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We Are Being Trained to Watch (And Do Nothing)

Managing Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 interrogates the increasing political violence by the state, arguing that it is no longer an aberration but an accelerating, normalized mechanism of governance — one that conditions the public to witness brutality, absorb it, and ultimately do nothing.
Caroline Flinn '28 Jan 28, 2026
In Response to Atlanta Spa Shootings, Asian Students Grieve, Mobilize and Call for Action

In Response to Atlanta Spa Shootings, Asian Students Grieve, Mobilize and Call for Action

The killing of eight people, six of whom were Asian women, on March 16 in a series of three mass shootings in Atlanta, Georgia devastated the college’s Asian and Asian American community. In an email sent the following day, President Biddy Martin condemned the attacks, offering resources and support
Yee-Lynn Lee ’23 Mar 24, 2021

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