Emily Theroux | staff writer | Nov. 5, 2024, is a date that will alter the course of American history. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are polar opposites: a prosecutor and a felon. There is no world in which this election does not shape the country for better or for worse. You may wonder if there could be a secret third … Continue reading Vote with your head, not with your heart
Ember Duke | layout editor | Your job isn’t your life. However, it does determine how you get to live outside of work. It determines your financial liberties and can be detrimental to your attention out of the office. The average American spends a third of their life at work, according to Gettysburg College. Even off the clock, there is still an expectation from many … Continue reading All work no play: American work culture is a killer
Christiana Cates | staff columnist Sept. 30, 2021 Travel YouTubers have been a beacon of light for cultural exploration around the globe, but it was one travel video from Hong Kong, and a sentence that impacted me as an American. “C’mon, Americans are not the only people that speak English in this world, think bigger. This world is not America and the rest of the … Continue reading Globalized knowledge: The world is more than America
Zoe Stratos | opinions editor Sept. 9, 2021 Nearly 20 years ago, Americans all across the country watched in horror the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, leaving nearly 3,000 people dead in New York, Washington and Shanksville, Pa. Four commercial airliners struck the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. The bravery of the passengers, the workers and our first responders … Continue reading The 20th anniversary of 9/11 calls for responsibility with Afghanistan
04/08/2021 Alyse Kaminski | Staff Columnist “I can’t breathe.” The three words that have been in all our minds since the news of the murder of George Floyd broke last year. The weight those three words carry — it’s immense. As Floyd’s murderer, Derek Chauvin, stands trial, and as each witness gives their testimony, I cannot help but think that Chauvin is guilty. But for … Continue reading Derek Chauvin’s trial underscores the need for police reform in America
03/18/2021 Staff Editorial With increased vaccine rollout and dropping rates of Covid cases, the once far-flung dream of normalcy is finally on the horizon. The reality is the “normal” we once knew died last March — it’s time to move forward into this new world forged by the pandemic as opposed to reverting to the way things were. For however much we might like to … Continue reading Staff Editorial: It’s our time to move forward, not backward
03/18/2021 Mohammad Sajjad | Staff Columnist A few years ago, I was looking for a new primary care physician (PCP) to treat a seasonal cough that had become quite debilitating. At the time, my insurance company was no longer covering my previous provider given that he was out of network. Much to my surprise, after finding a provider within my network, I had to wait … Continue reading Retail health clinics are not the solution to America’s health care crisis
03/18/2021 Noah Wilbur | Opinions Editor In the last century, Americans have stood by and watched prominent businessmen — such as Cornelius Vanderbilt and John D. Rockefeller — flout long-standing laws and focus solely on increasing the bottom-line while ignoring any moral compass. Unethical behavior has become commonplace across the U.S. since then as a growing number of existing firms and start-ups attempt to exploit … Continue reading The Hard Truth: America is desperately in need of ethical leadership
03/11/2021 Staff Editorial As of Wednesday morning, according to data obtained from Bloomberg, more than 319 million doses have been administered around the globe with the 7-day moving average sitting around 8.25 million doses per day. The vaccination rates of Israel, Seychelles and the United Arab Emirates currently exceed all other countries with doses administered per 100 people of 98.51, 87.99 and 56.01, respectively. In … Continue reading Vaccine Update: The Path to Immunity
Kellen Stepler | Editor-in-Chief 02/25/2021 How can Catholic universities welcome LGBTQ+ students? On Feb. 24, Duquesne’s Faculty Senate, Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Gumberg Library held an event on Zoom with keynote speaker the Rev. James Martin titled, “Catholic Universities Welcoming LGBTQIA+ Students.” Martin is the editor-at-large for the Jesuit Review magazine America and a consultor to the Dicastery for Communication of Vatican … Continue reading DU discusses Catholic universities, LGBTQ+ community
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