Category: Op-Eds

Peace: A response beyond retaliation in the Middle East

Posted by | Feb 20, 2024

“We shall respond,” said President Joe Biden after the strike — and he did so in an unproductive and violent manner. I fear what this response will look like and how it will hurt people who have already been harmed by self-indulgent nations like the United States, which evidently considers the lives of its people to be more valuable than others across the world. The United States could have responded with grace and compassion. Instead of responding with bombing or inhumane economic sanctions, governments should send in non-governmental organizations or nonprofits into regions where extremism runs rampant. Give people of other nationalities the gift of order and sanctuary by meeting people’s basic needs for food, shelter and water before losing all sympathy and devastating the land surrounding their homes and livelihoods.

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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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