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Elliot Rodger

How Cultural Expectations Ruin a Nation

Emmanuel Gonzalez, Managing Editor June 3, 2014

  Six people are now dead because of one “Day of Retribution”, but the murderer himself is a victim of an even bigger crime. Elliot Rodger, a 22-year-old student from the University...

Gov. Mary Fallin works to keep death penalty in Oklahoma

Botched Execution Shows How Wrong It Really Is

C. Niente June 3, 2014

  On April 29, 2014, Inmate Clayton Lockett of Oklahoma State Penitentiary was executed, but the execution did not go as planned. Lockett was injected with an untested amount of drugs. Instead...

Protest outside the Staples Center brought on by Sterlings words

Freedom of Speech Doesn’t Protect Bigots from Backlash

Michael Dunavant June 3, 2014

  Soon to be former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s recent racist statements—made in a private setting—have brought about a discussion about the nature of freedom of speech. One...

The Silenced American Immigrants

The Silenced American Immigrants

C. Niente June 3, 2014

  Congressman Luis Gutierrez visited Northeastern on April 28, 2014, to read from his new memoir, “Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill”and to discuss the latest in his...

Many resort to buying used textbooks whenever possible

A Textbook Case for not Buying American

Steven Villa, News Editor June 3, 2014

  It’s no secret to students, graduates, and professors of higher education that textbooks can run anywhere from $10 to the price of a black market kidney. On top of the rising cost of education,...

Equal Opportunity Terrorism

Equal Opportunity Terrorism

Steven Villa, News Editor April 29, 2014

  On a sunny April 13 afternoon, Frazier Glenn Miller shot and killed three people outside of a Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kansas. According to Tony Rizzo of the Kansas City...

Extremists Having a Field Day

Extremists Having a Field Day

C. Niente April 29, 2014

  America needs to protect itself from a group of paranoid ignorant people carry guns in one hand and a Bible in the other (which is contradictory, by the way). For the last 20 years, Nevada...

The Land of the Smoke-Free

The Land of the Smoke-Free

Emmanuel Gonzalez, Managing Editor April 29, 2014

Recently, legislation known as the SB 2202 bill has been pushed to get smoking prohibited at all state-funded institutions of higher learning, though eliminating the use of tobacco products will also be...

Fear Mongers Activate Over Concealed Carry Permits

Fear Mongers Activate Over Concealed Carry Permits

Harry G. Karadimos April 29, 2014

In response to the Illinois State police mailing out thousands of concealed carry permits last month, Chicago Police Superintendent Gary McCarthy issued the usual anti-gun fear speech on ABC News. “There...

Belle Knox Porn Star

Belle Knox: A Feminist in the Porn Business

Harry G. Karadimos April 15, 2014

  It has been about seven months since pro-porn feminist crusader Belle Knox entered the sex industry and began making X-rated videos for producers like Adam & Eve, Facial Abuse, Babes, Teen...

General Motors Announces Over Recall After 13 Killed

General Motors Announces Over Recall After 13 Killed

Steven Villa, News Editor April 15, 2014

Imagine cruising, high speed down the interstate, 73 miles per hour, windows down, the wind blowing in your eyes, five miles to Gary Indiana, next exit. Imagine cruising. High speed down the interstate....

An example of what a $3.50 meal looks like

Fast Food Dystopian Nightmare

Michael Dunavant April 15, 2014

  Last year, Ed Rensi, the former CEO of McDonald’s, said that a minimum wage of $15 an hour would “kill jobs” and put up to 20 percent of food service small businesses out of business. Keep...

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