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Time to get serious about Syria

Time to get serious about Syria

Christopher Collins, Staff Writer February 5, 2016

The dogs and cats are gone. Now residents of the besieged Syrian town of Madaya are surviving on boiled water and tea leaves. Since 2011, the Middle Eastern nation has gone from mild protests to a war-torn...

Obama & GOP clash over Guantanamo

Obama & GOP clash over Guantanamo

Yahya Salih, Staff Writer December 4, 2015

When President Barack Obama took office in 2008, he promised to close down the Guantanamo Bay detention center. As his second term nears its conclusion, Obama hopes to finally fulfill that promise. However,...

KKK list proves racism still prevalent

Nicole Zelniker, World and Nation Editor November 20, 2015

The unidentified hacker collective called Anonymous released a list of over 1,000 KKK members in October. Many of those listed were already known KKK members or sympathizers of the KKK. Many of the...

News in Brief

Nicole Zelniker, World & Nation Editor November 20, 2015

France ISIS claimed to be behind the attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 that killed 129 people. Though several of the bombers have been identified, there is still a lot of backlash is France against Muslim...

News In Brief

Nicole Zelniker, World & Nation Editor November 13, 2015

Australia The Australian Conservation Foundation challenged an India-backed coal mine on Nov. 9, insisting the mine is a threat to the Great Barrier Reef. The project, which is  worth $11.6 billion,...

News in Brief

Nicole Zelniker, World & Nation Editor November 6, 2015

Canada Canada’s recently elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face a major political decision on whether or not to bail out Bombardier, Inc., a multinational transportation company based in...

Worshipers sit at Church Under the Bridge, an open-air church service and meal for people experiencing homelessness downtown.

Homelessness: an American crime

Nicholas Carratu, Staff Writer October 23, 2015

Sometimes, the meat-and-potatoes of your existence is not food. It is extra socks, empty water bottles and a beat-up flip phone with just a few minutes of air time left. For G, whose name has been abbreviated,...

Ethics, not corruption, should govern politics

Aditya Garg, Staff Writer February 7, 2014

There is a term that is often thrown around after such incidents as the recent “Bridgeghazi” and Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s egregious cronyism — “ethics,” specifically, “political...

Newtown vs. Congress: Preventing the next massacre through gun control

Shelby Smith, Staff Writer April 26, 2013

One gunman. 28 dead. Two injured. Countless loved ones of the victims. One failed piece of gun legislation. Now, an indefinite number of spree killings will not be prevented. Most Americans know...

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