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9/11 10th Anniversary Issue

Alec Ward | It's a shame

By Alec Ward · April 26, 2016

It’s been a tough week, and it’s only Wednesday. Everyone had too much end-of-semester work to enjoy the nice weather over the weekend, Donald Trump W’68 won the Pennsylvania primary, and the DOJ launched a ludicrous and unconstitutional attempt to criminalize academic open expression.  If you, dear reader, read this column with any sort of regularity, you can likely guess that I could write angrily about any of these at length.


On Tuesday, the real race in Pennsylvania will take place on the bottom of the Republican ballot, where voters will directly select delegates, almost 80 percent of which are unpledged.

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On Tuesday, the real race in Pennsylvania will take place on the bottom of the Republican ballot, where voters will directly select delegates, almost 80 percent of which are unpledged.














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In a post-9/11 world, Islamophobia is not uncommon, and many Muslims and non-Muslims can recount instances of undue fear-mongering, ranging from high school bullying to murder. More recently, we must note that anti-Muslim sentiment has resurged in light of upcoming Presidential elections, with proclamations threatening the sense of belonging for Muslims all over this country.



When I applied to be an opinion columnist a year ago, I wasn’t quite sure if I fit the mold. Most opinion columns I’d read, whether in The Daily Pennsylvanian or in national newspapers, were about politics, economics or controversial things.