Charlie Benedict, News Editor
February 28, 2019
Filed under News, Politics
On February 1st, the right-wing website Big League Politics leaked a picture of two men at a party, one wearing blackface and the other sporting a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood. The picture was on Virginia Democratic Governor Ralph...
Walker McPhail, News Reporter
February 28, 2019
Filed under News, Politics
“Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow Americans,” President Donald J. Trump’s voice resonated across the house chamber. On February 5th, the 45th president...
Nishka Bahl, News Reporter
February 28, 2019
Filed under News, Politics
Former French President, Charles De Gaulle, once said, “Treaties are like roses and young girls; they last while they last.” It seems De Gaulle was correct; since its inauguration in 2017, the Trump administration has pulled...
Payton Selby, Columnist
February 1, 2019
Filed under Opinions, Politics
Since the 2018 Midterm Elections, a wave of progression seems to have fallen over the Democratic party, energizing millennial voters and further engaging many into politics. The new Democratic freshman congressional class is the...
Phoebe Lariccia, Columnist
February 1, 2019
Filed under Opinions, Politics
Five billion dollars. Imagine what you could do with that money—Would you buy a couple mansions with bowling alleys, movie theaters, and twelve-car garages like 21 Savage? Provide clean water to every developing country? Create...
Will Wallace, Guest Columnist
March 5, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Politics
In recent years in the United States, capitalism has come under attack. The primary opposition or “solution” presented to capitalism is socialism. I am here to explain why socialism is not only impractical but utterly greed...
Annie Kong, News Reporter
March 5, 2018
Filed under News, Politics
On Feb. 9, nearly 3,000 athletes from around the world gathered in the Olympic stadium in Pyeongchang county, South Korea, for the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, kicking off 16 days of competition between 92 count...
Meimei Xu, News Reporter
March 5, 2018
Filed under News, Politics
On Jan. 7, actors and actresses appeared in all black at the 2018 Golden Globes awards in solidarity with the Time’s Up movement for victims of sexual assault. In her acceptance of the Cecil B. DeMille award, entertainment ic...
Ella Bradford, Columnist
March 5, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Politics
When my sister returned home from college for a brief family dinner for my father’s birthday, she began to fill the conversation with expressions of great extremism. In an achingly cliche turn of events, she had left home a t...
Meimei Xu, News Reporter
January 26, 2018
Filed under News, Politics
When the New York Times first reported rape allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein on Oct. 5, 2017, many felt that a new era had begun. Then, on Oct. 15, actress Alyssa Milano wrote on Twitter, “If you’ve been ...
Charlie Benedict, Opinions Editor
January 26, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Politics
I do not care about net neutrality. I hope it gets overturned, and here’s why: How many hours do you think US citizens alone have given social media companies for free? Billions upon unperceivable billions.
We capitulated to th...
Drew Norman, Columnist
January 26, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Politics
Last Sunday, the Golden Globes were a sea of black. Everywhere you looked, black tuxes, black dresses, and black heels populated the red carpet, were being talked about on every news network, and were being written about on ever...