We Know Who Is to Blame

(Written by the socially and environmentally conscious Sarah M. Vukelich!) Last week David Gaines ‘14 wrote an op-ed called, “The trouble with divestment,” in which he argued that is unclear whether fossil fuel companies are to blame for global climate change, and that divestment is not an effective strategy for pursuing climate solutions. Gaines writes […]

Chris Rock Will Never Come to Williams

(This post was written by the inimitable Sandy Shedd.) College is about growing up. There, I said it. We can all go home now. Had to work myself up to saying anything at all. Wait, shoot, I started at the ending. Let’s get there. To be sure, there is a certain “campyness” that goes along […]

Protests, Hugs, and Instagrammed Central

I just got back from Grand Central Station, where I encountered a protest in the Main Concourse. I was slowing down to see what was happening when a man handed me a slip of paper about the action. Protesters were holding up the names of unarmed black people who had been killed by police. I […]

I Am Chaka Khan

I’ve been doing things this year that terrify me. Going to an open mic at UCB alone, and bombing. Trying tripe. Entering 2015 without a dentist or primary care physician (I have health insurance but have been too lazy to find a doctor in the city. That’s on me). Mostly, when I’m not worrying that […]