Friday, May 17, 2024
Photo courtesy of Keith Allison, Wikipedia Jemele Hill, co-host of the ESPN show “SC6,” was suspended from ESPN for two weeks after a tweet that called for Dallas Cowboys advertisers to pull their ads in a boycott of the team. Hill’s tweet was in response to Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, […]
Photo courtesy of Mike Morbeck, Wikipedia During the San Francisco 49ers’ third preseason game last year, cameras caught then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sitting on a bench while the national anthem was playing. Following the game, Kaepernick explained his reasoning for sitting is because of the oppression and hardships people of […]
Photo courtesy of United States Government, Wikipedia Since his inauguration in January, the most controversial presidential candidate in recent memory, Donald Trump, has now become the most controversial President and leads the White House’s most controversial administration. Nearly every week there seems to be a media tirade in which various […]
Candace Beboe, a junior Law and Society major, gave a presentation Monday sponsored by the Theta Nu Xi multicultural sorority to educate students on what is happening in the world of politics, especially in regards to Donald Trump. “Often times us college students are so caught up in our day-to-day […]
Photo courtesy of Michael Vadon, Wikipedia The signs were omnipresent throughout the campaign trail and in the early days of the new presidency. Photographed numerous times accompanying her father on meetings with business leaders and foreign representatives, Ivanka Trump’s role was left open to interpretation. Yet, the American public knew […]
Photo courtesy of United States Senate, Wikipedia On March 6, Republicans in the House of Representatives released their proposal for a replacement to the Affordable Care Act. There was immediate outrage from both sides of the aisle. There are about three to four key changes from the Affordable Care Act […]
Photo courtesy of Aphrodite in N.Y.C., Wikipedia On June 16, 2015, United States politics changed forever when then CEO Donald J. Trump announced his presidential bid. Though his future comments and actions were the main cause of controversy throughout the nation, Trump first made headlines simply by being an American […]
Photo by Caleb Herbst In light of President Trump’s rescission of Obama-era Department of Justice and Department of Education protections for transgender students, the debate over whether or not students who are transgender should be allowed to use restrooms corresponding to their gender identity has been reignited. President Trump’s decision, […]
Photo by Dana Wehmann A unity rally was held last Thursday, as students assembled at the Arch to protest President Trump’s travel ban and various other actions proposed or put into effect by the president. Latino fraternity Lambda Sigma Upsilon Inc. organized the rally, a version of which was held […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr Since Donald J. Trump’s ascension to the presidency, there has been a concerted effort carried out by students, activists, faculty members, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program benefactors and undocumented immigrants to inhibit and challenge the President’s program of deportation. From the inception of […]
