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(Archive February 2017) Why I March: A Response to Those Who Were “Too Good” To

By Jamie Parker | Opinion Editor

Photo courtesy of Susan Shute

After the Women’s Marches that took place on Saturday, January 21st, the day after the Inauguration of Donald Trump, people all over the country took to the internet to tell the people who were participating in the marches how they felt about it.  

Many of those people were supportive of the marches that were happening nationwide. Yet there were some, as there always are, who were not as supportive. These people condemned the marchers as, “not real” women because they’re only marching for themselves, or how these marchers were being “irrational,” because the current administration hasn’t even done anything yet, or even how there is no need for this because women “already have equal rights.” So this is my response to those people. This is why I march. read more

(Archive February 2017) Women’s March on Washington

By Courtney Wentz | News Editor

Women's March Photo
Protestors gather outside the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. at the January 21st Women’s March

Former student and current computer lab assistant at MWCC, Susan Shute attended the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday, January 21st.

Originally, Shute had not planned on going to the march because of potential violence and the cost of the trip, but due to a ticket becoming available, she was able to go with a friend and a bus full of people. Shute said, “I was so excited I couldn’t stand it.”

The buses left Keene, New Hampshire at 11:30PM and arrived in Washington, D.C. at 8AM the next morning. Shute described it taking an hour to get to the starting point of the march to listen to the speakers, and then began the march at around 3PM in the afternoon. read more