Samantha Denecour, Columnist
Samantha Denecour is a fourth-year English and political science combined major and an opinion columnist for The News. She has written opinion pieces on celebrity activism, the university’s new art exhibit, and other topics that currently affect students and young people.
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Throughout the 2024 election, I would often hear friends and family make the claim that they “just don’t like” Kamala Harris.
Regardless of whether they ultimately decided to vote for her, people...
Whether we learn the results of the 2024 presidential election tonight or in the upcoming days, numerous factors will determine whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris wins the election. Voter fraud is not...
"The only thing you have to fear is fear itself," Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said in his first inaugural address.
When it comes to Halloween, I have to disagree. Recent years have revealed...
In schools across the United States, student scores are about to majorly decline — on Snapchat, that is. In a wave of policy sparked by Florida’s state legislature last year, 2024 has seen over 15...
If I shell out money for a movie ticket, I have a few expectations of the lead actor: Be more entertaining than my popcorn, and produce real tears during crying scenes. What I don’t rely on, however,...
Growing up, just about every coming-of-age movie and school assembly skit featured the same key message: Labels don’t define a person. Although we’ve progressed past the point of outwardly using terms...
Minus the orange fur and giant mustache, the Lorax has been resonating a lot with me lately.
While I don’t speak in defense of Dr. Seuss’ Truffula Trees, my beloved cause is the 15-foot trees...
For desperate New Englanders severely lacking Vitamin D, March 19, the spring equinox, marked a much-needed seasonal turning point. Finally, the darkness that kept so many of us sluggish and demoralized...
