By Oliver Gladfelter We know how Denisonians voted in the 2016 presidential election, although there still remains plenty of questions about our voting patterns. This was a unique campaign, and, with two historically unpopular candidates, voter turnout was constantly a question. Would citizens’ lack of enthusiasm for the candidates lead to low turnout? Or would citizens…

By Paul A. Djupe November 8, 2016 hosted a stunning upset of the political order in the United States. Political novice Donald Trump ran a non-traditional campaign that was marked by relatively little organization, racked up the fewest newspaper endorsements in the modern era, had few elite surrogates echoing his message, and generally followed a script…

[This is part 2 of a 3 part series about minority status and democratic inclusion on campus] By Oliver Gladfelter With election season in full swing, campus is buzzing with conversation about politics, constant Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton references, and much more – everywhere you go, you are reminded of the election. The Denison…

By Abby Zofchak As we have all heard time and time again, Denison aims to create “autonomous thinkers and discerning moral agents” through the “interdisciplinary integration of many forms of knowledge.” Ultimately, Denison wants to prepare students to become conscientious leaders who put knowledge into motion for the betterment of their communities after they graduate….

­­By Nathaniel Nakon Colleges and professors across the United States are often accused of having a “left-leaning” bias, that is, subscribing to more liberal political beliefs.  That claim has been widely covered (such as here) and is often used to justify the claim that college turns students into liberal Democrats.  While the validity of this…

[This is part 1 of a 3 part series about minority status and democratic inclusion on campus] By Paul A. Djupe “Complaints are everywhere heard that our governments are too unstable, that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties, and that measures are too often decided, not by the rules of…

By Oliver Gladfelter Sleep. Everyone’s always talking about it. “I was up so late last night.” “I only got like 4 hours of sleep.” “Yeah I’m probably gonna be up all night tonight.” All common phrases a Denison student may hear while walking across A-Quad. In fact, there’s almost a sense of pride among those…

By Nathaniel Nakon Every fall millions of college freshman take their first steps onto a campus that they will call home for the next four years.  Regardless of the countless hours spent researching the institution or making on-campus visits, there is no knowing what exactly the road before them holds.  The experiences that college provides…

By Oliver Gladfelter Spends most of their time in their room. Doesn’t have a lot friends. Never goes out. Definitely doesn’t work out. Who am I thinking of? Most Denison students would say “someone from North Quad?” There’s a stereotype about North Quad – if you live there your first year, you’ll meet fewer people,…

The events of the past fall (2015) on many college campuses around the United States raised deep and troubling questions about democratic inclusion. Not restricted to the right, left, or center, there is no easy resolution of the tensions that were most public at places like Yale, Mizzou, Smith and others, but are present on…

The bubble. Often derogatory, it’s a tag applied to college campuses to highlight how disassociated they are from the “real world.” Go figure that a population with an average age of less than half of society’s gathered together to read, create, and experiment would seem far removed. But “bubble” is actually a hypothesis that pushes…

for what’s coming next