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Last Wednesday, Dr. Steve Gimbel, professor of philosophy at Gettysburg College, gave a philosophy lecture on humor ethics at St. Lawrence University. During this lecture, one of the things Gimbel posited was that we put ourselves at a…

St. Lawrence University has a long history of commitment to diversity. Our Universalist founders were committed to gender equality during a time when male dominance was a societal norm that went virtually unchallenged. In the years since,…

By Lydia Kenney Last week, Daniel Banta ’18 published an article in The Hill News titled “Tune in For This Year’s Oppression™ Olympics.” I cannot begin to express to you all how deeply disgusted and angered I am by the…

Historically, large, unregulated corporations have had detrimental effects on the general public. Because of this, laws such as the antitrust laws, which originated with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, have been put in place with the…

Unless you live under a rock or don’t go to class, you’ve probably seen people walking into class, calling people up, and announcing what ODK does, saying, “congratulations x, you’ve made it in!” They announce when the tapping is and then…

My biggest problem with the satirical piece editor-in-chief Daniel Banta published last week is his definition of intersectionality. To some, intersectionality may be the act of looking past similarities to focus on differences, as his…

YAL Media Ambassador The Civil War in Yemen has been a humanitarian disaster, and a new senate bill could end U.S. support for it. For the past 14 years, the internationally recognized government of Yemen has been fighting on and off…

If you’re tired of following the traditional Olympics, tune into this year’s Oppression™ Olympics. During this event, participants compete to see who’s the most oppressed by the cis-patriarchal power structures that dominate society.…