Jessie Gorovitz, Author at The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Opinion

We need the Green New Deal. Desperately.

We have never faced threats as serious to our democracy and our survival as those we face today. Climate change poses an existential threat… Read More

by Jessie Gorovitz
February 28, 2019
Section: Opinion

A genuine first impression helps candidates stay in the game

Although the 2020 election is over a year away, Democrats already face a crowded presidential primary field with no clear front runner. Right… Read More

by Jessie Gorovitz
February 21, 2019
Section: Opinion

Preventing gun violence is not ‘politically convenient,’ but it remains chiefly important

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, my class on American government begins with a discussion of current events. On Friday, Nov. 7, we discussed… Read More

by Jessie Gorovitz
December 6, 2018
Section: Opinion

Our response to tragedy must include election day solidarity

At the end of every service at my synagogue growing up, those mourning in the congregation were given the opportunity to rise as… Read More

by Jessie Gorovitz
November 1, 2018
Section: Opinion

America’s right to bear arms carries a racist double standard

The first protest I participated in was after Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in 2014. Students from my high school… Read More

by Jessie Gorovitz
April 5, 2018
Section: Opinion

Active shooter training should be mandatory for all students

In April 1999 my dad got on a plane and flew from our home in Northern California to Littleton, Colorado, to visit a… Read More

by Jessie Gorovitz
April 20, 2017
Section: Opinion

His Campus fails to make campus dialogue more productive

One of the ongoing critiques of political correctness, or “PC culture,” is that it silences people who disagree, creating a tyranny of the… Read More

by Jessie Gorovitz
March 2, 2017