opinions

In the last issue of The Hill News, an article was written on how students of color are being used on university pamphlets for advertisements. Whether these advertisements are used to showcase all the wonderful accomplishments of…

As I walked alongside my father touring St. Lawrence University, my mind was, to be frank, more or less disinterested. Here I was at another college campus, stuck in another crowd of peppy parents and their gotta-catch-‘em-all children…

By Brandon Moran and Oscar Castillo Many associate 9/11 with the collapse of the twin towers, but for Chileans, 9/11 marks a day of abrupt political turmoil. On Sept. 11, 1973, the Chilean presidential palace, or La Moneda, was…

I’m so tired. It’s April, it’s still snowing and I don’t know how to say no. By the time the end of the spring semester rolls around, it feels like every club on campus realizes how much they’ve been slacking, and tries to fit a…

I’m a firm believer that the spirit of cinema often reflects the world around us. This isn’t to say that all movies will follow a specific path with premeditated actions and beliefs because “that’s the formula for movies right now.” Rather,…

The Hill News Editorial Board has decided to begin a weekly column to express our stance on issues of particular interest to students. As members of the student body, we feel it is important to discuss these issues with the greater St.…

I remember walking into class on a sunny Thursday afternoon last fall, the SLU homepage loaded onto the screen hanging from the Noble Center classroom. My face was on it, a picture from my summer abroad experience in Israel-Palestine, the…

In light of this week’s Thelmo meeting, I find it crucial to ask one major question for a club which has a current budget of $79,840: how do they ensure accountability and ethics for expedition trips? The question is not a direct insult or…