Hannah Roach

What Jews can — and should — do for Muslims

BY HANNAH ROACH '17

"Anne Frank could have been an 83 year old writer living in Boston." Countless signs with similar messages have appeared since Trump's Immigration Ban was signed on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Frank, like many other Jews, Romani and disabled individuals, was denied a visa and subsequent entrance into the United States. She, like many others, was a refugee.

Feeling Jewish in a world that doesn’t want you to

BY HANNAH ROACH '17

I hadn’t yet written about my experience visiting Auschwitz. It’s been five years since I traveled to the Auschwitz work camp and Birkenau death camps in Poland with a group of other Jewish teenagers. At the time, I was 15 years old and couldn’t quite find the words to talk about the experience.

Despite its “anti-establishment” rep, the Rocky Horror Picture Show marginalizes minorities

Despite its “anti-establishment” rep, the Rocky Horror Picture Show marginalizes minorities

BY HANNAH ROACH '17

During my first Halloween season at school, my friend and I decided to go to Tower Theatres and see “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” I never really loved the movie, but I was told that the act-along show and cult-classic culture was worth the experience.

Trump’s abortion rhetoric is incorrect and harmful

BY HANNAH ROACH '17

Last week’s presidential debate exceeded many viewers’ expectations. It was even more painful than the previous two had been. Despite many of his particularly exceptional fantasies and fallacies, Donald Trump may have outdone himself with his discussion of abortion.

Journalistic integrity is a state law, not an option

BY HANNAH ROACH '17

I’m not a performer, and yet, a perfect stranger made me one when I was waiting in line at a field trip as a camp counselor. I had decided to dance and laugh with the campers I had been watching. The group of us were having fun; the sun was glaring down and my campers were drinking their weight in water, but we still managed to be silly. In the middle of a twirl, my eyes met a woman and her phone. She quickly shoved her phone in her pocket and looked away, trying to hide the fact that she had been recording me and my campers — a crime in the state of Massachusetts.

Autism should be accepted, not pitied

BY HANNAH ROACH '17

I love talking about my brothers. They are the kindest, most loving, most giving individuals I have ever known. I love bragging about them, speaking on their attributes, sharing stories of the funny things they’ve done or the loving moments we’ve shared. But, when I share these moments and memories, they are never greeted as I want them to be.