Kaitlyn Hughes | news editor Asal Hamidi, a graduate student at Duquesne who is from Iran, can not believe the events that unfolded over the past month in her home country. On Dec. 28, protests broke out in the streets of Iran after their currency dropped to a record low against the U.S. dollar. As the days went on, chants from protesters began to oppose … Continue reading Iranian natives saddened by the current state of the country
by Mary Liz Flavin | news editor Feb. 10, 2022 As the dust settled, many responders, citizens and workers helped to mend the city of New York on 9/11 by cleaning and moving rubble over a span of many months. However, a cost they didn’t see were the many health issues due to the polluted air and contaminated work environments. The movie, 9/11 Unsettled Dust … Continue reading 15th Annual Human Rights Film Series showcases current issues
03/25/2021 Sarah DuJordan | Staff Columnist Fast fashion is one of those topics climbing its way to the forefront of ethical dilemmas Gen Z is attempting to solve. The issues with fast fashion are widely known, but highly ignored. The reason it is so ignored? We are constantly surrounded by it. I may be biased when assuming everyone is familiar with what fast fashion is. … Continue reading Fast fashion: A threat to the environment and basic human rights
Luke Schrum | Staff Writer 12/06/2018 In an effort to expand the perspectives of students and faculty beyond the classroom, Duquesne University’s Department of Political Science, in conjunction with the provost, hosted human rights lawyer and scholar Delaram Farzaneh on Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. for a lecture on women’s rights issues in Iran. Clifford Bob, professor and chair of the political science department, presented … Continue reading DU hosts Iranian lawyer as speaker
By Joey Mueser | Staff Writer 02/01/2018 In 2006, Al Gore’s documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, swept the nation with tremendous controversy. Despite being well-sourced from a large pool of evidence, a large amount of the public dismissed the former vice president’s warnings about climate change and shrugged them off as it had in the past. In response to the growing need of public awareness, Gore … Continue reading Film series leaves audience questioning society
Zachary Landau | Asst. A&E Editor On March 20, Chinese lawyer and dissident Teng Biao gave a presentation on the state of civil rights in China to kick off Duquesne’s involvement with the Scholars At Risk (SAR) network. SAR, which Duquesne recently joined, is an international network of institutions and individuals whose mission it is to protect scholars and promote academic freedom, according to their … Continue reading Chinese dissident hosts lecture on human rights at Duquesne
Hallie Lauer | Layout Editor On average, seven children are killed a day in some gun related incident, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The issue of gun violence in America will be addressed at an upcoming film viewing hosted by Duquesne’s Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. The film “Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA” will be shown Wednesday, … Continue reading Film screening at Duquesne questions gun laws
By: Seth Culp-Ressler | Features Editor Last week, a federal court decision ruled that the University of Pittsburgh did not discriminate against transgender male student Seamus Johnston when they denied him access to men’s locker rooms and restrooms. The decision, as a whole, is a prime example of the antiquated definitions our law system seems unfortunately fixated on sticking to. Johnston regularly used the men’s bathrooms … Continue reading Transgender Pitt student banned from basic right
By Carolyn Conte | The Duquesne Duke This year’s slate of films in the Human Rights Film Series at Duquesne kicks off Thursday evening with White Like Me, featuring appearances from new Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay, NAACP Pittsburgh Chapter President Connie Parker and Duquesne philosophy professor George Yancy. The film, which explores the issue of white privilege and racial inequality, will be shown in … Continue reading Film series brings global issues to DU
By Pat Higgins | Asst. Sports Editor Graphic narratives of deliberate and widespread human rights violations surfaced in a report from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday. Considered the most detailed account of human violations ever out of North Korea, the report relayed the fundamental evils of Kim Jong-un’s regime. In a press conference following the report’s release on Monday, commission chair Michael … Continue reading UN reveals rights violations in North Korea
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