsky “Wooster is a liberal arts education.” This is a phrase that I have heard and repeated almost as many times as I’ve politely corrected my relatives’ pronunciation of WOO-ster. I used to think that a liberal arts education meant fulfilling a certain number of Q, H and R requirements while taking classes where…
