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s we work our way through the

primary season, watching both

parties’ candidates debate eachother internally makes it easy to lose sight

of the implications of this election. When

the candidates are not debating members of

the opposite party directly, some perspective

is always missing, and looking at Facebook

or cable news would indicate that there is

a massive gulf between the views of Hillary

Clinton and Bernie Sanders. This is simply

not true. There may be some genuine

dierences in policy priorities and the

approaches that Hillary and Bernie would

take in leading this country, but those

dierences pale in comparison to the much

larger gulf between either one of them and

the Republican nominee, whoever that may

be.

Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton

support women’s access to reproductive

health care and federal funding for Planned

Parenthood. All of the Republican candidates

have promised to block this funding should

they win. Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary

Clinton support same-sex marriage. All of

the Republican candidates claim to support

“traditional marriage.” Both Bernie Sanders

and Hillary Clinton want to raise taxes

on the wealthiest Americans. All of the

Republican candidates would decrease taxes

on the wealthiest Americans, putting more

of the tax burden on middle- and lower-

income families. Both Sanders and Clintonsupport investment in clean and renewable

energy; immigration reform, including

a path to citizenship; equal pay for equal

work; campaign nance reform; voting

rights; gun safety; protection of civil rights;

and regulating Wall Street. Both would

nominate justices to the Supreme Court who

would defend all of these positions as well.

The Republican candidates oppose all of

these ideas and would nominate justices to

the Supreme Court who share their views.

If President Obama is unable to

successfully ll the open seat on the

Supreme Court before leaving oce in

January 2017, there will be at least one open

seat. With several justices in their 80s, it islikely that the next President will get at least

one appointment to the court during their

term, even excluding this open seat. In the

past few years, the Supreme Court has made

signicant decisions including Shelby v.

Holder, which stripped key portions of the

1965 Voting Rights Act, and Citizens United,

which deemed money equal to speech and

corporations equal to people with only a

5-4 majority. These decisions indicate that

a switch of even one seat could lead to very

dierent political and policy realities in

the United States. From campaign nance

reform, to the protection of voting rights

and armative action, to the protectionof Roe v. Wade, to the continued existence

of collective bargaining rights for workers,

there are massive issues in front of the court

on a regular basis. A court with a 5-4 or 6-3

liberal majority would allow progress to

occur on all of these issues and more, even

if Congress remains gridlocked, but a court

with a 5-4 or 6-3 conservative majority could

have disastrous implications for the country.

The 2016 presidential election will be

extremely close no matter who is nominated,

as will many of the Senate races taking place

in swing states. If you are not sure whether

your vote will matter, simply take a look at

the 2008 congressional election results (a

year with high voter participation) versusthe 2014 congressional election results (a

year with low voter participation). The 2008

election brought 257 Democrats to the House

of Representatives and eight Democrats

to the Senate, bolstering majorities in

both of these chambers. The 2014 election

brought only 188 Democrats to the House,

and Republicans gained eight seats in the

Senate, which was enough to take

of the chamber. Looking at these

it quickly becomes clear that a n

is equivalent to voting for the Rep

Party. The Republican base con

turns out to vote and will therefore c

not be staying home on Election D year when they believe they are likel

back the Presidency.

No matter who wins the Dem

nomination, it is imperative that the

candidate is fully supported by all th

voted in the primary. Bernie Sander

is not Hillary Clinton, and Hillary C

enemy is not Bernie Sanders. This i

to remember in a primary season th

tenser every day. Again, Bernie Sa

correct in saying that when voter

is low, Republicans do better ele

and we cannot allow small but a

dierences make this prediction co

Staying home on Election Day

we are not 100 percent satised Democratic nominee would play r

the Republican Party’s hands. With

Trump having a real chance at win

Republican nomination, and Ted C

Marco Rubio close behind him, th

a time to sit on the sidelines in an

to retain moral superiority or ide

purity. The stakes are too high.

Bernie, Hillary Both Better Than RepuMarty Ascher

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"he problems that plague the prison

system are the same problems that

exist in the rest of society, magnied

to a horric degree. This is particularly

true for women’s issues. The population

of incarcerated women is dierent than

that of incarcerated men because 70

percent of women in state prisons were

convicted of nonviolent crimes relating to

drugs, property, or petty nancial crimes,

whereas the percentage of incarcerated

men who were convicted only of

nonviolent crimes is much lower. Because

the criminal justice system is designed

in such a way that people can use money

or information as leverage in sentence

negotiations, the people that get the worstsentences are those who are disadvantaged

in society, such as women. So even though

women do not commit as many serious

crimes as men do, they still suer long and

harsh sentences. Like men, women face

injustices in prison related to their health

and general welfare, but there are specic

concerns that only, or overwhelmingly,

aect the female incarcerated population.

