News in Brief
Catherine Schurz, World and Nation Editor
April 5, 2013
Ontario, Canada The hagfish, a 500-million-year-old spineless creature with snake-like features, lives at the bottom of the ocean floor. Its unique glands constantly produce a thick slime that serves to protect it; the slime is shed daily. Research scientists have now developed a high-density silk from... Read more »
Obama visits Israel and speaks of peace in the Middle East
Christianna Van Dalsen , Staff Writer
April 5, 2013
During the 2012 election, Hussein Ibish of the American Task Force on Palestine described the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as “an issue (that has) fallen off the map of U.S. foreign policy attention.” Recently however, President Barack Obama made his first trip as president to Israel where he highlighted... Read more »
Rape culture invades social and mainstream media
Anney Bolgiano, Staff Writer
April 5, 2013
“I have no sympathy for whores,” tweeted Twitter user cody_saltsman. “So you got drunk at a party and two people take advantage of you, that’s not rape, you’re just a loose drunk slut,” tweeted another user under the account name romano_santino. User fellerSuter posted, “I would lay my... Read more »
State lotteries now managed outside state lines
Chloe Lindeman, Staff Writer
April 5, 2013
State governments have been cashing in on the profit from lotteries for decades, but hopes of higher earnings have spurred recent changes. Pennsylvania and Indiana have contracted private companies from Great Britain and Rhode Island respectively to manage their state lotteries. The companies were chosen... Read more »
Benedict resigns, Francis named pope in record time
Sydney Hawkins, Staff Writer
March 29, 2013
Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis of Buenos Aires was elected by the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13 in the shortest papal conclave in history. The 85-year-old Pope Benedict retired on Feb 28 after serving in his role as pope since 2005, succeeding Pope John... Read more »