Opinions

The following petition was forwarded to The Hill News and published upon the request of alumnus Kevin Arquit '75. We thank Mr. Arquit for reaching out and encourage all to join the discussion.   Dear President Fox and Board of Trustees,…

By Francisco Rodriguez and Ramon Veras Halloween is approaching and you know what that means. It’s time to go outside and go door to door for some candy. Halloween is quite different for college students. There are certain people who…

Affection to be led by the one dates back to Plato, whose Republic prescribes a genuine philosopher-king as antidote to the instability and stupidity of the masses. Subsequent millennia shaped by slobbering inbred megalomaniacs show such…

Rape Whistle: My sister gives me her keys to carry and I hang them around my neck. I look down. The most prominent thing hanging on my chest is a huge orange whistle. The label says it’s loud. It screams at me. It tells me not to wear that…

By Jenny Henneberry The words of President Fox that were once most clearly burned in my mind are those that concluded my first-year orientation. On a cool summer evening, I found myself within a circle of hundreds of my new peers - our…

By Henry Jarvinen As many of you probably know, there was a petition to revoke Sen. Susan Collins’ honorary degree from St. Lawrence following her recent vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh. While I stand with Dr. Ford, this petition…

This week has been devastating. It has left us with tears in our eyes and pits in our stomachs. It has been almost unbearable to watch. In case you missed it, on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, the U.S. Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh, a man…

The term slut is usually negatively connoted, and even more commonly it is assumed female. A slut usually describes a woman that sleeps around with a lot of people. In times of pure monogamy, when there was really only one (sexual) partner…