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Students Show Support for GLBT Rights
October 22nd, 2009
By Kyle Lawson
On Sunday October 11, members of Allies, Gettysburg’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Straight Alliance went down to Washington D.C. for the National Equality March. The sixteen students who went down as a group and the other students and professors who went on their own were just a small part of a crowd of 200,000 individuals of all ...
G-20 Flops, Protests Turn Violent
October 2nd, 2009
By Brian Englesma
Leaders from some of the world’s largest economies met last Thursday and Friday to work towards resolving the worldwide economic crisis. The conference, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is following on the heels of a G-20 conference in April held in London. Originally planned to be held in New York to coincide with the opening of the UN General ...
Congressional Update
September 26th, 2007
By Evan Rothera
Leahy-Specter Motion—Habeas Corpus Restoration Act: In a relatively important yet unnoticed battle in the chamber of the United States Senate, a bipartisan motion co-sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D—VT) and Senator Arlen Specter (R, PA) failed; when the votes were counted the final total was 56 in favor and 43 opposed. The ...
Miscellaneous Beltway News
August 21st, 2007
By Evan Rothera
If Thompson Runs, NBC will pull Law and Order Episodes:
If former Senator Fred Thompson (R- TN) decides to run for president in 2008, some television stations will find themselves with a slight problem, they will have to “suspend reruns of the show if [Thompson] makes a bid for the White House.” This suspension would be due to the ...
New Jersey on its Way to Gay Marriage
November 14th, 2006
By Thomas Paone
Before the midterm elections, the state of New Jersey passed a measure that may forever change our country. Although many states voted to ban gay marriage during the recent elections, New Jersey’s highest court on October 25 paved the way for lawmakers to legalize gay marriage, making it only the second state in the United States to do ...
Bob Barker to Leave Television
November 14th, 2006
By Thomas Paone
One must pay careful attention nowadays as they watch daytime television. For if they do, they will witness the ending of an era. While most people were paying attention to unimportant things like midterm elections, television history was announced and almost forgotten. Bob Barker, the legendary host of the infamous daytime television game show called The Price is ...
Welcome Home Francis Lupo, Welcome Home
October 26th, 2006
By Tom Paone
An American soldier has finally returned home. Not from the sands of Iraq or Afghanistan. Not from the jungles of Vietnam. Not from the beaches of Normandy. Private Francis Lupo, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has returned from the fields of France. After 90 years, Francis Lupo, one of the first soldiers from the First World War to be excavated, ...
Goat Redeems Self and is Promoted Once Again
October 26th, 2006
By Tom Paone
You may read this article and say, “Hey! This belongs in the humor section.” It, however, is an actual news story. A mascot in the British army, a goat named Billy, a descendant from one presented to the First Royal Welsh Battalion in 1844, made a mockery of the unit in June when it refused to march properly ...
International News in Brief
September 26th, 2006
By Nate Storey
Romania and Bulgaria will be admitted to the EU The European Commission has announced that Romanian and Bulgaria will be admitted to the European Union in 2007. However, they will be inspected periodically to ensure the countries are making progress in reducing corruption, organized crime, using EU funds properly, and guaranteeing food safety.
The Prime Minister of Bulgaria likened ...
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
February 27th, 2006
By Megan Bartlett
“Food is the vital way we celebrate anything that matters—a birthday, a new job, an anniversary; it’s how we mark the connections between us, how we celebrate life.” So says British author and cook Nigella Lawson in her latest cookbook, Feast. Her words call to mind wonderful images of close friends, laughter, and ...
