Despite being perfectly designed to accommodate large crowds, Malott Dining Commons has become emblematic of everything wrong with America. Packed wall-to-wall, 5C students and faculty treat each other like impediments to their survival.
People enter those doors as someone who says, “Can I add on to that?” in a class discussion; people leave covered in spit, blood, and ground-up bone dustings.
Malott brings out a level of violence that can only be controlled one way: more violence. We aren’t going to talk this out. Do you think the PP basketball team is ready to dialogue? No, and we aren’t either.
We live in a society; we survive in Malott.
In an effort to counter this aggression, Amy Marcus-Newhall has personally put a lead pipe in every Scripps mailbox with clear instructions: “Use it. Let the blood stain it and remind you of your power as a woman and them of their place on the Scripps campus.”
As a historically women’s college, it is crucial that Scrippsies stand up for themselves and dare to take up space, especially space that should be theirs in the first place.
New President Amy Marcus-Newhall commented, “There are so few places where women can feel safe, and Malott should be one of them. Fostering a sense of community and support in food-centered environments is of utmost importance. That’s why we wanted to give them the tools to protect their energy and shatter kneecaps.”
Strong Scrippsies can do anything. They can bring you, the 5Cs, and the world to its motherfucking knees. With a lead pipe.