Lessons from Passover: the importance of continuing to ask questions

BY MIRIAM LEVY '17

“And why do we call it matzah? Well, it looks like matzah, and it smells like matzah, and it
has those funny little round holes like matzah,” my aunt Joan reads from our Passover Haggadah as my dad giggles from the head of the table, as proud of his silly matzah joke as ever.

Admissions needs to acknowledge and respect transgender students

BY EMILY JETMORE '18 

Three years ago, I sat in the amphitheater during my first convocation and listened to then-President Lynn Pasquerella announce that transgender students would be welcomed into Mount Holyoke. 

Why is social justice optional at Mount Holyoke?

BY TEAGEN WEBB '18 

On Monday at the BOOM conference, I had a lot of productive interactions with acquaintances, staff and faculty. I have spent the last three years of my time here studying critical gender and race theory, dedicating time to radical anti-capitalist action.

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The Chloe Jensen Column: College applications and low-income students

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BY CHLOE JENSEN '20 

Elite colleges are fundamentally not designed for low-income students, which makes the application process unnavigable without help from an elite college attendee

Allies should not be the face of social justice movements

BY SARAH WASHINGTON 

Allies need to take a smaller role in the social justice movement. Currently, privileged people are taking the spotlight instead of passing the mic to those primarily affected by the actions of our current presidential administration and those who are the targets of oppression.

“Virtually homeless” in a globally conservative world

BY SIDDHI SHAH '19

I am a French and an English double major, but I read more pieces about international relations and politics than literature. Why? Because I’m an international student of color and for me, it’s not only an interest in current events but a fear of survival that compels me to stay educated.

Standard etiquette is acknowledging white privilege

BY TAYLOR LONGMIRE '20

Standard etiquette when entering a room is to acknowledge the presence of all those with whom you interact. Making eye contact and giving a simple smile indicates recognition that you and another person are both human and both deserve the respect to know that. Likewise, if someone were to verbally interact with you, the proper response is to say something back.

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Extracurriculars: Inaccessible for lower-income students

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BY CHLOE JENSEN '20

The culture of extracurricular and co-curricular involvement is one that often circumstantially excludes working-class students. In the world of elite colleges and universities, volunteer and extracurricular work seem to hold more value than paid work.

Activists need to be mindful of their language

Activists need to be mindful of their language

BY SARAH WASHINGTON '19

On Thursday Feb. 16 and Friday Feb. 17, I had the privilege of seeing the activist and author of “Bad Feminist” Roxane Gay, give a lecture and lead a writing workshop. Although she had many lessons to teach us, what struck me the most was her view on the careless ways in which we treat language as activists. 

The experience for first-generation students at Mount Holyoke College needs to be a priority

BY CHLOE JENSEN '20

“Mount Holyoke prides itself on diversity and really needs to do a better job being accessible to first-generation and low-income students,” said Andrea Corbett ’20, a first-generation college student from the Bronx in New York.  For students who are the first to attend college in their family, the experience of confronting classism is unique.

Letter to the Editor

The Feb. 9 issue of the Mount Holyoke News featured an article  —  Pot Legal In Massachusetts: What’s Next For Mount Holyoke Students?For this piece, an anonymous junior spoke about her experiences with smoking marijuana on campus, and I want to use this letter as a platform to address this student. 

A statement from the Climate Justice Coalition: We have the power to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

A statement from the Climate Justice Coalition: We have the power to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

BY AICHA BELABBES ’19 & RAVEN GEIGER ’17 

Under the new Trump administration the fight against the Dakota Access Pipe Line has become a grueling uphill battle. Even though the Army Corps of Engineers refrained from building the pipeline under former president, Barack Obama, President Trump wants to go full-steam ahead.

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