This is really, REALLY problematic. Journalism and opinion writing are not the same thing. To be a journalist is to look for the truth, whether or not you agree with it. It’s to present these facts in a way that is as unbiased as possible, to ensure that the masses who are reading your newspaper are able to then form their own opinions, given the evidence you have collected. The reason that the Argosy has an opinions section is to give voice to those who wish to express their viewpoint on an issue. An entire newspaper which is focussed only on opinions is not a newspaper at all. It’s a brochure, a piece of marketing material for whatever opinions and bias are represented by the people putting it together.

What you seem to be saying is, there are people we don’t agree with, and we’re going to use the privilege afforded to us, and the esteemed tradition that has been entrusted to us, to broadcast our opinion that these people are wrong. And that is far worse than any sort of cuts or misguided decisions made by the university administration.

You are not merely the new editorial team of a student newspaper. You are the latest in over a century of student journalists who invested sweat, and tears, late nights and early mornings, to talk about the little bubble that is Sackville, and Mount Allison. This is bigger than you. It seems almost a slap in the face to all that came before you, to decide that you somehow have the right to grab ahold of the wheel, and change the direction that this sturdy little Argosy has been sailing in.

Is it objectively a good thing to fight for those who cannot always fight for themselves? Yes. Is it objectively a good thing to critically think about the viewpoints and facts laid before you, to form your own opinions, based on this information? Of course. This is what you’re paying thousands and thousands of dollars to do. But it is not the responsibility, nor is it the place, of the Argosy staff to explicitly pick a side.

You are supposed to be objective. That’s what you signed up for.