Opinions

Dear reader, Thank you for helping to make my time at St. Lawrence special. I’ve been at The Hill News in an editorial capacity since the fall of my sophomore year and I’m hard pressed to say that anything…

These days, competition seems to be on the rise in every part of life. It is not enough anymore to just attend classes and earn good grades. That does not guarantee you a successful life in the way it used to. Burnout has become a more in…

On Monday, December 2, news broke that Joe Biden had issued a full pardon for his son, Hunter, on a multitude of gun and tax charges. The pardon comes after months of deception and misleading statements from the White House, leaving both…

As we reach the end of the semester, it's impossible to ignore the fact that this has been the first term in which Artificial Intelligence has been explicitly mentioned in nearly every syllabus at St. Lawrence University. Professors are…

When the weather gets colder and familiar white flakes begin to blanket SLU, there’s a certain sense of magic and childlike wonder that radiates throughout campus. Bundling up to build a snowman, make snow angels, or catch flakes on our…

As a senior at St. Lawrence, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked about my "five-year plan." At first, I thought it was a joke. But after the fifth, tenth, fifteenth time, it became clear that this was a serious question—one…

It is the time of year when I am reminded of this relevant preface to the book Old MacDonald’s Factory Farm by C. David Coats: Isn't man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife - birds, kangaroos, deer, all kinds of cats, coyotes,…

Unveiling the Hidden Suffering of Turkeys in America’s Food System  Approximately three hundred million turkeys are slaughtered annually for human consumption in the United States, despite the fact that such consumption is unnecessary…