After student protesters blocked access to a talk by anti-Black Lives Matter speaker Heather Mac Donald at Claremont McKenna College on April 6, the
Author: Kate Manning
Political Polarization at the 5Cs is Harming Our Education
My elementary, middle, and high schools were progressive institutions with pervasive liberal groupthink atmospheres. The schools were so liberal that we were forbidden from wearing
Right-wing Campus ‘Journalism’ Goes Too Far
Right-wing college journalists have developed a highly effective modus operandi for getting the maximum amount of fame and notoriety from a controversial article. We
TSL Needs More Institutional Support from 5Cs
Journalism is a notoriously hard career to enter. Recent graduates have experienced trouble finding jobs in the industry, even with high GPAs and strong
A Note From the Opinions Editor
I applied to become the opinions section editor this semester for the same reason I applied to a liberal arts college four years ago:
Where are the Women in Online Political Discourse?
As any of my Facebook friends could tell you, I am obsessed with writing political statuses and arguing with whoever comments. The responses to
In Public and Private, Cut Ties with Perpetrators of Rape Culture
Last week, some well-meaning vigilante anonymously posted several lists of people alleged to be “perpetrators of rape culture” and “perpetrators of sexual assault” in
Inside the Minds of Trump Supporters
“Only the white trash in Pennsylvania vote for Trump, right?” The girl who asked this question obviously meant no harm. She knew of my
The Government is Coming for Your Uterus
When Senate Republicans blocked funding to stop the Zika virus unless limits were placed on federal funding for Planned Parenthood, an old debate was
A Closer Look at Students for Justice in Palestine
There is a branch of a radical organization at the 5Cs that refuses to specify whether it supports a one-state or two-state solution to