by Kennedy Szekely You couldn’t miss the protest Wednesday, October 7 on Madison Avenue in front of the United Center in Chicago, where the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks were about to open their season and raise their championship banner. Patrick Kane is a star hockey player for the Stanley Cup Champions, the Chicago Blackhawks. Kane and some friends went to a night club in Buffalo, N.Y. where … Continue reading Patrick Kane Scandal
by Bridget Richard President Obama has finally addressed the famous “Kanye 2020” campaign declaration. It has been about two months since West stated at the 2015 VMAs on August 15 that he would run for president. The POTUS himself told some jokes on the subject during a recent fundraising event in San Francisco, making several conspicuous references, about both his “Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” and … Continue reading President Obama Acknowledges “Kanye 2020”
By Kate Barton On Wednesday, October 14, the Iranian Guardian Council passed the Iranian nuclear program deal, the final step before its implementation. The deal was passed by an absolute majority. The votes were 161 for, 59 against, and 13 abstaining. The council held debates over whether the deal went against their constitution and Sharia Law, which they decided it did not. The Iranian Deal calls … Continue reading The Final “Ok” on the Iranian Deal
by Meghna Kumar Since the first Nobel Prize was given out in 1901, it has garnered attention from the media and people around the world. The prize was created in 1896, when Alfred Nobel (the Swedish chemist and engineer who invented dynamite) bequeathed approximately $260 million of his fortune to create prizes to appreciate a diverse set of scientific and cultural advances by people or organizations … Continue reading Nobel Prize Winners 2015
by Meghna Kumar The popular “double-helix” model of DNA can be found in nearly every biology textbook at both the high school and college level. But new research may show that this model no longer holds true and that DNA actually coils into a “menagerie” of strands. In 1953, biologists James Watson and Francis Crick discovered what is now known as the double-helix model of … Continue reading The Discovery of ‘Supercoiled’ DNA
by Sarah Rovinsky Two bombs exploded in the capital of Turkey October 10, killing at least 95 and wounding 246 people. The event took place at a peace rally made up of Kurdish and leftist groups demanding an end to the clashes between Turkey and Kurdish rebel fighters. Hundreds had traveled from around the country to participate in what was supposed to be a peaceful … Continue reading Twin Bombings: Deadliest in Turkish History
by Sarah Rovinsky On September 3, for 30 minutes, American forces conducted a deadly airstrike on a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The attack killed 22 civilians, 12 of them staff members. Officials with Doctors Without Borders had explicitly informed in advance all parties to the conflict, including in Washington and Kabul, of the hospital’s GPS coordinates. Once the bombing started, the … Continue reading American Airstrike Targets Afghani Hospital
by Bridget Richard Many people viewed the supermoon on Sunday, September 27. To be a supermoon, there are several events that occur at the same time. This is the main reason why a supermoon is so special–the probability that all of these things happening at once is incredibly slim. Since the moon’s orbit around the Earth is not perfectly circular there is a certain point, … Continue reading Super, a Supermoon!
By Katherine Barton On September 21, Pope Francis arrived in Washington for his first visit to the U.S. The pope addressed many issues to give his direct opinion to the American people, and is arguably the most liberal pope yet. Among them, the pope advocated for “life,” not so much addressing the issue of abortion, but the death penalty. Pope Francis stressed the importance of … Continue reading Pope Francis on the Issues
by Bridget Richard Finding clear-cut answers for the who, what, where, and why of the recent refugee crisis is complicated because many of the conflicts and problems in this recent news story are rooted in years of deep struggle and pertain to various groups of people. Let’s try to summarize and inform to for those who have only heard the name of the crisis and … Continue reading A Debriefing On The Refugee Crisis
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