Ollie Gratzinger | Opinions Editor 06/20/2018 “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” These words, iconic and once defining of a nation, were penned by Emma Lazarus in 1883. Then, 20 years later, they were mounted on the Statue of Liberty as part of a poem called “The New Colossus,” which paints that statue as a “Mother of Exiles,” … Continue reading A Shattered Cultural Mosaic
03/22/2018 By Duke Staff Online privacy may be a new oxymoron. News broke this week about Facebook’s involvement with the far-right Cambridge Analytica data firm that showed the world that social media sites don’t much care about your privacy. A user, to Zuckerberg or any other data analyst, is just some point that can be packaged and then sold or shared. It’s a social network … Continue reading Facebook comes under fire for selling identities
By Rebekah Devorak | Opinions Editor It is 2017, and rape is still not being taken seriously, even by people in the highest positions of power within the United States. On March 21, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer used a rape case at a Maryland high school to show why undocumented illegal immigrants are a major problem in the United States. A 14-year-old girl … Continue reading Sexual assault larger than illegal immigrants
By Julian Routh | News Editor The illegal sale of a rare bottle of 20-year-old Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon was halted on Duquesne’s campus last week as a result of a sting operation led by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement investigators, with help from Duquesne Police, arrested a man on Jan. 29 outside of the Forbes Avenue Barnes and Noble … Continue reading Illegal sale of rare bourbon thwarted by sting operation
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