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Education Through Confrontation

Matthew BeDugnis • December 5, 2016

"In a world dictated by safe spaces and trigger warnings, it isn’t difficult to imagine how we might lose the courage to confront our mistakes and thereby lose the crucial opportunity to learn from them."

Political Correctness in the Age of Trump

Nathan Dahlen • December 5, 2016

"The more we realize how much we share in common with each other simply by virtue of being human, and that our political views do not define us, the more comfortable we’ll be talking with one another."

Is Cereal A Soup?

The Heights • December 4, 2016

In this Monday's edition of 'Voices from the Dustbowl,' we asked students if cereal is a soup. [aesop_gallery id="126228"] Featured Image by Margaux Eckert / Heights Staff

LTE: A Response to Conservatism After Trump’s Win

Letters • December 4, 2016

"While I agree with the assertion that the election hinged on the political voices of the disillusioned, it is inaccurate to characterize Trump's win as a crowning triumph of the conservative movement."

LTE: A Response to Leahy’s Signing of DACA Statements

Letters • December 1, 2016

"The devil is in the details, however—Leahy’s signature on the Pomona College statement does not change the reality that many undocumented immigrants, including DACA recipients, may soon face: mass detention and deportation."

LTE: 20 MCAS Chairs Respond to Leahy’s Signing of DACA Statements

Letters • December 1, 2016

"We stand together with Boston College President, Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., who has signed an open letter (along with 435 other college and university presidents and chancellors) urging the continuation and expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program."

LTE: Faculty for Justice Declares Opposition to Trump Rhetoric

Letters • November 28, 2016

"We believe in the power of constructive political dialogue and the imperative to organize and act in strategic, collective ways, but we refuse to engage in dialogue or action that sanctions hate speech or bigotry in any form."

LTE: Another Response to “Faculty FitBit Competition May Step Over the Line of Fair Play”

Letters • November 20, 2016

"I am writing in response to Donovan Recny’s article about the Walk Across Campus program and the Letter to the Editor it elicited from Jade Prickett and the Conte Force 1 team."

LTE: A Response to “Conservatism after Trump’s Win”

Letters • November 18, 2016

If there is anything I have learned from my shock at the result of the 2016 election, it is that I have not spent enough time speaking to people who disagree with me. I failed to anticipate Trump’s victory...

The Bitter End

TU/TD • November 17, 2016

Goodbye.

Happy Thanksgiving From the Editors

The Heights • November 17, 2016

The Heights' editors give thanks.

LTE: A Response to “Not Your President?”

Letters • November 17, 2016

"Instead of condemning protesters, perhaps you could honestly consider why you didn’t feel called to attend a protest. For those who did, it wasn’t a matter of whining or protesting reality. It was a sign of solidarity and a promise to choose love over hate."