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New prison book bans perpetuate oppression

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New prison book bans perpetuate oppression

BY CHLOE JENSEN ’20

As the nation with the highest incarceration rate in the world according to the Population Reference Bureau, the United States is no stranger to the mistreatment of prisoners. With the United States’ problem with incarceration comes another issue: the lack of information that prisoners receive. At the end of last year, several states including Texas and New York began banning books in their prisons. Although these laws have operated in several states for many years, Texas’ recent bill received special attention for banning more than 10,000 books. New York’s bill was even more extreme: the state now is only allowing books from five vendors, which greatly limits the number of books prisoners can read and the knowledge they can acquire, according to Newsweek. 

The value of college for a low-income student

BY CHLOE JENSEN ’20

“As a low-income student, I see every step I take here as an opportunity to advance from where I came from,” Izabella Czejdo ’20 says. She has taken the time out of her busy schedule as a full time student, international relations liaison, dining hall worker and intern for the Naruna Center for Peacebuilding located in Amherst to speak with me. Growing up in a lower-income household, she feels, has taught her the true value of what it means to take advantage of opportunities that Mount Holyoke gives her, since she did not grow up with them at her disposal. 

The Jensen Column: How to be an ally to lower-income students

BY CHLOE JENSEN '20

While it may seem as though I only write this weekly column to complain about the Mount Holyoke economic elite, I do genuinely believe that many of our wealthiest students can and should reflect appropriately on their privilege in order to benefit low-income students.

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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

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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.

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