Ethan Kim

No matter your topic, you have ultimate control over your journal. You can vent, gossip, scheme, shout, admire or assert — it all begins with your self-analysis.

Beyond the media gabfests and power grabs, the severity of our political issues must garner the attention of a future workable and governing House majority that can effectively negotiate. Without a speaker, the House’s hands are tied during a tumultuous time.

With our colorful Google calendars, the evening following our time commitments does not have to be equally hectic.

Now, with a presidential election looming on a significantly larger stage with a much louder microphone, this frustrating ambiguity makes electoral predictions that much more onerous. 

There is a medium to the enduring clash between the old and new guard of American politics, and hopefully, we discover it. 

We should all feel angry and disheartened by the rise of mass shootings. If anything, our contempt for these shootings and inactive politicians should translate into a more resounding response at the ballot box. 

With increasing political engagement and voter turnout, our generation has become more engrossed and animated in politics. That should be encouraged as we challenge the merits of these institutions, but that does not warrant a complete overhaul of any system without an in-depth reflection on its existence and the consequences. 

There must be a solidified wall between the rancor partisan wars of legislation in Congress and the ideal impartiality of the final adjudication in court.

A more engaged student body should be the objective of the ASUC because elaborate deliberation and dissent are the natural results of a more involved community.

If the only two contestants our political system can produce are Trump and Biden, then we all need to take a hard look at ourselves and reiterate what we value as a nation.