Miles Nabritt, Managing Forum Editor
• November 25, 2020
As the wind continues to blow a brisk breeze on campus, the sun is setting on what has been a memorable and emotional fall semester at Bates. As everyone has had to grapple with a new module system, COVID-19,...
Gabriel Coffey, Managing Forum Editor
• November 18, 2020
Well, not exactly.
I, like many, am ecstatic about the election of Joe Biden. Also, like many, I am ready to support a push for progressive policies in the White House. All the while, if you think...
At a John McCain town hall in Lakeville, Minnesota, during the 2008 presidential election, a woman stood up and announced, with her voice quivering in fear, that she could not trust then-Senator Barack...
Gabriel Coffey, Managing Forum Editor
• November 6, 2020
We often take our relationships for granted. Why? Sometimes we forget about where that friendship was forged, or what common struggle we endured. Sometimes we forget the bread we once broke together. Othertimes,...
On Friday, Oct. 9, students at Davidson College received an exciting email from the Davidson administration. “No classes, labs, discussion sections, no mandatory activities. Relax and catch your breath,”...
Miles Nabritt, Managing Forum Editor
• October 29, 2020
As we progress from October into November, the 2020 election is reaching its endgame. With the last presidential debate featuring the dynamic personalities of Donald Trump and Joe Biden having come to...
The notion of the undecided voter has served as a defining archetype in the greater milieu of American electoral politics – and for good reason. The idea that citizens can be compelled to shift support...
What an embarrassment the United States of America has become during the last four years. The Hill reported on a poll released by Georgetown University that voters believe the U.S. is two-thirds of the...
Gabriel Coffey, Managing Forum Editor
• October 28, 2020
In 1948, on the morning of the presidential election, the Chicago Daily Tribune purported in bold lettering, “Dewey Defeats Truman.” Harry S. Truman had turned in early on election night, NBC having...
Miles Nabritt, Managing Forum Editor
• October 28, 2020
As Abraham Lincoln once said: “Elections belong to the people.” Ever since it became clear that Joe Biden would be taking on Donald Trump, there have been countless political analysts, news critics,...
