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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Nick Frost, Executive Editor “Down there on the ground is a white Ford Bronco,” Peter Jennings reported as, seemingly, the entire country tuned in to watch one of the slowest car chases to receive nationwide coverage.[1] From the early moments of the O.J. Simpson case, people across the nation […]
By Samantha Cook, Staff Writer “If something is free, you’re not the customer – you’re the product.” While free for users, Facebook turns its consumer data into a huge profit. Christopher Wylie, a whistleblower from the U.K. consulting firm Cambridge Analytica came forward recently about what he considered to […]
By Mariah Mandy, Staff Writer Typically, parents are immune from being sued by their children. Only in limited circumstances can children actually bring their parents to court. One of these narrow exceptions arises in an unlikely setting – the enforcement of marriage settlement agreements between divorced parents. Marriage settlement […]
By Elizabeth Echard, Staff Writer The number of qualified job applicants is not growing fast enough to satisfy the needs of employers. At any given point, six million jobs in the United States are unfilled.[1] While filling these jobs is vital to the success of the companies, certain applicants may […]
By Joseph Murphy (L’98), Senior Attorney We have all heard the tragedy of the young star athlete who dies on the field from an unknown or undiagnosed heart condition. In many cases, this reflects a lack of understanding, or reluctance to admit, that many of these deaths are the product […]