Opinions

I write with reference to Katie Wilson’s April 21, 2017 article “AAUP Annual Faculty Compensation Report.”  Faculty salaries are, as I’m sure the staff at The Hill News must be aware, a sensitive issue, and I thank the paper for its desire…

By, Abigail Costigan Angela Davis glided onto the stage of the packed auditorium with an easy smile on her face. In our cultural collective memory, we know her as a hero of the Civil Rights Movement, a member of the FBI’s top ten Most…

Springfest, ah, Springfest. I hope you all had a great time! I know I had a great time. Thank you to the Association for Campus Entertainment for a great April 22. Unfortunately, however, something occurred at this year’s concert that I…

I’m going to go out on a limb to offer a word to the wise. We’ve reached the light at the end of the tunnel and now it’s time to put our best foot forward; graduation is fast approaching. If you’re feeling nervous, remember that it’s always…

This past spring, students at Tufts University launched a protest against Greek institutions, trying to bring light to issues that they felt the Greek system perpetuated on campus and to raise awareness about other groups on campus.…

This week is Body Beautiful Week at St. Lawrence - a week of action intended to take a stand against our culture’s narrow definitions of beauty. This idea of body pride, of accepting parts of ourselves societal norms often tell us are…

As the semester winds down, and I come to terms with my impending graduation from St. Lawrence University, I firmly believe that it is in the Hill News Office that I have learned the most in the shortest amount of time. I have spent only a…

By, Emma Hennessey We all have heard the most famous statistic about the wage gap: that women, on average, earn 79 cents for every dollar men make for the same work. This does not even account for the fact that an African-American woman…