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College COVID plan is flawed and dangerous
Maggie Dougherty Viewpoints Editor As someone who dedicated my summer to working as a case investigator for my state health department and spent hours each day telling people how to stay healthy in the midst of a global pandemic, I really can’t stress enough how flawed our campus testing strategy is. Now that many of us have returned…
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In a time of change, animals provide unity
Megan Tunnerman Managing Editor “What is your favorite animal?” is one of the most common icebreaker questions, but actually has a lot of depth. Think about it — how many people have refused to answer that question in front of you? Likely very few. No matter how “cool” a person considers themselves to be —…
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Letter to the editor responds to alumni concerns about Scot Council
Olivia Proe To the editor: As incoming president of Scot Council, I would like to take this opportunity to address the concerns some of our alumni have voiced regarding the new governing body. I am proud of the governing body that students have worked so hard to create, and strongly believe the creation of Scot…
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Alumni express concerns over new student government, Scot Council
Jordan Griffith Members of the Board of Trustees, We write to you as a collective of former members of Student Government Association (SGA) and Campus Council (CC) regarding the proposal to merge Campus Council and the Student Government Association into one novel organization. The following letter enumerates our concerns that the proposal weakens students’ access…
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Class of 2020 deserves better communication about graduation plans
Claire Montgomery Senior News Writer I don’t think I am alone in thinking that our administration went above and beyond in the initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We were sent information as quickly as it came, there were in-person meetings and then online meetings, and we started getting daily emails. Additionally, I don’t think…
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Administration should have consulted students when making commencement decision
Marco Roccato Contributing Writer The Class of 2020 has been and is a group of incredible people. Students from the Class of 2020 have been scholars and community leaders: they created unique research projects, they led student organizations through years of changes, they stuck with an institution whose tuition hikes made it harder and harder…
