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Inadvertently, the disaster-prone 2020 is more than halfway over. The 2020 US presidential election is imminent. With the advent of autumn, let’s take a comprehensive look at what kind of state we’re in and the respective advantages that lie in the campaigns between Trump and Biden
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It was probably around month two (May) of quarantine when I realized I was pissed at the world. I mean, I was stuck at home, almost done with school, without prospects of a summer job, and I hadn’t even been able to club on my eighteenth birthday. My internal frustration led to a cycle of egocentric bitterness; I was beginning to believe COVID was out there to specifically ruin my life.
If this is your first year at Simon’s Rock, you may be wondering what to expect when it comes to midterms. Maybe you’ve heard horror stories from older siblings or friends, or maybe you’re not worried at all. Either way, here are some things I wish I’d been told before my first round of midterms.
Many students here at Simon’s Rock are currently undergoing the crisis that is being distastefully and disrespectfully ignored by the administration. Every morning when students wake up, during meals, between classes… it is always there. This problem is deteriorating morale on campus at an alarming rate, yet nothing is being done about it! I am of course referring to the mysterious dilemma of Instagram’s functioning (or lack thereof) under Eduroam.
Personal opinion based ranking (1 meaning burn the man, 5 being complete indifference, 10 being still awful but could be a lot worse):
4. I know it feels repetitive, but hear me out. I consider Thomas Jefferson to be on the same level as John Adams. I have heard a lot of positive things about him—people tend to admire him for being an academic and a renaissance man—but he was also historically racist and just an all around asshole. He was the other side of the rivalry that I mentioned in the last article; he and John Adams hated each other. Granted, his side of the rivalry was a lot less interesting as Adams refused to go to Jefferson’s inauguration and his dying words were used to scorn him, but still. I almost placed him at a 3, because not only is he an asshole, he isn’t even as interesting as some of the other assholes that have run this country, but I figured that would be a petty thing to put him down for. Disclaimer: It has come to my attention that not everyone who reads this enchanting article will realize that you should not, in fact, eat wild unidentified mushrooms. You shouldn’t really even touch them if you don’t know what they are. I mean, I can’t really stop you, but at least now that I’ve written this mandatory disclaimer I can say I tried.
Wind at hill
Hugged me under that tree A ground of gold Smooth my years In honor of National Coming Out Day (October 11th), I decided to compile a list of songs representing the LGBTQ+ community. Some are more self-explanatory than others, but all of them have something to do with an underrepresented sexuality or gender identity. You can find the playlist here, and I hope you enjoy. :)
John Adams
Personal opinion based ranking (1 meaning burn the man, 5 being complete indifference, 10 being still awful but could be a lot worse): 4. Yes, that’s right, I don’t like John Adams. I hear a lot of people praising him because he didn’t own slaves and he wanted America to break free from Great Britain, but in my opinion his bad traits outweigh the good. He wasn’t an abolitionist. His presidency can be compared to Trump’s in a lot of ways, if that tells you anything. He had quite the superiority complex and wanted to make it so people treated the president as a king; he wanted anyone who spoke bad about the president to be criminally charged. He also had a history of slandering his political opponents. Granted, they weren't exactly the peak of professionalism either, but it wasn’t good from either side. Yesterday
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