Gun debate defies all information, driven by passions
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff After the tragedy in Newtown, CT, America struggled with a series of definitions. We still do. What, exactly, constitutes an assault rifle? How many…
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BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff After the tragedy in Newtown, CT, America struggled with a series of definitions. We still do. What, exactly, constitutes an assault rifle? How many…
BY KYLE GRACZYK ‘16 Contributing Writer For the past month, the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) has increasingly made the international community nervous with the expansion of their…
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ‘13 Contributing Writer This past Tuesday, President Obama presented his plans for a new scientific research project to develop the technology for mapping the human brain. The…
BY GRACE MEREDITH ‘16 Contributing Writer Two weeks ago, I was scrolling through my Facebook on a Tuesday afternoon when I found my newsfeed alive with scarlet banners of friends…
BY CONNOR BURNS ‘13 Senior Staff President Obama successfully passed comprehensive reform of healthcare finance, and, to a lesser extent, taxes. Now the president is setting his sight on an…
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ‘13 Contributing Writer Imagine passenger pigeons and Carolina parakeets flying the skies over the United States. See Tasmanian tigers running through the Australian outback, Caribbean monk seals…
BY MOLLY SULDS ‘14 Contributing Writer It’s time we get real. And by real I don’t just mean posting problems to FandM Confessions. No, it’s time we get real about…
BY MIKE KRAUSS ’71 Alumnus Writer The United States remains trapped in a slow moving social catastrophe. Millions of unemployed, late-middle-aged Americans will never again have full-time, well- paying jobs.…
BY GRACE MEREDITH’16 Contributing Writer I was recently scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed when I noticed an unusual news headline my friend shared. The headline, from “SmartPlanet,” a news site…
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ‘13 Contributing Writer Since the early 1980’s, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and resulting Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have run rampant all over the planet, spreading…
BY LAUREN BEJZAK ’13 Senior Staff Sitting in my dorm room in Buchanan Hall three-and-a-half-years ago, I was 18, unsure of my place in the college ecosystem and feeling okay…
To the Editor: I would like to formally thank Kappa Delta Sorority for its outstanding support of Lancaster Girl Scout troops. So far this school year, the sorority has held…
BY DOUG ADAIR ’16 Staff Writer While I’ve been trying to keep up with all the news coming out of Washington lately, I’ve been especially keen on keeping track of…
BY GRACE MEREDITH ’16 Contributing Writer Every year, magazine devotees, film trivia addicts, and the average American film attendee unite and wait patiently for the annual Oscars. Sure enough, a…
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ’13 Contributing Writer While I wasn’t expecting the same turnout as last week’s Cornel West Common Hour, I was still a bit disheartened by the dramatic drop…