We must understand that minorities, not whites, will bear the brunt of this election
BY NICOLE VILLACRES '18
I have been quiet throughout the election. It has gone so far that those closest to me took my silence for apathy. I don’t know that my opinions on the results matter because they come from a body marked by differences. Differences that these results have shown are not valued but vilified. There is not one aspect of my intersecting identities that has not been targeted by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
President-elect Trump has used fear & hate to antagonize minorities
BY JENN GONZALEZ-SANTOS ’17
Fear is all that has come to mind during this election. I fear for myself, I fear for other people of color and I fear for my loved ones. This fear has only gotten worse during the development and progression of Donald Trump’s campaign. The name calling, the accusations, and the stereotyping have impacted people on a global level. Trump is fully aware of the people he has hurt, but he continues to deny his actions and ignores others’ feelings. A president is someone who’s supposed to take care of a country and serve as a role model for its citizens. As many would agree, Donald Trump doesn’t fit these descriptions nor is he qualified. He has negatively targeted every possible community, including Muslims, Latinx people, Blacks, Asians, LGBTQ people, women, the disabled and immigrants.
Antisemitism is alive and well in Trump’s America
BY EMILY GREENBERG '17
Given the kind of vitriol the internet at large is wont to spew, going on Twitter is risky on a good day, but the day after this election, it seemed especially dangerous. Still, I felt I couldn’t sit in a box of artificial silence any longer; I had to see and engage with what other people were saying.
We must come together as Americans and find common ground
BY JAMES HEILMAN
As the election unfolded I felt increasingly uncertain about the future of America’s national politics. All elections come with uncertainty, but this particular feeling was mixed with fear, sadness and a concern for how the uncertainty that follows this election will divide people not only over issues of public policy (as all elections do), but issues that are fundamental to people’s identities and life opportunities. I have not felt this way since Sept. 11, 2001. The events of that day left me with the same mix of emotions. I know this election is important to me because of this feeling.
Editorial
Sharing the video of Professor Rosnick violated the Honor Code — and our community standards
Despite its “anti-establishment” rep, the Rocky Horror Picture Show marginalizes minorities
In response to Wayne Lela’s letter to the editor
BY MARYA JUCEWICZ '17
This week Mount Holyoke News received a letter to the editor from Wayne Lela regarding the presence of “ignorant liberal bigots” who practice “sleazy discrimination” against conservative students and faculty on college campuses. In his letter, Lela urges students to welcome “intellectual diversity” to their campuses and suggests that colleges should institute affirmative action for the purpose of hiring conservative professors.
Letter to the Editor
Freedom of speech is not a partisan issue
BY ARIANE GOTTLIEB '20
By now, everyone in Mount Holyoke has likely heard the story of professor Peter Rosnick. The math professor gave a short speech to his class about the importance of voting, and, though he offered no endorsement, every student understood that he supported Hillary Clinton. Unbeknownst to Rosnick, the speech was filmed and distributed to conservative outlets, causing massive backlash against the school on social media.
Without Deborah Cohen, there is no AccessAbility
BY DANA KURZNER '19
For some, being disabled means having to be at a disadvantage for most of one’s life. Whether it be socially, emotionally or physically, people with disabilities can easily find daily tasks turned into seemingly insurmountable challenges. This is where the law and our school’s AccessAbility department, founded and headed by Deborah Cohen, who is leaving her role as the department’s director Oct. 28, steps in.
Trump’s abortion rhetoric is incorrect and harmful
Discussing gender at a historically women’s college
BY CHLOE JENSEN '20
As a cis woman at Mount Holyoke and throughout the world, my privileges compared to my transgender and non-binary peers are undeniable and obvious: I have never been misgendered, I have never entered a situation where I had ask myself if disclosing my gender was unsafe, I have never experienced dysphoria and despite all the misogyny I may face, I have always known, whether consciously or not, that the world will validate my gender and that I will never have to actively battle to prove otherwise
Hillary Clinton is more than just a lesser of two evils
BY CHLOE JENSEN '20
As an avid Hillary Clinton supporter, watching one of my favorite women and biggest role models accept the Democratic nomination was absolutely inspiring. As happy and proud as I was to see Clinton accept her historic nomination, many of my friends (who are also liberal-minded millennials) did not feel the same way. Instead, they were inspired by Bernie Sanders and felt indifferent or perhaps even angry towards Clinton. Over these past few months, I have watched many of my friends and peers claim that while they are not excited about Clinton, they plan on voting for her, simply because she is ‘the lesser of two evils’ and ‘not as bad as Donald Trump.’
An MHC professor’s memoir as a newspaper editor
BY KATHERINE O’CALLAGHAN
The nailing of a condom machine to the wall of the student union corridor was one of the first controversies I encountered when I was working at a college newspaper in the mid to late 1990s (the ban on contraception in Ireland for anyone not married had only just been overturned).
In ignoring the “basket of deplorables,” the Democratic ticket loses out
BY FRANCIS MCKANE '17
Hillary Clinton is the bitter pill the Republican Party needs. The right lost the culture wars, and while they rail against the liberal media, the rest of the country keeps happily consuming it. Women are an enormous demographic and a winning vote in this country. The white men’s vote used to be enough to win national elections, but it isn’t anymore. Hillary Clinton will win the White House, in part thanks to her 19 point lead among women voters, but also to Donald’s Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric that has alienated many non-white voters.
Mount Holyoke has yet to prove its commitment to journalism
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.
Abby Wambach’s speech and the importance of discussion
BY EMET MARWELL '18
I have admired and respected Abby Wambach since I began following women’s soccer around my freshman year of high school. At first, my admiration was due to her unparalleled ability to head a ball out of the air and straight to the back of a goal. Upon following her on social media such as Instagram and Facebook, I began to admire her for her character and activism as well. When she announced her retirement and my newsfeed on Facebook filled up with goodbye videos from and for Abby, I felt as if I knew her personally