Science textbooks — bereft of diversity and gender neutrality — use androcentric facts and figures that restrict physicians from understanding how to accurately diagnose and appropriately treat non-male patients. As a result, women and people of color are often misdiagnosed, mistreated, or simply not treated at all, which in extreme
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Opinion: The Amazon lockers: It’s a ‘no’ from me
Well, we got what was finally coming to us: the Amazon-ocalypse. Pitzer College, safeguard against capitalist brutality that it is, has welcomed the Nero of e-commerce to come graze in our pastures and sate our monstrous consumer appetites. Please don’t think I’m being dramatic: Amazon is a supremely exploitative company.
Opinion: Safe disaster evacuation is everyone’s business
In 2005, Uncle Peck and Aunt Viv’s home in New Orleans faced the catastrophic epicenter of Hurricane Katrina’s wrath. They and their daughter, Heidi, just a year or two older than me, lost everything. We collected our toys, lots of stuffed animals, action figures, legos, robots, DVDs, and shipped them
Opinion: Colin Kaepernick is a hero. Nike isn’t.
On Aug. 14, 2016, Colin Kaepernick sat on the bench at a San Francisco 49ers preseason game during the national anthem. Twelve days later, Kaepernick explained that his protest was an act of solidarity with oppressed people of color and victims of police brutality. Despite his valid and clear justification,
Opinion: Claremont Colleges Must Honor 9/11
On Sept. 11, 2001, our parents’ generation had a moment akin to that of Pearl Harbor for our grandparents. They could tell us exactly when they first heard about the attacks in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. We, the average college-aged student, cannot say the same. I was a year