The resurgence of the mental health issue at Harvard presents new difficulties to the administration and community, namely a newly energized blame game and unfortunate consequential apathy. For many students, the mental health issues on campus are institutional and structural. Many believe that the academic rigor, the subjective “largeness” of the university, the proximity to … Read more
After the recent Crimson editorial that came out last week, students at the school have been assaulted with a barrage of criticism directed at the administration and its mental services. Caustic comments assert that UHS is to blame for the student’s struggles alone, leaving few to look introspectively at the problem. Harvard does not have … Read more
Upon first glance, Ted Cruz doesn’t fit the characteristic Republican stereotypes. The black-haired son of Cuban-American immigrants, Cruz diverges sharply from the media image of the Grand Old Party. With overwhelming electoral losses in the election among Hispanics, women, and African-Americans, the Republican Party is seen as a predominantly white, male, Protestant organization hailing back … Read more
Founded as a haven for men facing religious persecution in England, the United States has never been the tolerant utopia some of its Anglican founders envisioned. The country has never had a Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu president and elected its first Catholic president nearly two hundred years into its existence. The election of John Kennedy … Read more
Hailing from the Hoosier hills of Indiana, former congressman Joe Donnelly heads to the Senate with the intent of continuing his proud stance as a moderate. Indiana voters elected Donnelly by a 50 to 44 margin over opponent Republican Richard Mourdock in November. In an earlier, closely contested Republican primary, Mourdock had defeated the 36-year … Read more
After losing a state gubernatorial race in 2000, North Dakota senator Heidi Heitkamp (D) had better luck in 2012. Running for statewide office for the first time since that 2000 loss to now-senator John Hoeven (R), Heitkamp defeated Republican challenger Rick Berg in one of the narrowest Senate elections of the year. Heitkamp won by … Read more
Deb Fischer, Nebraska’s new female senator, is a Cornhusker through and through. Fischer was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1951 and went to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for her undergraduate education. She left with her husband Bruce Fischer in 1972 to work on his family’s ranch and returned in 1988 to finish up her degree … Read more
Like jumbo shrimp, deafening silences, and honest lawyers, Black Republicans are considered an oxymoron in contemporary American culture. Our culture is deeply ingrained with the notion that only the Democratic Party’s platform is compatible with black interests. In recent elections, black voters have supported the Democratic Party by margins of 19 to 1. Thus, it … Read more
Tim Kaine, the new junior senator from Virginia, was sworn in with the 113th Congress on January 3. Kaine, a moderate Democrat, was able to hold off Republican candidate former Senator George Allen in a narrow race while staying relatively close to the political center. Kaine’s moderate status could be key to his success—Virginia is a … Read more
Headlines on November 7 proclaimed “Tammy Baldwin wins Wisconsin Senate seat, becoming first openly gay U.S. Senator.” Baldwin had managed a stunning five-point victory, defeating former governor Tommy Thompson in one of 2012’s most-watched Senate races. The “first openly gay U.S. Senator” moniker has followed Baldwin in all subsequent media coverage; rarely does her name make the … Read more