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Charles Darwin, the father of natural selection, thinks that compassion is humanity’s strongest evolutionary instinct. In the Descent of Man, he declared that “those communities, which included the greatest number of the most compassionate members, would flourish best.”
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Protestantism needs a dose of Catholicism. I say this not in an effort to reprimand Protestants, but rather to draw attention to some of the beautiful practices of the Catholic church. It is difficult to put a finger on the Protestant church and what each denomination needs, but, as a Protestant myself, I realize that it can be easy to put Catholicism into a box and stereotype its followers for “worshipping Mary” or “praying to saints”.
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The Catholic Church has always treasured and defended the unique teachings and traditions that comprise her faith; indeed, she is firm in saying that nothing new doctrinally, theologically, or spiritually can be learned from an outside denomination.
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Both opinion pieces emphasized students’ behavior during the opening-night lecture, and both referenced tweets from that night in their critique of the community.
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For a school that prides itself on intellectual seriousness, King’s sure has a lot of students who can’t sit through one lecture without trashing the speaker on social media. Indeed, it’s become a tradition for King’s students to take to Twitter at opening lecture to mock, “roast,” and generally complain about Interregnum.
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We, The King’s College, didn’t deserve Interregnum this year. In my time at this school, Interregnum has focused on themes that were lofty ideas of which the pros and cons were worth examining: ambition had as much negativity surrounding it as positivity while equality was something we ought to strive for but required very little in practice. This year was different
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Can a campus of 500 overworked, sleep-deprived and career-driven young adults live out compassion in the day-to-day?Sure, I know we’re not all in that boat, but regardless, the question is important to consider as Interregnum kicks off.
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I was in sixth grade when I first created a Facebook account. The opportunity to post pictures for people I only partly knew would passively look at seemed revolutionary.But all of that slowly changed. Over a few years, I built up over 1,000 “friends” on the platform, leading to a news feed of people that I had never actually spoken to before.
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I was first told about The King’s College nearly a decade ago. I was riding in the car with my brother—he mentioned that there was an interesting college in New York where people were studying Politics, Philosophy, and Economics.
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In a journal entry on November 21, 2017, I wrote, “I feel like I’m the happiest I have ever been.” This moment of gratefulness could’ve been because Thanksgiving was coming up, one of my friends recently got engaged, or because I enjoyed watching my corgi puppy grow up. However, in retrospect, I know my happiness was due to my good friend, Leah Arrasmith.
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Take a look at Twitter. The top trending tweets are dominated by a man who regularly uses abrasive adjectives like “crazy” to describe people who disagree with him, makes fun of those who are disabled, and calls people “losers”— all while sitting in the White House.
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“Next stop 86th Street,” says the automated voice over the speaker of the 4 Express Train. It’s 8:21 a.m., according to my iPhone 7. Wearing a 40-pound blue and yellow backpacking pack, with a copy of the 1376-page Norton Anthropology of Poetry in hand, I shove my way onto the packed train. I mumble meaningless apologies to my fellow morning commuters—none of us love being packed like apples in an overstuffed Trader Joe’s produce crate.
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Cocooned in the bosom of two monolithic mountains, lies the most technologically advanced human civilization on record: Wakanda. This fictional nation from director Ryan Coogler’s, Black Panther, is self-sustaining and isolationist. Which is fine, because the city is all-encompassing with eccentrically curved skyscrapers, a magnetic-levitation and hyperloop transit system, ethereal usage of flora, a plethora of ethnic diversity from the individual tribes of the state, and a noble philosopher king.
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I’ve recently had the pleasure of viewing Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” the night before its release date. I attended a viewing with The Table, a minority student organization at The King’s College. I was enthralled by this new edition to the Marvel cinematic universe. While the costumes, scenery, and performances took my breath away, I have to say that I was captivated by the heart behind the movie’s message.
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“Wait, are you a Republican? Because you are so nice!” It’s a common reaction when Jennifer Williams, Chairwomen of the Trenton Republican Committee interacts with the urban Democrat voters who form the majority in her district. They’re even more shocked to find out she is a transgender woman.
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“All of us is a bit touched if you look close.” Thursday night was the opening of the MCA Department's “Floyd Collins,” the true story of a Kentucky cave diver who made headlines across the United States in 1925 after he gets stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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The world will catch a glimpse of political hope at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. After diplomatic dialogue at the heavily militarized border between North Korea and South Korea in mid-January, the neighboring countries agreed to unite their Olympic athletes under a unification flag during the opening ceremony of the Olympics on February 9.
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I am ashamed that you “Capped the Fearless Girl Statue,” but I think not for the reasons you would expect. I am disappointed not because you expressed your political opinion, of which you are perfectly entitled to, but because of the blatant disrespect that you showed for public property, and for The King’s College.
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In the spring of 2017, I was in the news for putting a “Make America Great Again” cap on the “Fearless Girl” statue, placed to supposedly face down the iconic “Charging Bull” statue. The ensuing calamity from this led to verbal spats at an Interregnum event, and even an honor council for a friend and myself. The one question no one seemed to ask is why I did it; I am now willing to go on record and explain in detail why I decided to cap her.
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