Photo courtesy of Google, Twitter Google announced last week that it was shutting down its social network, Google+, because a bug in their software caused private information to become accessible to third parties. Google said that up to 500,000 people were affected, and it was also made known to the […]
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McGregor’s fight ends in a brawl with opposing team
Photo courtesy of Andrius Petruccenia, Wikipedia Conor McGregor’s anticipated return to the octagon didn’t end the way he or his fans had hoped, as he tapped out during a chokehold from his opponent, Khabib Nurmagomedov. His loss wasn’t the highlight of the fight, however, as an unbelievable brawl both inside […]
UMass coach suspended following offensive comment
Photo courtesy of UMassAnc516, Wikipedia The Ohio Bobcats scored on nine straight possessions, set a single-game record with 664 yards of total offense and scored 58 points en route to a huge 58-42 win over the UMass Minutemen in Week 6 of the college football season. Instead of blaming the […]
Tennessee school official on leave following sexist video
Graphic by Olivia Mendez, The Ramapo News Graphic Department A Tennessee high school official was placed on administrative leave last week after he posted a sexist video online targeted towards young girls. Jared Hensley, who is the athletic director and assistant principal at Soddy-Daisy high school, created a video for […]
Tech use in classrooms leads to lower exam scores
Photo courtesy of Mark Evan, Flickr Several studies have concluded that classroom policies that allow for unrestricted use of laptops or even tolerance for cellphones result in diminished exam scores for students in college. Researchers, in a study recently published in the Journal of Educational Psychology, separated 118 college students […]
NFL officials under fire after controversial rulings
Photo courtesy of Referee Jefferey Beall, Flickr The NFL season has gotten off to a rocky start, mainly because fans are growing tired with the officiating and the ridiculous rules that have been put in place. One of the bigger issues the NFL has had to face is the new […]
Rosenstein in danger of firing after wiretap accusations
Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Justice, Wikipedia Late last week, the New York Times ran a story about The Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein allegedly offering to wear a wire to record President Trump and his top officials after the 2017 firing of FBI Director James Comey. This broke […]
Georgetown professor goes on a Kavanaugh Twitter rant
Photo courtesy of The White House, Wikipedia The First Amendment’s definition of free speech and what it covers has recently been a hot button topic in the press. Since the 2016 election and Milo Yiannopoulos’ “Free Speech Week” at UC Berkeley, the meaning has been perverted into being forced to […]
Crossbreeding dogs sheds light on negative effects
Photo courtesy of Gullpavon, Wikipedia Purebred dogs crossed with other purebreds have been capturing our hearts for hundreds of years, but despite being so cute and cuddly, they have a dark truth behind them. The labradoodle, a Labrador retriever mixed with a poodle, was first bred in 1989 by a […]
Affirmative action causes new stir Boston study
Photo courtesy of Ramapo College of New Jersey, Flickr It is no secret that admissions offices consider race when judging a student’s admission into a college, but a new study done by Boston public broadcasting station WGBH shows that people want that to come to an end, and fast. According […]