Dispatches

Going home to ‘Trump’s America’

Going home to ‘Trump’s America’

Madison Mellinger

This summer I was fortunate to be supported by the John C. Bogle ’51 Fellowship in Civic Service to return home and assist Dr. Erika Kitzmiller with her research project, “Youth Inequality, Mobility, and Opportunity in Red and Blue America.” I took this valuable experience as an opportunity to explore the dissonance I felt while reading Vance’s memoir and reflect on my own experience growing up in Appalachia.

THE PROSPECT | 09/17/2020

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DISPATCH | Finding hope in a time of loss, mourning

DISPATCH | Finding hope in a time of loss, mourning

Harsimran Makkad

Maintaining relationships, participating in activities with friends and family — even if they are virtual — and consciously making the effort to enjoy little bits of every day have become the cornerstone of my everyday life.

THE PROSPECT | 08/16/2020

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DISPATCH | The deer have taken over

DISPATCH | The deer have taken over

Dennis Schaefer

Graduate student Dennis Schaefer shares what it’s like to live on campus in a summer unlike any other.

THE PROSPECT | 07/22/2020

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DISPATCH | Eight minutes and 46 seconds

DISPATCH | Eight minutes and 46 seconds

Julia Chaffers

White Americans have participated in protests more than previous uprisings in response to police violence. In big cities and small towns across the nation, this movement has grown into perhaps the largest in U.S. history. Wellesley exemplifies this change. 

THE PROSPECT | 07/16/2020

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DISPATCH | Great American road trip

DISPATCH | Great American road trip

Carter Gipson

It would be so satisfying to offer some kind of grand insight into the American people and all the places they inhabit, but my only conclusion is that America defies facile generalization. 

THE PROSPECT | 07/12/2020

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DISPATCH | Giving children smiles

DISPATCH | Giving children smiles

Harsimran Makkad

Assistant Design Editor Harsimran Makkad ’22 reflects on her summer working with the non-profit, Give Like a Mother. 

THE PROSPECT | 09/07/2019

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DISPATCH | Stories worth telling

DISPATCH | Stories worth telling

Benjamin Ball

“To tell a story, I think, is to be a part of something bigger than yourself.”

THE PROSPECT | 09/07/2019

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DISPATCH | Argentina's terror, near at hand

DISPATCH | Argentina's terror, near at hand

Jon Ort

Managing Editor Jon Ort ’21 grapples with the horrific crimes of Argentina’s military junta at ESMA, the regime’s largest torture and detention site.

THE PROSPECT | 08/30/2019

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DISPATCH | Tuesdays with Germaine

DISPATCH | Tuesdays with Germaine

Ivy Truong

Head News Editor Ivy Truong ’21 explores oft-overlooked corners of Philadelphia with newfound friends.

THE PROSPECT | 08/30/2019

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DISPATCH | Striving and driving

DISPATCH | Striving and driving

Rachel Kennedy

Associate Opinion Editor Rachel Kennedy ’21 investigates the intersections of artifice and aspiration that define Los Angeles.

THE PROSPECT | 08/20/2019

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DISPATCH | Loving and losing in Miami

DISPATCH | Loving and losing in Miami

Samuel Aftel

Managing editor Samuel Aftel ’20 reflects on his heady experiences in Miami this summer, at once embracing and lamenting the impermanence of his stay.

THE PROSPECT | 07/29/2019

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The power of orange

The power of orange

Maha Al Fahim

As a marriage between the two colors, orange embodies the intensity of red and the levity of yellow. It is the essence of Princeton captured in a color.

THE PROSPECT | 06/07/2019

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