Rania Jones
About Rania Jones
Articles written by Rania Jones:
A New Kind of Kendom
The Roman Empire TikTok trend exposes gender’s impact on the construction of history.
It all began with one question: “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?” While sitting with friends in Cabot, I decided to text my father and brother this trivial question about the Roman Empire. They respond, detailing that the Roman Empire crosses their mind “every day” and “all the time.” I didn’t believe […]
I am More than My Sob Story
Students should not be pressured to exploit their pain in college applications.
I am haunted by a lineage of four words: You are your trauma. My mom died a week into my senior year of high school. As I approached and navigated the chaos of the college admissions process, my whole world was fractured. Between drafts and drafts of varying personal statements, everyone around me seemed to […]
The Law of the Land
Is the Supreme Court of the United States still an engine of equal justice under law?
“The only power the Supreme Court has is its legitimacy…and if it loses that, the question becomes, why obey?” The documentary trailer projected on the screen of the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics asked its packed audience this question. On September 20th, Harvard undergraduate and graduate students […]