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(04/20/16 9:44pm)
Most of you probably remember that the United States women’s national soccer team won the Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup last year. And if you do not recall this exciting victory, I’m willing to bet that it was far more popular news than the men’s team coming in 15th place the year before. This polarity in international prestige between the men’s and women’s soccer teams is not just a recent phenomenon. The U.S. men’s national soccer team has participated in several World Cups, with their best season occurring in 1930 when they came in third, followed by their more recent second best in 2002 when they reached the quarterfinals. By contrast, the women’s team has won three World Cups and four Olympic gold medals since 1991. In 2015 alone, they generated $20 million more in revenue than the men’s team. The catch? The women are paid a mere fourth of what the men earn.
(04/04/16 10:13pm)
Since the dawn of the digital era, the debate over privacy and security has been intense and fiercely controversial. It has morphed into a shouting match filled with abstract details and technical jargon, while the issue has become so politicized and polarized that a middle ground seems impossible to find. The matter has been portrayed as if personal privacy and national security lie on opposite sides of a spectrum, making it seem impossible to care more about one issue without caring less about the other. Recently, however, the debate has lost much of its exclusivity as a solely intellectual or political topic, finally reaching, even if only briefly, the mainstream dialogue.
(03/02/16 11:45pm)
Stop Trump. Now.
(02/17/16 11:45pm)
Campaign finance reform has been hotly contested this election season. Perhaps this issue has been widely discussed in previous election cycles, and I, as a young person, was not aware of it. Bernie Sanders’ promise of a political revolution relies heavily on this criticism. He consistently denounces our current political system as being corrupt and proudly touts the fact that the majority of his donations come from “average Americans.” Sanders has created a very distinct correlation in the minds of his voters between the origins of political contributions and a candidate’s integrity. Hillary Clinton, who, not long ago was thought to be almost guaranteed the Democratic nomination, has seemingly lost support because of the contributions she has received from Wall Street. Throughout this election season, it seems that voters have been less concerned with candidates’ foreign policy knowledge, political expertise or the feasibility of their promised reforms. Instead, they have focused on rough sketches of candidates’ characters. Indeed, perhaps the most common question among voters has been: Where is the money coming from?
(02/04/16 12:06am)
The results of the Iowa caucus dealt Donald Trump and his supporters a pretty heavy blow. Sen. Ted Cruz triumphed over Trump by more than three percentage points. While this was a narrow margin, it was decidedly larger than the one Hillary Clinton managed to gain over Sanders. Regardless of party affiliation, American voters were on the edge of their seats. Clinton’s win was certainly a cause for celebration among her supporters, they shouldn’t have been too overjoyed. The Vermont senator’s remarkably close finish against the former Secretary of State demonstrates that he is a credible threat to her campaign.
(01/12/16 12:30am)
Today, President Barack Obama will give his final State of the Union address. He will likely reflect with pride on how far we have come as a nation and call our attention to the even longer road ahead. He will speak about our revival following the still-recent global financial crisis, about these past eight years’ political milestones and about the pervasive violence and hatred that have yet to be eradicated. He will also likely use his last months of administrative influence and political capital to urge Congress to pursue the legislative initiatives he wishes to see implemented after he leaves office. Among these initiatives is the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
(11/15/15 11:30pm)
The recent changes in the College’s housing policy have incited quite a passionate outflow of responses. From the outbursts of indignation and despair on Yik Yak to the loud, frustrated chatter in the lines for dinner, to even the calmer, more controlled and more intellectual conversations I have had with peers and classmates, I have come to one conclusion — it seems few, if any, are happy about the new residential communities.
(11/10/15 12:00am)
Walking across the Green in athletic shorts and a long sleeve shirt on a November day worried me. It still worries me that despite climate change being so real — so easy to see and feel — we just do not care enough. This planet could become inhospitable within our lifetimes, yet we still do almost nothing.
(10/26/15 11:57pm)
On Oct. 25, Republican representatives on the House Select Committee on Benghazi put former Secretary of State and current Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton through an 11-hour period of aggressive interrogation. The hearing once again scrutinized the Sept. 11, 2012 attack by Islamist militants on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, which resulted in the death of four American officials, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens — though the hearing seemed to uncover few new details. It has proven not only that the committee has dubious motives, but also that Clinton possesses the poise we should expect of a leader.
(10/12/15 10:50pm)
It has been months since the 2016 presidential campaign season started, and I still have to rub my eyes as I walk by the Class of 1953 Commons newsstands each morning seeing presidential candidate Donald Trump in the headlines. The usual “joke candidates” should have died out by now — and it is clear that most consider Trump a joke. A June 2015 Huffington Post and YouGov poll indicated only 21 percent of Americans consider Trump to be a serious candidate. Yet, despite no significant changes in campaigning style and few specific policy announcements, Trump has gone from being a political laughingstock to the leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination. Frankly, I do not know how to explain that — but I will give it a try.
(09/29/15 10:00pm)
“What are the first three letters of the Greek alphabet? I.O.U.” “I had a Greek dinner last night. I left the restaurant without paying the bill.” — I could probably find enough of these jokes to fill this paper for a week. That is not only concerning, but also reflective of what the Greek financial crisis has become, even in the unintellectual and at-times pathetic world of online humor — an international laughingstock. Despite receiving loans of more than €230 billion in rescue financing from Eurozone countries, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund since 2010, Greece’s economy has shrunk by a quarter over the last six years, its unemployment rate remains roughly 25 percent — not including discouraged workers — and the country’s poverty rate ranks among the highest in the European Union.