Matthew Metz, Staff Writer
September 18, 2020
It is undisputed that healthcare workers, first responders, and other essential workers have stepped up to the near-impossible circumstances of the pandemic, saving lives and livelihoods across the world. We are right to appl...
Carly Matthews, Staff Writer
September 18, 2020
Representation in the media is an important topic, but, due to the sheer size of media itself, it can become a complicated issue. When dealing with animated media, especially TV shows, the characters on the screen can seem diverse ...
Rebecca Li, Staff Writer
September 18, 2020
When was the last time you heard a sermon preached on mental health? Good question. In a time when the church ought to cultivate ongoing conversation surrounding mental illness, it too often resorts to silence. Up until recently, ...
Addie Michaelian, Staff Writer
September 18, 2020
It is difficult to escape the visceral and divisive rhetoric pervading our culture today. Social media rants and virtue signaling have replaced any attempt at civil discourse or deliberation. One wrong move, and the full force ...
Madison Smoak, Staff Writer
April 8, 2020
Rarely in our lifetime have we seen the disruption of global worship that we are witnessing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The thought of Easter passing by from the (dis)comfort of our couches as it is televised on our flatscreens...
Emily Mosher, Guest Writer
April 8, 2020
The intersectional identity of a white person is a complex intermingling of racial identity tied to colonization, privilege, oppression, and an unbecoming struggle of fragility, fear, humility, and courage. White bodies posse...
Wesley Stenzel
March 31, 2020
A preliminary note: while I’m a member of the Horizon’s editorial staff, I don’t speak for the Horizon or its staff as a whole — these thoughts are my own. Additionally, just because other Horizon editors aren’t commen...
Ebun Kalejaiye, Staff Writer
March 31, 2020
The week before spring break, a peaceful protest demonstrated the ability of the Westmont community, people of color (POC) and white people alike, to come together united against a campus culture that is not conducive to POC. T...
Josh Phillips, Guest Writer
March 24, 2020
In the week preceding spring break, it became evident that our campus community is split in two. Westmont’s division is not unique. This is a nationwide conflict between conservatism and liberalism; the battleground is intersectio...
Matthew Metz, Staff Writer
March 24, 2020
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has shocked the world, and many young people, Westmont students included, are unlikely to have experienced anything like it. However, I have lived through two previous epidemics, those being Severe A...
Ebun Kalejaiye, Staff Writer
March 4, 2020
The Superbowl Halftime show with Shakira and Jennifer Lopez (J-Lo) has been widely accepted by the American public as a sexualization of women and inappropriate for children. However, the question must be asked, “For what chil...
Addie Michaelian, Staff Writer
March 4, 2020
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27 ESV). Perhaps no other verse in the Bible holds greater implications for humanity. God created each ...
