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Last week, the late Ozgecan Aslan was memorialized and mourned by the world in a hashtag that swept across Twitter and resonated with individuals far beyond her home country of Turkey. A mini-bus driver allegedly attempted to rape and then…

“When I was in college, I once requested that my name be spelled ‘Geoffrey’ instead of ‘Jeffrey,’ just because I could,” recounts Vice President and Dean of Admissions Jeff Rickey. Today, Dean Rickey admits that this kind of stunt would be…

By ALLY FRIEDMAN '15 MANAGING EDITOR In August, the University began implementing a grant from the New York State Department of Health that calls for a stronger network of services and resources for LGBTQ students on campus. Since…

By ALLY FRIEDMAN MANAGING EDITOR At last count, 13 women have died at a mass sterilization camp in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh this week. Dr. R.K. Gupta sterilized 83 women in just six hours on Saturday, despite protocol…

1. Republicans edged out Democratic candidates in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, and North Carolina to secure the Senate majority and bolster their majority in the House. 2. The Obama administration just suffered the worst midterm election…

By In our last issue we published two separate articles about Emma Watson’s speech at the UN, where she launched the HeForShe campaign and publicly confirmed that Hermione is indeed a proud feminist. Clearly, the authors of both…

By Ally Friedman - Managing Co-Editor It’s hard to believe that only a month ago I was trailing behind a tour guide, notepad in hand, eagerly surveying another new campus. Like every other school I visited in my college search,…

By: Ally Friedman Managing Co-Editor Rarely do we hear much about China’s “Golden Goose,” in any context other than financial news. Hong Kong, which is technically a “Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China,” but…