By Megan McGrath and Justice Nathaniel Thomas The Supreme Court has finally issued an opinion in the case Harrington v. Purdue Pharma. The verdict orders the Sackler family, former owners of Purdue Pharma — the company responsible for manufacturing and distributing the drug OxyContin — to pay $6 billion to...
By Ruhi Patel The other day I was just gallivanting around Toys “R” Us looking for a life-sized Peppa Pig inflatable (shopping for a friend, I swear), and I saw an advertisement for the coolest, hottest new toy on the market. Imagine my surprise when I saw a plastic, 4...
By Meghan Halvey After four strong years in and out of the classroom, Dores Divest president Charlotte “Char” Latan has accepted an offer to join the renowned consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Latan will be the third consecutive Dores Divest president to follow her time fighting injustices on campus by...
By Bonnie Bu My boyfriend, the great Keith Footprint, really wants the best for our world. He truly does. He volunteers to pick up waste in the waterways on Wednesdays. He even publicly denounces high-wealth individuals with substantial investments in oil. He’s taught me to curse those power-hungry, shale-loving tyrants...
By Charles Dorkins Once upon a time —of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve— Daniel Diermeier sat busy in his home office, drawing up schemes to ensure Vanderbilt University became #1 in the world, and he, its #1 chancellor. His most recent gambit – slowly replacing...
