"Exploring Whiteness": Students take a closer look at racial dynamics and white privilege
“Now, in the face of the deep wounds and scars of racial prejudice, how can one hope to understand another racial experience if one does not try to understand their own?” asked junior Tramaine Kaleebu, Chair of Solidarity Cabinet, in her opening speech. Last week, Solidarity Cabinet — which seeks to establish a culture of […]
Meyers Science Center Debuts Engineering Lab
“And most importantly, if there is a physical body, there is a spiritual body. This lab is going to strengthen your identity as a person of science and person of faith,” said Provost Margaret Diddams at Friday’s (Jan. 27) dedication ceremony for the new engineering lab. Diddams addressed a crowd of attentive students and faculty, […]
Week one: a review of Trump's executive actions
Hours after being sworn in as the 45th president, Donald Trump signed an executive order to reduce the cost of the Affordable Care Act pending its repealment, one of 12 actions to be signed in his first week. The order is intended to provide discretion to the Health and Human Services Department to cut or […]
It’s what we do
At 9:30 a.m. the temperature read 28 degrees. The cadet I was speaking with apologized for shivering so much that his speech slurred. “You get used to it,” he said. I’m from Illinois and know that someone doesn’t simply get used to standing in the cold for two hours while they simulate strategic military attack […]