Nowhere Feels Like Home
Assistant Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 explores the fragile idea of “home” in young adulthood, arguing that for a generation shaped by instability, belonging is less a place than a performance.
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We Owe Nothing to the Future: Questioning The Burden Placed on Youth to Save Us
Assistant Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 interrogates the cultural myth that young people are humanity’s last line of defense, arguing that the rhetoric of “saving the future” has become a way to burden youth with endless sacrifice while ignoring the crises unfolding in the present.
Welcome to the “Golden Age”
Assistant Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 investigates the White House website’s increasingly propagandistic rhetoric, revealing how emotionally charged headlines and triumphalist slogans blur the line between official communication and partisan spectacle.
Satire: The Cocaine Capital of Western Massachusetts
Assistant Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 covers the ongoing saga of the Hotel UMass scandal, the Pioneer Valley’s most controversial new hotspot where white powder has drawn the attention of many.
Anti-Capitalism With a Side of Matcha
Assistant Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 reflects on the paradox of critiquing capitalism while living within it and examines how everyday contradictions reveal both the pervasiveness of consumer culture and the possibilities of resistance.
NSPM-7: Redefining Extremism
Assistant Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 examines the implications of NSPM-7, showing how its broad definition of “extremism” could criminalize ordinary dissent and civic engagement — and warns that when questioning becomes a national security risk, democracy is in peril.
Northampton Joins Nationwide No Kings Protest
As cities around the country hosted No Kings Protests, Amherst students participated in demonstrations in Amherst and Northampton. Assistant Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 documented the Pulaski Park action.