By Kat Gingolaski, Staff Writer On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the conflict that began when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Since then, 41 countries have given military, financial, and humanitarian support to Ukraine including the EU, members of the G7,[1] and countries who previously […]
Photo courtesy of Unsplash.com By: Emma Betz, Staff Writer As a result of the attacks that took place on October 7, 2023, in Gaza by Hamas, the United States has responded to the crisis with efforts of support for the civilians who continue to remain in danger.[1] Although President Biden […]
By Samantha Cook, Editor-in-Chief Javier Garcia-Bengochea is a Cuban-American neurosurgeon who was 15 months old when his family fled Cuba.[1] He claims his family was an owner of a valuable piece of property confiscated by Castro’s regime.[2] Garcia-Bengochea, like many other certified claimants, considers himself and his family to have […]
By Alyssa Lazar, Staff Writer At the 2015 Golden Globes, Tina Fey joked, “George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an adviser to Kofi Annan regarding Syria, and was selected to a three-person U.N. commission investigating rules […]
By Keanna Seabrooks, Staff Writer Within the first two weeks of his new role in the presidency, President Donald Trump ordered the immediate construction of a U.S.-Mexican border wall.[1] According to the president, the wall’s purpose is to combat illegal immigration and it will save millions of lives, millions […]
International Bitterness Units By Corey Zutz, Staff Writer Beer is good. Offending people is not good. Getting sued is bad. Getting sued for offending people with beer is very bad, as a Connecticut brewery discovered earlier this year. I took note of this situation when it first hit the news […]
