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Pro: Engage in debates with your family

Nish Arumugam, SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE November 19, 2024

In the wake of the election and with the holidays breathing down our necks, we’re reaching that exciting time during the year when hearty, passionate discussions of politics arise within the family....

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Con: Don’t create conflict during the holidays

Vanessa Flanagan, STAFF WRITER November 19, 2024

Every family has that one uncle who loves to incite political arguments at the Thanksgiving table, but is it really worth it to argue with him? You see this guy once a year – let it go! There’s no...

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Labeling protests dismantles them

Kumba Jagne, STAFF WRITER November 19, 2024

This is a story about label makers. Not the little devices used to make labels in the office, but the people in power who use labels to their advantage. This is also a story about mislabeled things:...

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America voted against its own interests

Kat Powers, SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE November 19, 2024

Donald Trump won this election. The president-elect is a man that is a convicted felon, an alleged rapist, a racist, a misogynist, a homophobe and a xenophobe. This is a man who will now be in control...

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Hofstra, I want my major back

Lee Cusack, STAFF WRITER November 12, 2024

My name is Lee Cusack. I’m an audio/radio production and studies major, and I love my major… at least, I did. Upon returning to Hofstra University for the Fall semester, one of my peers informed me...

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Sabrina Carpenter: the feminist we didn’t know we needed

Makenzie Hurt, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF November 12, 2024

Sabrina Carpenter has been in the music scene since 2014 but didn’t truly take off until her 2023 single “Feather,” made famous by TikTok. Before that, though, there was a slew of drama between herself...

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What ever happened to ‘too soon’

Tom Saxa, STAFF WRITER November 12, 2024

On Oct. 16, 2024, Liam Payne, a former member of One Direction, tragically fell to his death from a third-floor balcony at an Argentinean hotel. He died from impact. The next day on Instagram reels, I...

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We’re going back

Ryan Monke, ASSISTANT OP-ED EDITOR November 12, 2024

The people have spoken: in January of next year, President-elect Donald Trump will re-enter the White House and serve his second presidential term, becoming the second president to serve two terms non-consecutively....

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Voting isn’t a duty, it’s a choice

Jacob Aurelus, SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE November 4, 2024

As a 19-year-old Black man from Brooklyn, New York, I plan to vote for former President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. I know my choice isn’t tasteful to some, and I’m completely...

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Disregard of Muslim voters may prove consequential in elections

Sania Daniyal, SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE November 4, 2024

While we can likely predict the outcome of the presidential election in the majority of states, a few are too close to call. The political preferences of these “swing states” are narrowly divided,...

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Where have all the conversations gone?

Allison Siegel, STAFF WRITER November 2, 2024

College campuses are known for being vessels for the exchange of ideas and opinions. As a current college student living through a historic election, I’m wondering where the discussion of ideas and opinions...

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It’s more than MAGA

Kumba Jagne, SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE October 29, 2024

I went to a rally for former President Donald Trump last month and expected the typical sea of “Make America Great Again” hats I saw flowing through the venue. But the merchandise started getting...

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