Joshua Riebel ’20, Guest Writer
September 15, 2016
Filed under Opinion
Today marks a somber occasion. September 15th, 1966, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson attempted and in all honesty, failed to pass legislation to reduce or even limit the rate of gun violence in the United States. No American...
Savanna Riley ’17, Student Senate President 2016-17
September 8, 2016
Filed under Opinion
Dear readers,
I am writing to formally introduce myself as your Student Senate president for the upcoming academic year. I have had the privilege of meeting many of you over the last three years and for first-years, this...
Becca Stout ’20, Guest Writer
September 8, 2016
Filed under Opinion
Why did you choose Dickinson College? How will you make Dickinson yours? As a first-year, these questions have become quite familiar. With orientation down and the second week of classes underway, I feel I have become a master...
Philip Morabito ’17, Student Senate Director of PR & Marketing
September 8, 2016
Filed under Opinion
Dear Dickinsonians,
One of the most disillusioning parts of coming back to campus is seeing how much has changed. In a small campus like ours, the little things stick out more to us than the average person. Mai bowls are now...
Mitchell Snyder ’19, Opinion Columnist
May 5, 2016
Filed under Opinion
Normally, when I tell people that I am a Republican, it is met with a strange look and often a plethora of accusatory questions. I have been asked more times than I can count, “How can you be so heartless?” or “Don’t you...
Brendan Birth ’16, Opinion Columnist
May 5, 2016
Filed under Opinion
I have read recent articles in The Dickinsonian both about Abby Garfinkle’s struggle as an Orthodox Jewish student and Sam Bellissimo’s argument that Abby (whose issue was apparently resolved according to a correction in The...
Joshua Sack ’17, Opinion Columnist
May 5, 2016
Filed under Opinion
Innovation is a much more complex process than people realize. When a technological advance comes into being, its creators are far from the only ones who deserve credit. Their creation could never have come into being without...
Brendan Birth ’16, Opinion Columnist
April 28, 2016
Filed under Opinion
A few days ago, I got back a letter I wrote to myself when I was a freshman. When I read this letter, I reminded myself of how naïve I was back then, and how there were certain things that I wished I had known back then. I would...
Sam Bellissimo ’16, Guest Writer
April 28, 2016
Filed under Opinion
I’m writing to express my concern with the article “Dorm Renovation Complicates Religious Observance” that was published on April, 16, 2016, as I feel that some of the statements that student Abby Garfinkle made were inappropriate.
As...
Rachel Kruchten ’16, Guest Writer
April 28, 2016
Filed under Opinion
As a senior and as a survivor of intimate partner violence, I can easily say that this past Take Back the Night was the most successful that I have attended. I was blown away by the strength of my fellow survivors, as well as...
