Callie Wohlgemuth

Being substance-free should be more accepted on campus

Being substance-free should be more accepted on campus

BY OLIVIA MARBLE ’21

When I went to Spain right after my 18th birthday, I was so excited to drink for the first time. My friend group in high school wasn’t particularly reckless (the only illegal thing we ever did together was pirate “Frozen” the day after its release), so I had never even had a sip of alcohol before then. Lucky for me, I tried my first alcoholic beverage in a country with some of the best wine in the world. It tasted so good that I would have a glass almost every time we went out to dinner.

Ending birthright citizenship is unethical (and unconstitutional)

Ending birthright citizenship is unethical (and unconstitutional)

BY NINA LARBI ’22

In late October, Donald Trump informed the nation of an executive order he was preparing that would eliminate birthright citizenship, the amendment that currently grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. territory. His reasoning was simple: that America is the only country to have birthright citizenship (this is false; around 30 other countries share this law).