Rebecca Li, Staff Writer
September 25, 2020
Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. George Floyd. America has seen their names on protest signs and their faces flash across TV platforms and social media.
Tragedy is tragedy. So why have stories about police brutality only ...
Addie Michaelian, Staff Writer
September 25, 2020
Much of the dialogue surrounding the upcoming presidential election often reverts to the personal merits or disadvantages of the individual candidates. I regularly encounter discourse that resembles the following: “I can’t bel...
Carly Matthews, Staff Writer
September 25, 2020
In February of 2016, 10 months before the presidential election, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away. In response, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate would not be approving any of Preside...
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 ...
Addie Michaelian, Guest Writer
July 21, 2020
Sitting around the dinner table, my family and I have had many uncomfortable conversations during the past few weeks about the reality of the sin and racism that permeates our world. Navigating this season as an interracial f...
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...
