we cannot heal without discussing what has occurred,” writes Jessy Wallach PO ’29. “For better or worse, we are experienced at grieving these tragedies. Let us not grow experienced in having these incidents fail to register as tragedies at all.”
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Vincent Valdez discusses how art can counter apathy
Vincent Valdez’s large-scale portraits confront an apathy and amnesia that pervades the American psyche. At this year’s Pitzer College Art Galleries Pepper Distinguished Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture, the artist discussed the myths we tell ourselves and how art can work against them.
OPINION: Dark tourism is a moral gray area, especially with social media
There’s a nifty feature on Instagram. Search up a location, and users can see all public posts that have tagged this location. It’s an easy way to see the dozens of insincere, unfunny, disrespectful and often disturbing posts tagging Columbine High School, Auschwitz, Whitney Plantation and other sites of unspeakable