Contents
December 6, 2019 Volume 52 | Issue 8
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Celebrating 50 Years
editorials
IMPEACH
Editor-In-Chief Noah Telerski Managing Editor Katherine Randolph
Defend DACA, but Aim for Reform
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carrying on
Problems at Home Don’t Stay at Home CHEYENNE MARTIN
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news
Executive Editor Features Editor News Editor Assistant News Editors
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opinion
cover story
Finding a Voice in America NURSENA OKTEM
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voices
The Hidden Cost of E-Scooters
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leisure
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Hail Mary: Catholic Women Seek Place in Priesthood
Best of 2019: Albums
Best of 2019: Movies
VOICE STAFF
VOICE STAFF
feature
leisure
RYAN REMMEL & SARAH WATSON
AMANDA CHU
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Executive Editor Voices Editor Assistant Voices Editor Editorial Board Chair Editorial Board
“It’s heartbreaking” Newseum to Close Amid Financial Trouble JOHN WOOLLEY
voices
Caroline Hamilton Annemarie Cuccia Roman Peregrino Darren Jian, Ryan Remmel, Sarah Watson
Leina Hsu Amanda Chu Paul James, Max Zhang Inès de Miranda Sienna Brancato, Delaney Corcoran, Annemarie Cuccia, Inès de Miranda, Lizz Pankova, Julia Pinney, Noah Telerski, Jack Townsend
leisure
Executive Editor Juliana Vaccaro De Souza Leisure Editor Skyler Coffey Assistant Editors Emma Chuck, Anna Pogrebivsky, Abby Webster Halftime Editor John Woolley Assistant Halftime Editors Lucy Cook, Chetan Dokku, Samantha Tritt
sports
Executive Editor Sports Editor Assistant Editors Halftime Editor Assistant Halftime Editors
Will Shanahan Tristan Lee Nathan Chen, Jake Gilstrap Ethan Cantrell Arshan Goudarzi
design
Josh Klein Insha Momin, Cade Shore Sean Ye Allison DeRose, Alex Giorno, Neha Malik Staff Designers Marie Luca, Ally West, Amy Zhou
Executive Editor Spread Editors Cover Editor Assistant Design Editors
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feature
By Students, for Students: an Academic Framework to Analyze Title IX INÈS DE MIRANDA & SARAH WATSON
““You name the field and there are women. We are everywhere. And we’re not going back to the kitchen in our slippers and our aprons. We’re just not.” PG. 12
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business
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support
“Newseum” SEAN YE & JACOB BILICH
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