Is it time to legalize marijuana in Connecticut?
Kelly Dwyer, Staff Writer
June 6, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
The legalization of marijuana has passed in a lot of states, including Colorado and Washington D.C, two of the first states to legalize marijuana. Connecticut needs to follow suit. Seeing as in other New England states governments have chosen to allow people to purchase and use marijuana, Connecticut...
Barr deserved to be fired
Jade Langlois, Editor
June 1, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
The show “Roseanne” was recently canceled after the hit star, Roseanne Barr, sent a racist tweet. "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," ABC said in a statement released to the press. Barr tweeted the nig...
Incel begins to strike fear
Faith Williams, Staff Writer
May 30, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
The online movement known as “incel” is lighting up social media following the recent Toronto van attack of April 23rd. Incel, short for involuntary celibacy, is an online hate group that revolves around topics involving blatant sexism and violence toward women. Members of Incel are often caugh...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Victoria Tran, Staff Writer
May 24, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
Mental Health Awareness Month, also referred to as "Mental Health Month,” has been observed in May in the United States since 1949. The issue of mental health illness has always been a private and contained conversation,but the topic has become more prolific in recent years. Globally, more than 30...
States can permit sports gambling
Matthew Polek, Sports Editor
May 22, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday, May 14th that the national ban on sports betting is no longer. New Jersey brought the case in July of 2017 is expected to be the first state to take advantage of this ruling, allowing sports betting in Atlantic City and at its racetracks. The Profess...
Boy killed by leopard in Uganda
Aryana Powell, Staff Writer
May 22, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
The three-year-old son of a park ranger has been snatched and eaten by a leopard at a safari park in Uganda two weeks ago. The toddler was being looked after by a nanny in unfenced staff quarters at a safari lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park The leopard snatched the three-year-old, who has not...
ADA to be amended
Hypatia Day and Noah Lydon, Staff Writers
May 3, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was established in 1990 and was signed into law by President George H.W Bush. The disabled community represents anywhere from one in four to one in five people currently living in the United States and is one of the biggest, yet overlooked minority g...
A public letter to the San Diego community ignores the truth about SeaWorld
Glorianese Ortiz, Staff Writer
April 27, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
A “Letter to the Editor” published in The San Diego Union-Tribune offers a controversial request of its readers in “San Diegans should step up for SeaWorld,” by Lori Weisberg. The letter urged locals to save the business from its plummeting attendance.“Come on people. If you like SeaWorld...
I marched for my life
Jayden Palermo, Staff Writer
April 13, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
On March 24th, I attended the March for Our Lives march in Hartford, Connecticut. This march, like others across the nation on this day, were prompted by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 14 injured and 17 dead. Being able to march, I have to say it was th...
Devonte Hart – an American hero – dies in an intentional act
Victoria Tran, Staff Writer
April 9, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
On March 26, the Hart family was found at the bottom of a cliff off the Pacific Coast Highway in Mendocino County. Found in the family's SUV were Jennifer Hart, her wife, Sarah Margaret Hart, and at three of their children: Markis, Jeremiah, and Abigail. Meanwhile rescuers are still looking for Dev...
Fourteen year old girl from Paraguay dies in childbirth
Aryana Powell, Staff Writer
April 6, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
A 14 year old rape victim was pronounced dead in Paraguay this week after complications from childbirth. She had been hospitalized for 20 days before her sudden death. The Guardian reports that her baby is in intensive care. The girl became pregnant after being a victim of rape. The 37-year-old man who raped and impregnated the girl was arrested on Thursday, ...
This is satire…
Jacob Thompson, Staff Writer
April 4, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
*This is satire... Recently after being elected and amid allegations of American interference in his re-election, Russian president Vladimir Putin has publicly denied the existence of the United States in a speech in Moscow. He has shut down all embassies in Russia, enacted a travel ban, ...