Much could be learned from modeling oneself after the blue-haired girl or the country boy. Their commitment to their beliefs and unabashed defense of them is a quintessential aspect of education we should all be less afraid to embody.

By leaving students and faculty in the dark on the humanities report and instead participating in an unpublicized meeting with McMahon, Martin deprived community members of the opportunity to participate in meaningful dialogue regarding the future of the University.

We have a language problem. Social media and artificial intelligence have allowed individual instances of appropriation and misunderstanding to proliferate on an unprecedented scale. People our age use words and phrases without knowing their origins or true meanings, and that has deep implications for our ability to communicate, our relationships with one another, and what we consider “valuable” or “intelligent” language.