Political Cartoons 11/14/17
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The story of the recent shooting in a Texas church, while still tragic, is nothing new to Americans.
Do you ever get so preoccupied with life that certain events just fade away and are forgotten about?
Celebrities engaging in politics is nothing new.
Brianna R. Brochu, a freshman of the University of Hartford was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal mischief and second-degree breach of peace. Normally, when you hear of a freshman getting arrested, it may be due to a citation for underage drinking, but rarely third-degree criminal mischief or second degree breach of peace. In Briana R. Brochu’s case, she was charged for intentionally violating, bullying, and poisoning her African-American roommate, freshman Chennel “Jazzy” Rowe.
What I saw unfolding before my eyes on Oct. 25 started to look like yet another recent headline. Young, upstanding college students silencing another person who dares to believe the first amendment is real.
Few in media have disparaged President Donald Trump more harshly than I have. But I and the rest of his critics need to be careful. If we want credibility, particularly with Trump always attacking us for “fake news,” we must be painstaking as we do our jobs, particularly when a story seems too grotesque to be true. A case in point is the controversy over the call he made to Myeshia Johnson, the grieving widow of Army Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four special operations troops killed by ISIS forces while on patrol in Niger.
We as an editorial board put out a piece earlier in the semester which implored those in the community not to stand for hate on our campus. Those who responded to the religious demonstrator in the quad last Wednesday did just that.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) needs to stand firm on their philosophy of not paying college athletes for their time and talent.
Social media was flooded with the hashtag #MeToo last week following dozens of accusations of sexual abuse against Hollywood big-wig Harvey Weinstein. Using the hashtag, sexual abuse survivors shared their stories or simply the words ‘Me Too”, which spoke volumes on their own. The sheer number of users who shared their stories is clearly indicative of a greater, pervasive cultural problem with sexual abuse if you are among those who still were not convinced of the magnitude of this problem.
Four sergeants of the U.S. military were killed in an ambush in Niger earlier this month on Oct. 4 after helping local forces defeat ISIS. Sgt. La David Johnson, Staff Sgt. Bryan Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson and Sgt. Dustin Wright are the names of the troops who died, while two other troops were injured in battle.
The Supreme Court’s term began just a few weeks ago. In the spotlight since has been the case of Gill v. Whitford, which stands to have a profound impact on the future of partisan gerrymandering.
A lone gunman fired shot after shot from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel last Sunday toward a crowd of 22,000 attending a country music festival below, killing 59 and injuring more than 500 others. It was the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the U.S., according to NBC.
Media conquers our lives. It absorbs into our subconscious thought and affects our day-to-day activity and social interactions. In the first seconds of our day, we reach over hit off our alarm clock and start to scroll through our phones and search through the media we missed.
Imagine you fly out to Las Vegas for a weekend getaway. You’re up on your feet, dancing as Jason Aldean is rocking out on the stage or you are walking down the strip, exploring the city. Now, imagine a catastrophic shift from electrifying to petrifying in the blink of an eye.
Pregame National Anthem ceremonies have sparked a sustained level of controversy not typically seen by today’s standards ever since former 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided he would use it as a platform to protest police brutality last August. But, the issue reached new heights when the President of the U.S., Donald Trump, decided to weigh in on the matter at a rally in Alabama on Sept. 22.