One such concern is sexual abuse, which,

like virtually all problems in the criminal

justice system, is even more problematic

for women of color. According to Amnesty International,

anywhere between 48 percent and 88

percent of women inmates in the U.S.

have experienced physical or sexual abuse

before entering prison. Many more go on

to be victims of sexual abuse in prison.

Even those who do not are subject to

invasive and traumatizing bodily searches.

Seventy percent of the guards in women’s

prisons are men — men who frequently

sexually abuse and harass incarcerated

women, and then retaliate against those

who report them. Most of these cases go

unreported or uninvestigated.

Even in the rare situations when women

have hard evidence of abuse, they are

treated with disgusting disrespect. Lucy Amador, for example, was forced to perform

oral sex on a guard and then used a semen

stain on her shirt as evidence of the assault.

The guard was red and prosecuted,

but Amador also faced punishment by

being placed in solitary connement and

denied access to psychiatric treatment. If

this was the treatment of a survivor of an

assault that prison ocials acknowledged

and conrmed, there is no telling what

gross atrocities other women who are not

believed must experience.

There is also the issue of coercive, ratherthan violent, sexual abuse. Incarcerated

women have virtually no power. They are

working within the context of not only

societal gender power dynamics, but also

the unique and extreme power dynamics

that exist between an incarcerated person

and a guard. In this situation, the only

currency that a woman has is sex, and she

may partake in sexual activity with a guard

to get favors or to avoid punishment. While

these relationships might seem consensual

to some, the power dynamic renders

consent impossible. Nothing takes away

a woman’s agency, sense of self, desire

to live, or self-respect more than sexual

abuse, and nowhere is it more prevalent

than in the criminal ‘justice’ system.Some people may look at these instances

of abuse and acknowledge that, though

they are tragic, they are emblematic of

an enforcement problem rather than an

institutional one. They see sexual abuse as

a problem with individual guards, rather

than as a system that exists around the

idea that hundreds of powerless women

are under the complete control of a handful

of men. Those people are incorre

the system that is to blame, and

system that must be changed.

There are several policy changcould help address the atrociti

women face within the crimina

system. In order to combat the epid

sexual assault in prisons, there sh

no male correctional ocers in w

prisons. Furthermore, survivors o

assault must have access to resou

therapy and advocacy to help them

such dicult times. These survivo

be allowed to get no-contact orders

their attacker through the cours

investigation, which must be co

speedily and by a panel of sexual

experts. Additionally, in order for

to be able to utilize their own n

and support systems, they sho

incarcerated within a reasonable dfrom their homes. Of course, the in

of the criminal ‘justice’ system are

and so varied, that these policy cha

really only the tip of the iceberg. I

to achieve actual justice — for inca

people of all genders — a c

overhaul of the system is necessary

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Being a poor college student on

the Main Line has always been astrange juxtaposition of wanting

to buy microwavable Easy Mac, yet I’m

surrounded by violin shops, pet boutiques

and Ferrari dealerships. I am complaining

honestly about tremendous privilege right

now. I want to convey the oddity of living

within a bubble of wealth while unable able

to aord any of it. It’s like the Prince and the

Pauper scenario: living as if you are a part

of Main Line’s old money when in reality

you’re wondering why you haven’t been

thrown out yet.

I had one of those strong, !"#$%&'"()*$%+"

,)-) moments at a Planned Parenthood

Benet event earlier this November. Invited

by my cousin, the benet was held to raise

funding for the Planned Parenthood ofSoutheastern Pennsylvania. As a fan of

both women’s reproductive rights and free

invitations, I graciously accepted.

I didn’t expect that I would feel out of place

because, even though a benet does sound

bourgeois, I thought I would t in with other

feminist supporters. However, I was quickly

the least classy and youngest person in the

room. Although we were seated with a group

of hyper-intelligent black women, who told

us about their theories of otherworldly

life and this upcoming election (excellent

dinner topics for strangers), the rest of

the room was composed of older, smartlydressed white liberals. I was generations

behind the rest of the crowd, and being half-

Filipino, not entirely white. When musical

comedian, Katie Goodman, took the stage,

she certainly didn’t try to challenge the

audience.

