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University to honor students, faculty, staff

University to honor students, faculty, staff

April 13, 2015

The fifth annual Academic Honors Convocation will honor both students and faculty in Blackman Audi­to­rium on Thursday, April 23 at 3 p.m. Below is a comprehensive list of award winners. Berhard M. Gordon ('07') will receive the Presidential Medallion. Gordon is one...

Tyler, Helfman to lead SGA

Tyler, Helfman to lead SGA

April 8, 2015
Eric Tyler and Morgan Helfman are to serve as SGA president and vice president after beating out their opponents by a margin of just 50 votes. Tyler will replace current Student Body President Noah Carville.
Rand Paul announces 2016 presidential candidacy

Rand Paul announces 2016 presidential candidacy

April 7, 2015

By Scotty Schenck, photo editor Senator Rand Paul(R-Kentucky) announced earlier today that he will run for president in 2016. “We’ve come to take our country back. Washington is horribly broken,” Paul said during the announcement at the Galt House in Louisville, Ken....

One dead after shooting at NSA headquarters

One dead after shooting at NSA headquarters

March 31, 2015

By Scotty Schenck, photo editor National Security Agency (NSA) officers killed a man who tried ramming his car into a NSA officer’s vehicle at Fort Meade in Maryland yesterday morning, according to BBC. NSA police fired at the stolen car, a Ford Escape, which contained...

Ebola vaccine effective in primates

Ebola vaccine effective in primates

March 27, 2015

                            By Scotty Schenck, photo editor The Ebola virus panic may soon come to a close. According to the Science magazine, a vaccine using a...

Bomb threat interferes with Hernandez trial

March 26, 2015

By Mary Whitfill, editor-in-chief  A bomb threat was called into the Fall River Justice Center at around noon on Thursday, effectively halting the Aaron Hernandez murder trial for roughly two hours, according to multiple reports. Prosecutors in the case were continuing with...

Starbucks responds to racial issues with #RaceTogether

Starbucks responds to racial issues with #RaceTogether

March 23, 2015
Starbucks, an internationally-known organization, has provided its own attempt at approaching what they see as a growing racial divide in the US in the form of #RaceTogether.
MAPS pursues MDMA as treatment for psychological disorders

MAPS pursues MDMA as treatment for psychological disorders

March 20, 2015
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is attempting to legalize MDMA as a prescription for illnesses.
Netanyahu wins most number of seats in Israeli government

Netanyahu wins most number of seats in Israeli government

March 18, 2015

                            By Scotty Schenck, photo editor Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s party won the most seats in last night’s election...

Man indicted in Dorchester woman's death

Man indicted in Dorchester woman’s death

March 16, 2015
On Friday, 22-year-old Weeson Colas was charged with first-degree murder and armed assault with intent to murder in Dawnn Jaffier's 2014 death.
FBI to be sued in bombing-related death

FBI to be sued in bombing-related death

March 3, 2015

By Mary Whitfill, editor-in-chief Separate from the current Dzhokhar Tsarnev trial underway in Boston, a Florida group says it plans to sue the FBI for $30 million in thedeath of Ibragim Todashev, a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnev. Todashev was killed...

FCC votes to protect net neutrality

FCC votes to protect net neutrality

March 2, 2015
A 3-2 vote taken by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Feb. 26 approves measures to protect net neutrality, or the right to a Internet that treats all legal information equally no matter who created it or who is trying to see it