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Yale Protests in Response to Racially Controversial Email
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Although Halloween festivities came to a close nearly two weeks ago, Yale students remain in the midst of a heated debate regarding an email sent by administrators concerning cultural appropriation and Halloween…
Outside The Bubble: Montreal Begins 2 Billion Gallon Sewage Dump into St. Lawrence
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Wednesday morning at 12:01 a.m., the city of Montreal began an extremely controversial and environmentally questionable raw sewage pump downstream of Canton. The dzecision to proceed with the municipal dump was…
Russian Plane Crashes in Egypt
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On October 31, 2015 a Russian plane-Metrojet 9268 was heading from the Sharm el-Sheikh airport in Egypt to St. Petersburg, Russia when it suddenly shattered into thousands of pieces, dropping to the earth. The…
Paul Ryan Steps Up As Speaker
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Representative Paul Ryan has an impressive resume. Ryan has represented the first Congressio- nal District of Wisconsin since 1999. He has served as chairman of the House Budget and Ways &…
E.Coli Reported at 43 Chipotles
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This past Saturday, hundreds of thousands flocked to their local Chipotle restaurant in search of the eagerly awaited three dollar burrito, promised to any customer dressed in Halloween attire after…
Skidmore Crash Kills One Student, Injures Two
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Late on Halloween night last Saturday, three students were struck by a drunk driver downstate at Skidmore College. While crossing Clinton Street on foot near their campus, three first-year students…
What’s up with SLU’s Negawatt Challenge?
Watt is Negawatt anyway? Negawatt is a statewide electricity reduction competition between six colleges: Skidmore, Union, Colgate, Hobart and William Smith, Hamilton, and SLU. The competition begins Sunday, November 1st and concludes…
U.S. – Russian Tension Increases on the East Coast and in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin could never be accused of tepidness or hesitance. His challenges to U.S. operations in the Middle East, specifically in Syria, as well as Russian Naval movement in the Atlantic Ocean, have high-level…