Katie Goodman had a self-deprecating,

soccer mom brand of humor. She conveyed

a hysterical, hapless look that tried to

play on people’s insecurities–the feeling

of “I have it bad, but at least I’m not her!”

It was truly impressive that each of her

jokes was delivered through song, always

accompanied by her own piano-playing or

guitar-strumming. Some of her biggest hits

of the night we’re, “Sorry Babe, You’re a

Feminist,” “Probably Gay, the HomophobiaSong,” and, “I Didn’t F— it Up.” Goodman

was playing on really powerful, relevant

topics, but instead of speaking something

new, she recycled white liberal rhetoric.

In each of her songs, she was pushing

forward a positive message. She attacks

corrupt politicians who aim to defund

Planned Parenthood or ban gay marriage.

She criticizes celebrity women who insist

they’re not feminists because they, “love

men,” and even calls for some kind of shared

understanding between conservatives and

liberals.

However, even though the crowd inthe room was slapping their knees and

spilling their wine from laughing so hard,

I didn’t think anything she was saying was

actually controversial or revolutionary.

It’s easy to support gay marriage. It’s not

easy to criticize to recognize how achieving

gay marriage still leaves the struggles

of the majority of the queer community

in the dark. Goodman was quick to

criticize Republicans for ghting against

reproductive rights, but didn’t recognize

how Democrats often ignore the black

community’s constant ght, disregarding

any topic on race completely. You can call

out celebrity women for denying feminism,

but I would like to see Katie Goodman

promote intersectional feminism instead.Planned Parenthood itself has an ugly,

white feminist history as Margaret Sanger

was a white supremacist and eugenics

supporter. Similarly, we cannot ignore our

own college’s white supremacist past under

M. Carey Thomas, and others, as Bryn Mawr

was initially an institution to educate and

groom white women only. Katie Goodman’s

songs reminded me of how easy it is to say,

“I’m pro-life, I’m pro-gay marriag

feminist.” What’s harder is to exam

institutions you’ve supported and r

how they’re rooted in hatefu

What’s harder is to speak out andcommunities beyond your own.

After the silent auction ended

rae winners were announced, th

thinned out and people went on w

daily lives. What’s disappointing

even though Katie Goodman wa

the platform to say something im

she chose to spoon her audience t

safe messages they told themselve

Everyone in the room was doing so

important that night by dona

Planned Parenthood and coming

support reproductive rights. How

can’t help but think about what wa

and unsung on Goodman’s guitar.

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celebrating the great accomplishments

of black people? What does it have to do

with me?” I don’t know how many Smithies

hold this opinion, but I did encounter it on my

Facebook newsfeed. It’s shocking to me how

many people think black history is irrelevant

to this day. In 1988, the Smithsonian

Institution surveyed 10,000 Americans

on slavery. Ninety-two percent of white

respondents felt slavery had little meaning to

them, responding “my family did not arrive

until after the end of slavery.” While statistics

might be dierent now, this is exactly why

Black History Month is important: to learn why black history matters to all of us.

How did Black History Month come to

exist?

In 1926, the great black historian Carter G.

Woodson and the Association for the Study

of Negro Life and History announced that the

second week of February would be celebrated

as “Negro History Week.” During this time,

most history books simply omitted any African

American history and the central role black

Americans played in the birth of America. In

1976, the U.S. government expanded Negro

History Week to Black History Month. Black

History Month continues to recognize the

legacy of black history in American history.

Why is Black History Month still important

in today’s context?

We can tell a great deal about a country

from what it chooses to forget. Black history is

denitely an important piece of our history thatis left out or distorted. After all, maintaining

status quo is way easier than addressing the

problem. To take current events out of their

historical context is an ecient way to mask

the white supremacy in our society and

dismiss the Black Lives Matter movement

as “sensitive,” “irrational” or “misguided.”

Slavery, segregation and the Civil Rights

movement – these important events should

not just be a page in our history books. The

impact of historical events extends way

beyond their time, it is reected in our

behavior, thought, public opinion and laws.

We imagine that time erases the connection

of history to present, but this is nothing but

a naïve dismissal. Black History Month is an

opportunity to relearn our history through

black historical perspectives, create awareness

for the struggles and the challenges faced by

our black peers, and understand the bigger

picture of the Black Lives Matter movement.

It is important to understand that black

history month is not just a celebration of the

black community but a way for everyone toengage in the imperative eort of thinking,

acknowledging and promoting racial justice.

