By Nicole Prieto, Editor-in-Chief Nearly a year ago this July, horror film legend George A. Romero died at age 77.[1] He left a legacy defined by one of modern history’s greatest low-budget horror films, Night of the Living Dead.[2] As AMC show The Walking Dead relishes in the aftermath of […]
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A New Information Age: ‘Fake News’ and the Power of Narrative
By Nicole Prieto, Editor-in-Chief In her surrealistic graphic novel Temperance,[1] Cathy Malkasian posits an unusual thought experiment: Can a community enclosed in a ship of stone — buoyed along a fictional sea of fire and convinced it is surrounded by “enemies” that do not exist — thrive unperturbed for 30 […]
Ohio Sports Villain May Save the Columbus Crew from Jumping Ship to Texas
By Nicolas Frost, Executive Editor Art Modell became a name that lives in infamy in Cleveland and most of Ohio when he moved the Cleveland Browns franchise to Baltimore in 1995. According to John Kroll, the former Online Editor for The Plain Dealer, it was no secret that Modell’s Browns […]
Remembering Linda Brown and Brown v. Board of Education
By Natalia Holliday, Web Editor “[Public school education] is a principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him for later professional training, and in helping him to adjust normally to his environment…Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which […]
Juveniles Still Face Life Sentences Without the Possibility of Parole
By Karissa Murphy, Executive Editor Carlos Flores was 17 years old when he was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to 21-years-to-life imprisonment. Flores and three others attempted to rob a bar in Queens, New York in 1981.[1] During the robbery, an off-duty police officer who was at […]
FCC Repeals Net Neutrality, But Repeal Remains in Limbo
By Brandon Schall, Staff Writer Since the adoption of the Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet rules, better known as net neutrality, by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Feb. 26, 2015, there has been controversy.[1] The FCC adopted the rules on a 3-2 vote and Chairman Tom Wheeler said, […]
Russian Election Meddling Inspires Seattle to Enforce Local Disclosure Laws Against Facebook
By Natalia Holliday, Web Editor In the late 1990s, political advertiser Alan Gould proposed an idea to promote political campaigns on the internet by posting banner ads on websites. To Gould, it was clear that the internet could be used to target messages and reach vast populations in a click. […]
Duquesne’s Public Interest Law Association Hosts Auction to Support Students Who Fulfill School Mission
By Natalie Tupta, Staff Writer Many people enroll in law school with the goal of helping others, and one way law students fulfill that goal is to pursue public interest law careers. Law schools, especially a Catholic law school like Duquesne, are eager to impart a sense of duty to […]
Repealing the Second Amendment: What Does It Take to Change the Constitution?
By David Zvirman, Staff Writer In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018 that resulted in the deaths of 14 students,[1] America has engaged in an emotional debate on the role guns play in our society.[2] While some have called for […]
Pennsylvania Gerrymandering: You Pack ‘Em, We Crack ‘Em
By Matthew DeSantis, Staff Writer The approach of the midterm elections in November has brought the debate about state election laws back to the fore. The legislatures of each state must decide whether they wish to implement voter identification laws or move polling places around, but more importantly, they must […]
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