“What’s the point of a space mission that can’t get anyone to space?” asked the head of NASA’s Space Task Force, Al Harrison, in the 2016 biographical drama Hidden Figures. Well, with the dedicated work of Katherine Goble Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, the heroines of the film, NASA’s space program ~literally~ took off….
Decolonizing Yoga: A Love Your Body Week Event
During Love Your Body Week, Landis student workers hosted a wonderful event titled The Gentrification of Yoga & Ways to Decolonize Yoga Practice. When I first read about this event, I was immediately intrigued by both its name and relevance to the yoga practices I have previously taken part in. After a breakout room in…
The Asbell Center: Response to Recent Antisemitic Video
On Friday, a video with antisemitic content came to light among our Dickinson community. As the center for Jewish Life on campus, it is our duty to speak out when we see antisemitism anywhere, but especially among our student body. Too often, acts of bigotry are couched as humorous, as “just jokes” or as “satire,”…