CHELSEA FABER STAFF WRITER The United Methodist Church has announced a proposal to separate into two denominations, a decision stemming from a 2019 vote regarding same sex marriage and LGBTQ+ clergy. The plan was announced on Jan. 3 and is set to be voted on at the General Conference in May 2020. Passage of the... Continue Reading →
SYDNEY BOSSIDIS STAFF WRITER The start of the new year was the start to growing escalations in the Middle East. On Jan. 2, President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani—an Iranian military general. This took place at the Baghdad airport in Iraq. A few days prior, on Dec. 31, 2019, there were... Continue Reading →
KARA DENIKE STAFF WRITER Early this month, Bill Gates, most well-known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporations, was interviewed by The New York Times and voiced his thoughts on US Senator and possible presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax plans. Gates said, “I’ve paid over 10 billion in taxes, I pay more than anyone in... Continue Reading →
COURTNEY SMITH STAFF WRITER Over the past several years, there have been many movements to replace the observation of Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in light of the acts of terrorism committed by Columbus on indigenous communities during the Age of Exploration. The origins of Columbus Day prove much more complex than many know.... Continue Reading →
CHELSEA FABER STAFF WRITER The Supreme Court of the United States heard the case made by the Trump Administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows undocumented individuals who entered the country as a child to remain in the United States legally. DREAMers were those brought to the U.S. illegally as... Continue Reading →
JACOB SMITH STAFF WRITER Twitter backfires on Facebook’s “hands off stance” by banning all political ads on their platform. Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, spoke out recently and said that political ads can be misleading and present challenges to society. Dorsey tweeted, “We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe... Continue Reading →
ATULYA DORA-LASKEY STAFF WRITER Reading the news regarding Bolivia over the past couple of weeks has left me thinking a lot about Jurassic Park. More specifically what the author of Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, coined as Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. Crichton described this effect as “You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you... Continue Reading →
DYLAN COUR STAFF WRITER Graphic by ALLISON WOODLAND Many are saying that 2019 marks the year in which friendly generational communication comes to a close. Generation Z has coined a new phrase aimed specifically at the older generation known as “OK Boomer.” The phrase has taken the internet by storm and is most frequently used... Continue Reading →
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