National News

Cady Kuzmich, Columnist
The sound of exploding shrapnel from twin explosions rattled Boston last Monday, sending dozens to the hospital as runners crossed the finish line of the 117th Boston …

Cady Kuzmich, Columnist
Over 30,000 U.S. troops prepare to pull out of Afghanistan as the 2014 withdrawal approaches. In a White House Press Conference with Afghan President Karzai a few …

Kaylyn Boccia, Staff Writer
In a world so filled with automation, there are few things that still require solely the human mind and hand. The area of test grading may …

Cady Kuzmich, Columnist
Republican Senator Rand Paul, son of the famous Ron Paul, held the senate floor for nearly 13 hours last Wednesday. The Kentucky Senator’s filibuster finally ended when …

Kaylyn Boccia, Staff Writer
We often hear about small-scale hackings of websites such as Facebook or email accounts, but lately there has been a frightening trend of high scale hackings …

Cady Kuzmich, Columnist
On Mar. 1, President Obama signed an executive order which, according to The Washington Post, even he thought was dumb. The executive order arbitrarily cut $85 billion …

Indiana Nash, News Editor

There are countless situations in which the wrong people are punished for the conflicts of others. The Dima Yakovlev anti-adoption law, it seems, has created yet …

Afua Nuro, Staff Writer

   “Every day that the Boy Scouts of America delay action is another day that discrimination prevails,” said Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin. The Boy Scouts …

Brooke Edwards, Staff Writer

   Since 1994, the Pentagon’s “Com- bat Exclusion Policy” has discrimi- nated against women who serve in America’s military. Defense Secre- tary Leon Panetta has removed the …

Terrance McLeod, Staff Writer

   The election of the President in recent years has been con- troversial and it’s mainly due to the Electoral College. The one person who can tell …