Category: Op-Eds

All votes are not created equal under gerrymandered system

Posted by | Feb 7, 2024

Gerrymandering is the creation of new or different electoral boundaries to give one party, class or race an undue advantage in specific districts. In Georgia, this looks like the Republican majority creating districts that silence minority votes, especially from Black residents.  Gerrymandering should be illegal. Demography should be destiny. The way that a given district or state looks and feels should be adequately and proportionately accounted for when government officials are selected.

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Humanities student: Oxford, close the gap

Posted by | Feb 7, 2024

Coming back from winter break, I felt a loss of familiar faces on Oxford College’s campus. Many students had opted to graduate to the Emory College of Arts and Science early, and I would have too if I had enough credits. As a humanities scholar investigating cultural phenomena through language, Oxford’s idyllic campus has made me anxious about whether my English research can connect with the world outside of the Oxford community.

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If Emory wants to rise in rankings, it should invest in third spaces

Posted by | Feb 7, 2024

Emory students seldom get to showcase their skills to their peers in a non-academic or club setting. There is no sense of community: Sunday night football is often watched alone in people’s rooms instead of together in a common space. The restaurants in Emory Village feel desolate and empty. It is no wonder that there is so little school spirit at Emory.

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