By Frank Rinaldi on August 6, 2009
In the month of September, the federal government passed a bill that called for spending over $700 billion of public money in order to take over failed assets from Wall Street firms. This plan was supposed stop the bleeding and enable the financial markets to start their path to recovery. It is important to note [...]
Posted in National | Tagged economic collapse, economic distress, May 2009, obama, Volume VII Number IV
By Kristina Kelleher on August 1, 2009
President Barack Obama has said that he wants to be a transformational leader. During the primary, Obama said that he wanted to be more like President Reagan than President Clinton because Reagan fundamentally changed government and left an impact on the world. Considering the momentous change that Obama has promised, it is ironic that he [...]
Posted in National | Tagged barack obama, barack obama foreign policy, May 2009, obama foreign policy, Volume VII Number IV
By Travis Rowley on July 9, 2009
The Coen Brothers’ 2007 film No Country For Old Men revolves around the tale of several young men engaged in a violent race for a satchel of cash. Tommy Lee Jones plays an aging sheriff investigating the depressing trail of bloodshed, markings that inform the old man that the customs and morals that guided his [...]
Posted in National | Tagged May 2009, Volume VII Number IV
By Jason Carr on July 7, 2009
While Asian-Americans continually achieve America’s top test scores, University’s affirmative action policies put them at a disadvantage.
Posted in National | Tagged February 2007, Volume V Number V
By Kristina Kelleher on July 7, 2009
Imagine having your address made public on the Internet. Imagine your employer receiving threatening phone calls for not firing you. Imagine your business being boycotted and picketed until you resigned. Imagine patients leaving your practice that you have built up from the ground. Imagine having to resign from managing a popular restaurant after 26 years [...]
Posted in National | Tagged california, gay marriage, gay marriage legislation, May 2009, prop 8, proposition 8, Volume VII Number IV
By Lily Tran on May 4, 2009
Morse vs. Frederick, better known by its nickname, Bong Hits 4 Jesus, is a landmark free speech case. The Supreme Court ruled that schools can restrict speech when it promotes illegal drug use. Morse vs. Frederick has implications for students’ speech on both high school and college campuses.
Imagine a world of thought police and speech [...]
Posted in National | Tagged bong hits 4 jesus, morse v frederick, morse vs. frederick, September 2007, Volume VI Number I
By Christina Cozzetto on January 28, 2009
Due to the underage pregnancy of Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol, the issue of teenage pregnancy was a more prominent issue in this election than in any previous one. Several groups have insisted for years that they have the solution, and that solution takes the form of abstinence pledges, in which young people promise to refrain [...]
Posted in National | Tagged January 2009, Volume VII Number III
By Ivayla Ivanova on January 28, 2009
Through her candidacy for the Vice Presidency…
Posted in Lead, National | Tagged January 2009, Volume VII Number III
By Frank Rinaldi on January 28, 2009
Many have forgotten the promise that Barack Obama had made early on in this election: he had promised to accept public financing for his campaign if his opponent did so as well. McCain played Obama’s hand by agreeing to accept public financing, but as it turns out, Obama was merely bluffing. With the opportunity to [...]
Posted in National | Tagged January 2009, Volume VII Number III
By Kristina Kelleher on January 28, 2009
“This New Louisiana will not come easily…but it will come…
Posted in Lead, National | Tagged January 2009, Volume VII Number III
