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Definers: A Blunder Too Far for Facebook
Last month The New York Times published an investigative report outlining how Facebook’s executives have dithered and obfuscated facts in the face of mounting scrutiny. The most damning disclosure from the report concerns Facebook’s…
Cut the Confusion
You’ve been eyeing someone for a while. You see them pass by at the Pub and think, “when am I going to finally talk to them?” Then, on a night out, your friend introduces you to this person and you are instantly infatuated. You two spend…
Climate Change Should Terrify You
Climate change should terrify you. It is the greatest threat the world has ever faced, and it shocks me how little people are talking about it.
The United Nations just published a report outlining the dire issue, estimating…
SAD at SLU?
St. Lawrence University resides in the foothills of the Adirondacks located at 44.5892° N, 75.1609° W in a rural town set in the North Country nestled up against the Canadian border. Once winter hits—it hits hard. Snow, freezing rain and…
Think Twice, It’s Alright: The Death of John Allen Chau
American missionary John Allen Chau was shot and killed by a Sentinelese tribesperson on a remote island off of the Indian coast on Nov. 21. Chau was a devout Christian, and steadfast in his desire to spread the word of the gospel.
The…
“Never Saw it Coming”
In 2014, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Judge Lance Mason punched his wife, Aisha Fraser Mason, 20 times, then slammed her head on his car’s dashboard five times in front of their children. Mason broke his wife’s orbital bone and scarred their…
Where’s the Inclusivity?
Transgender Awareness Week has come and gone, but SLU is no different, as little was done to acknowledge the event. As a transgender first-year student, it is often discouraging to feel invisible and unincluded within the conversation of…
Letter from the Editor: Addressing the Claims of Libel and an Abuse of Power
In the Nov. 9 issue of The Hill News, co-Managing Editor, Nicholle Gotham ’20, depicted a Thelmo presidential candidate as unqualified due to misbehaviors handled by the St. Lawrence administration in Spring 2017. A response was issued to…