Thursday, March 5

Editorial Cartoon: “Academic Whiplash”

By Polina Van Hulsen

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March 5, 2026

12:30 pm

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Van Hulsen is an Illustrations and Cartoons contributor. She is also a first-year political science student from the San Francisco Bay Area.

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