by Linden Peterson In February of last year, German officials discovered and confiscated a massive collection of art from Cornelius Gurlitt. Including paintings, sketches and sculptures, the 1,406 works of art were looted by the Nazis when they were in power. Gurlitt’s father was an art dealer charged by Hitler to sell the art, but he horded it instead. Now, government officials are working to … Continue reading Nazi-Looted Art Found
by Shelby Powers Monday, October 21 at midnight, same-sex couples flocked to city halls across New Jersey after the State Supreme Court ruled that such unions are legal. The Garden State is the fourteenth state to legalize gay marriage, following in the footsteps of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Iowa, Minnesota, California, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The … Continue reading New Jersey Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage Despite Opposition from Governor Chris Christie
by Megan Haymond On Monday, October 21, President Obama publicly defended the Affordable Care Act despite technical issues. HealthCare.gov was malfunctioning making it impossible to sign up for care online. However, Obama highlighted toll-free numbers and other ways to sign up while the website is down. Republicans are pointing to a problem greater than the Affordable Care Acts website, stating Obama-care offers less options and … Continue reading Opinion: Flaws In Health Website Sheds Light on Greater Issue
by Megan Haymond On October 17, 2013 the government reopened after a fifteen-day shutdown. President Obama addressed the people stating, “There are no winners here.” The president acknowledged the worsened economy and decreased credit the nation suffers due to the shutdown. Obama went on to say, “How we do business around here has to change.” Yet raising the debt ceiling and procrastinating to make actual … Continue reading Opinion: Government Open For Business
by Kate Barton Krokodil is a heroin- like drug that is cheaper, more addictive, and more harmful than heroin. It has been around in Russia but is just now surfacing in the United States. The first cases ever filed in the U.S were in the last month. Krokodil can easily be made at home, which is one of the reasons it is such a huge … Continue reading The Killer Krokodil
By Dru Hunsaker “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” ~The Declaration of Independence. These words were born of some of the greatest minds of the eighteenth century, signed and sealed by the blood of patriots. They … Continue reading Opinion: The Pursuit of Happiness
by Cayla Destefani The 445th Airlift Wing from Wright Patterson Air Force Base held its first ever mass casualty training program at Calamityville in Fairborn, Ohio on September 29, 2013. Calamityville is 52-acres of an old grain silo; the one-of-a-kind facility is owned by Wright State University’s National Center for Medical Readiness. For training purposes, various realistic scenarios were set up around the facility like … Continue reading WPAFB Trains at Calamityville
by Kate Barton On January 1, the body of Kendrick Johnson was found in the center of a rolled up mat in the gymnasium of Lowndes County High School in Georgia. Allegedly, he was reaching for his shoe that had fallen into the center of the mat and he fell in upside down and had become asphyxiated and died. His body was found the next day when Kendrick’s … Continue reading Kendrick Johnson: Accident or Murder?
by Bridget Richard Paris Fashion Week 2013: A great showcase of international fashion, running from September 24 to October 2 just came to a close this past week. The celebration and exhibition of high fashion featured famous names such as Dior, Comme des Garcons, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton, among many other designers. But one new name that was brought to the public’s attention during the … Continue reading Nina Ricci Fashion Show Interrupted by Feminist Protesters
by Casey Murphy The government shutdown is causing national parks to shut down and preventing runners from running and training for races. If this shutdown lasts any longer, races sponsored by federal funds will be canceled. Runners are very upset with the shutdown, not only because of the closed national parks but because some also lost their jobs. With the parks being closed, the water … Continue reading Government Shutdown Means Runners Shutdown
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