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The student newspaper of Washington and Lee University

The Ring-tum Phi

Why I’m a Marxist

Blake Ramsey, Staff Writer May 8, 2023

Marxism is one of the words which seems almost forbidden to even mention at this university.  Sure, people read Marx’s readings in sociology and history because Marx was the foundation of sociological...

America’s mass shooting culture, fear, and ‘freedom’

Jenny Hellwig, News Editor April 11, 2023

A note: I wrote this piece a while back. Unfortunately, I cannot even remember exactly what mass shooting event triggered my desire to write it, which is emblematic of how prevalent these events are, and...

Banning books won’t erase modern realities

Aliya Gibbons, Staff Writer April 11, 2023

In my junior year of high school, I read “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood. In the middle of the book, the narrator, a handmaid named Offred–a captive of sorts, used for solely child-bearing...

A white haired man in a suit speaks, standing with two women in dresses. A news camera is in the left foreground.

Mike Pence talks presidential prospects, Trump in campus speech

Melos Ambaye, Staff Writer March 28, 2023

Former Vice President Mike Pence revealed during a campus visit that he’ll announce whether he’s running for president before summer. Pence addressed students at Washington and Lee on March 21...

A Tweet from Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog that reads, We were minding our own business when suddenly the trans movement came along and demanded that we totally abandon biology, common sense, and truth itself for its sake. Our war against this scourge is a defensive struggle. They started it. They wanted this fight. Now they have it. The tweet was posted March 5, 2023.

The conservative “war” against trans people

Blake Ramsey, Staff Writer March 28, 2023

This article was on my agenda even before Matt Walsh, a Conservative media personality, was coming to speak at this university. The fact Matt Walsh is now coming to speak only elevates the necessity of...

The Democratic party headquarters in downtown Lexington. Members of the Republican Party are espousing the rhetoric of fascism, opinion writer Jack Evans argues.

The language of fascism: how the right discredits intellectuals

Jack Evans December 11, 2022

I want you to imagine a reality where members of the intellectual opposition are labeled and vilified as “radicals,” where students gather in huge crowds to listen to the dogmatic rants of party leaders...

The Democratic party headquarters in downtown Lexington. Members of the Republican Party are espousing the rhetoric of fascism, opinion writer Jack Evans argues.

The failure of the red wave

Jack Evans, Staff Writer November 15, 2022

 In the days preceding the election, I had heard many times over that the “red wave” was coming this midterm. That is to say that the Republican Party was expected to have a landslide victory and...

Justice Breyer’s retirement leaves the Supreme Court wounded

Connor McNamara February 15, 2022

President Biden officially announced the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer on Thursday, Jan. 27. Breyer has served on the court for 28 years since being appointed in 1994 by Bill Clinton,...

Mitch McConnell is threatening us with a global financial crisis

Connor McNamara October 26, 2021

Thanks to Mitch McConnell, we had only days to spare before the United States budget defaulted and plunged us into a global financial crisis. On Oct. 7, the Senate approved an extension of the debt...

“Socially liberal, fiscally conservative”

Bri Hatch October 7, 2020
A deeply contradictory and unsustainable belief system

The power of political passion

Carly Snyder September 22, 2020
Every election is consequential, but this year comes with many issues that will dictate the rest of our lives
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Politics professor Tyler Dickovick has died. Here’s how the W&L community is remembering him.

Hannah Denham July 8, 2019
Students, alumni and faculty submitted memories with Dickovick to the Ring-tum Phi. Here are their stories.
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