EDIT: Senate passes VAWA
The Senate passed its Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill Tuesday. This pushes the bill to the House, where, according to the Huffington Post, Republican leaders have failed to signal how they will proceed. It’s about time. VAWA is expanding its protections to vulnerable groups. U.S. President Barack Obama has hailed the vote as a [...]
COLUMN: SMITH: Retired Pope, Brighter Future
Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement Monday, becoming the first Pope in nearly 600 years to take such a step. The announcement was met with widespread and wide-ranging emotions across the US, with virtually every news outlet providing a story on the event. As the news cyclone swirled Monday, facts forwarded and explanations grasped at, [...]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: On guns
After reading the recently published article concerning the legality of weapons on Boston University’s campus, I was worried when I saw that only the people that thought that guns should be outright banned on BU’s campus were interviewed and had their opinion published. Where was the differing opinion in this article? BU Police Chief Thomas [...]
EDIT: Pope resigns, raises questions
Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation Monday. He is the first Pope in 598 years to do so — the last Pope did so in the midst of a papal leadership crisis known as the Great Western Schism, according to The New York Times. Pope Benedict is doing so because he fears his ailing strength [...]
EDIT: Navy SEAL suffers lack of benefits
The Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden back in 2011 is reportedly struggling to reintegrate himself back into normal life. In a recent article in Esquire magazine, the shooter broke his silence about his life post-Osama, revealing that he has neither a job nor insurance, and is worried about the well-being of his family. [...]
