Category: Viewpoints

Maggie Dougherty View Points Editor Makeda Teklemichael View Points Editor Chloe Burdette Editor in Chief Samuel Casey Editor in Chief Megan Tuennerman Managing Editor   Dear Scots, As the 2020 presidential election draws closer, we recognize that political polarization is higher than usual. In an effort to ensure that members of our campus community treat…

Makeda Teklemichael Viewpoints Editor   I always hear actors speak about how in romance movies you have to read their eyes, because they say eyes speak better than words. Of course, that just seemed like something too cliché to me at the time, but wouldn’t you be surprised that all we can do now is…

Maud Bulman Contributing Writer   Content Warning: Reference to violence, death, and family seperations.   There is a war going on. One like we have never seen. It’s not just of poor vs. rich Or Black vs. White. It is a war of the suppressed. A war of the voices that have not been heard.…

Alexander Cohen Contributing Writer   Polarization is an unfortunate phenomenon. In today’s polarized political climate, I find it important to comment on the nature of polarization in an effort to help stave it off. Have you ever thought about how we justify various policies? Should we keep children locked in cages or is that going…

Annays Yacamán Contributing Writer   Content Warning: This article contains reference to violence against people with uteruses and people of color, human rights abuses, and forced sterilization.  On Sept. 15, 2020, the first day of Latinx Heritage Month, the people of the United States were forced to reckon with another violation of human rights by…

Aspen Rush Contributing Writter   If you had asked me a year ago to predict what I would be doing right now, I would have guessed studying abroad, working at the Voice, writing my junior I.S. and going to dance parties. I never would have guessed I would be taking a gap semester, living in…