By: Jeremy Perillo With the Iowa caucus only three days away, the world is anxiously waiting to see how the remaining Democratic Presidential candidates will fair in the primary process. The first of three events in a busy February, Iowa will be crucial to proving a candidate’s longevity in the campaign going forward. Four days Read More …
By: Kat Kaderabek The hit Netflix series, You, premiered with a second season on December 26 featuring the same serial killer Joe, but with a new name and in a new location. This season, Joe is running away from his ex-girlfriend, Candace, who mysteriously appeared in the finale of the previous season after being presumed Read More …
Courtesy of Julianna Guthrie By Julianna Guthrie Becoming Jane: The Evolution of Dr. Jane Goodall is a new innovative exhibit put out by the National Geographic Museum in partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute. The exhibit opened last November and will remain open through the summer of 2020. Visitors are led into the exhibit by Read More …
Courtesy of Students for Carbon Dividends Facebook Page By Theresa Whitfield Wednesday night in Caldwell Auditorium College Republicans hosted the president of Students for Carbon Dividends, Alexander Posner, to speak on the conservative proposed solution to climate change, a looming issue which has come to define our generation. By traveling around the country and sharing Read More …
Courtesy of Julianna Guthrie By Julianna Guthrie The 15 day Chinese New Year Festival began on Saturday, January 25, as celebrations continued in Downtown D.C. on Sunday. Chinese New Year commemorates the first day of the year according to the Chinese calendar. Lunar New Year is the first day of the first month according to Read More …
Courtesy of The Smithsonian Museum By Angela Hickey Located in the National Museum of American History, Elephants and Us: Considering Extinction, is a peek into the relationship between America and elephants as it has evolved over the centuries, and what society must do in order to enforce wildlife protection. The exhibit highlights the beauty of Read More …
Courtesy of Boccia’s Twitter profile By Eva Lynch Romina Boccia, leading economist at the Heritage Foundation and director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget, came to campus to speak to students about the validity of the wage gap at an event entitled, “Do Women Really Make Less Than Men?” This event Read More …
By Katie Van Lew Maggie Moorcones, a junior biomedical major at the Catholic University of America, plays mid-center for the women’s varsity soccer team. From Sterling, VA, Moorcones has been playing soccer since she was three years old. As a child, she began playing soccer on the house league team, the Loudoun Youth Soccer Association. Read More …
Courtesy of Regina Vahey By Regina Vahey The belief that someone only gets one chance to make a first impression doesn’t seem to apply to singer-songwriter Lennon Stella. The Ontario-born singer’s career began when a YouTube video of Stella and her younger sister Maisy’s cover of Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend” went viral in 2009. Since Read More …
By Cristina Goerdt There is no lack of adjectives one could use to describe the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump: contentious, alienating, divisive all come to mind. Legal complexities notwithstanding, the trial is also fraught with acute partisanship and political nuance. In this weekly column, I’ll provide you with day-by-day updates of the Read More …
