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,...
I identify as Latino.
I identify as a man of color.
And I identify as a conservative Republican.
This is not a paradox, a glitch in the matrix. Too often I’m told I am brainwashed,...
Sophie Mackin, Assistant Forum Editor
• October 28, 2020
“Depending on how the election goes…” is a phrase I find myself saying very frequently. This year’s presidential election is the most consequential election our generation has lived through,...
Najá Crockett, Managing Features Editor
• October 21, 2020
I often wrestle with the idea of whether or not participating in a system is, in some way, legitimizing it. I feel that we live in a totalized political climate, where those in power dictate that the only...
Miles Nabritt, Managing Forum Editor
• October 21, 2020
Skye, Roy, and Miles are back with Episode 3 of Forum Focus where they talk about Free Speech within college and how they have participated in civic engagement in face of stereotypes and other social challenges.
https://youtu.be/L-Bw-ZLMtyY
On-campus instruction at Bates has been – if measured by the number of positive cases – an objective success, particularly in relation to its peers such as Trinity, who have seen disastrous levels...
Samuel Poulos, Assistant Features Editor
• October 21, 2020
Tally up your score and see which senatorial member of the GOP you are.
What’s your idea of the perfect date?
A. Defunding Planned Parenthood (1 point)
B. Telling your significant other they look...