What’s our role in Black History Month?

As non-black students, I believe that it

is critical for us to listen, self-educate and

respect. In essence, it is us asking o

peers, “What is your story?” and res

by active listening and embracing. I

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unease and really devote time to lea

story of our black peers in a respec

It is not about being argumentativ

or judgmental; it is about compas

awareness. It is not about being sile

or afraid; it is about discovering a

facet of the same story that we have

heard. Black History Month is also

to self-educate. It is about siding

black peers by lifting their weight o

to face our unawareness. It is about

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!n a historic move for student performers

everywhere, the good people of the

Vassar College Orchestra and Choir have

announced this week that they will be the

rst college musicians to ocially unionize. According to a member of the orchestra who

wishes to retain their anonymity, this comes

in the aftermath of a series of “abuses” and

“usurpations” that “we simply could not

ignore.”

I spoke this week with the contra-bass

clarinettist of the orchestra, who blames

conductor Eduardo Navega on his inability to

provide for his family. “When Maestro Navega

hired me I thought I had made it. But I am

not paid unless I perform, and in the 4 years

since my hiring, Navega has yet to program a

piece scored for contrabass clarinet. I haven’t

been able to provide for my family, and child

protective services is threatening to take away

my child.”

Later this week I spoke with Vassar CollegeChoir bass Phil Chen, who despite repeated

auditions and pleas to join the Women’s

Chorus, has not secured a position. Maestra

Howlett oered Phil a spot, but only if he

sang in the alto range. He refused, asking why

he couldn’t stick to his bass voice register.

According to Chen, “when I spoke with

Maestra Howlett about simply singing the alto

part an octave down, or the soprano part two

octaves down, she was highly unenthusiastic.”I don’t understand why basses cannot have a

role in SSA repertoire. The Choir’s Union has

promised me reparations on this issue and I

look forward to being redeemed and joining

the Women’s Chorus after all. Let’s just say

that the Maestro had better have a good

lawyer, because we will show no mercy.”

Perhaps the most shocking of all the stories

involves rst Cellist David Toto, who bravely

shared his tale. “I was so shocked,” wrote

Toto, as he shook his head disapprovingly

from side-to-side. “Sometimes when I sit for

long periods of time, like during a concert, all

the blood rushes to my feet. Because my dress

shoes are too small, it starts to feel really funny

and I can feel my heartbeat in my toes, you

know? And all I want is to be allowed to playmy cello standing up during concerts but the

maestro refuses. I am so shocked. Hopefully

with the help of the orchestra’s union I will

nally be able to play my cello in an upright

position.”

Choir soprano Sarah Rodeo says that

Vassar Madrigals Conductor Drew Minter

isn’t open to student’s opinions. “I thought

a cornerstone of a Vassar education was

being allowed to engage openly with ourprofessors on issues, even contentious ones.

I am entitled to my opinion, and so is the

Maestro. So when Maestro Minter claimed

that I was singing a perfect fourth instead of

a perfect fth, I disagreed. But he refused to

respect my opinion and instead claimed that I

was absolutely wrong. If it is my opinion that

the interval I was singing was a perfect fth,

who is he to shut me down? The world is full

of opposing opinions, all of which deserve a

place for discussion and engagement on this

campus. Hopefully with the help of the Choir’s

Union, the Maestro will be more open to

engaging with students on issues of tonality.”

I heard from an orchestra violist that

Maestro Navega has been misinterpreting

dynamic markings for years: “So, you know if you have like one f, that’s like, one forte right?

But like, if there are two of them, like , then

its even louder, right? And then like… three or

four of them… or like ten f’s is really

Which totally makes sense because

there are more of them and when

all those letters you just want to pla

because it’s so exciting. But it’s also

same for p, right? Like p means pian

really really quiet. Like it doesn’t getthan that. Then two p’s is a little lou

that, then three is even louder, so tec

if you had like, 20 p’s it would be the

like, an f, right? It totally makes sens

think Maestro Navega has it mixed up

he never does this. But every time I as

it he just blows me o.”

Among all these specic issues whic

addressed by the new unions, the two gr

also petitioning for three bathroom br

rehearsal, sick pay, maternity/patern

and Queen. Tenor Nick Ruggeri told

choir has been trying for years to get

Howlett to program a choral arran

of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,”

refuses. This is authoritarian. We wa

in the repertoire we sing. It’s like no without representation, except ins

representation we just want Bo

Rhapsody, and no taxes.”

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