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By Erin Maxwell || News Editor Early in the day on January 6th, shouts of “fight like hell!” echoed across the National Mall, as domestic terrorists staged an insurrection at…
By Ellyn Fritz || News Editor In my mother’s group chat with her college friends, one topic of conversation during the contentious days of the election was the recent New…
By Chris Worrell || Contributing Writer Thailand’s government, ever since its military coup in 2014 under Prayut Chan-ocha, has consistently been under military control. Thailand is considered to be a…
By Katherine Coble || News Editor The nation’s first official primary kicked off last week in New Hampshire, where Democratic presidential hopefuls made their case to face Donald Trump in…
By Katherine Coble || News Editor With the Iowa caucuses (slowly and painfully) coming to a close and the New Hampshire primary on the horizon, the 2020 election season is…
By Anna Synakh || Copy Editor Evo Morales was first elected to be the President of Bolivia in 2005 and stepped into the position in 2006. Morales was the first…
By Sunya Hassan || News Editor Cesar Sayoc, the man who authorities believe to be person behind the pipe bomb packages, was arrested in south Florida on Friday, October 26.…
By Anna Goorevich || Opinion & Editorial Editor It is without question that the events from the past few days, and evidently the ones in the upcoming weeks, are going…
By Isabel Paris || Contributing Writer Senator John McCain recently passed on August 25 after declining any further treatment for his cancer. At his funeral, McCain had requested for both…
By Joshua Cropanzano || Staff Writer On April 13th, the United States, in coordination with the UK and France, launched a targeted strike against Syria in response to a chemical…
By Nicholas Stolte || Staff Writer Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) announced April 11th that he has decided not to seek reelection. Despite this announcement, Speaker Ryan intends…
By Josh Cropanzano || Staff Writer Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was fired on March 16th, 2018 just 26 hours before his retirement on the direction of Attorney General…
By Katherine Coble || News Editor The streets of cities from Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia to Tokyo were crammed on Saturday afternoon as students, teachers, and concerned citizens participated in…
By Mike Krauss ’71 || Contributing Writer With thanks to the late Professor Emeritus, John H. Vanderzell PhD, with whom I had two challenging semesters of constitutional law. It is…
By Boris Zyumbyulev || Staff Writer Congress passed a budget deal early Friday morning that raises the debt ceiling until March 2019 and keeps the government funded for the next…