National News

Devin Bartlett, Contributing Writer
Facebook has become an integral part of our social lives. It’s a great way to stay in touch with old friends or make contact with new …

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 …