Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Hawa Patel / The Summa The Spring/Summer 2015 shows concluded at the end of January, encouraging us fashion aficionados to get out of our comfort zones. The ‘70s are back in 2015, and it’s impossible not to indulge in flared trousers, chunky shoes and the all-over bohemian look. Let your […]
Senior and communication major Maria Razo’s and her business partner, senior nursing major Edna Torres, did not have dreams of starting their own company. According to Torres, it actually started with the curiosity to try a preparada, a kind of fruit cocktail that can be stuffed with chili powder, grapes, […]
The Rev. Joseph Pilsner will be stepping as Dean of Arts and Sciences and replaced by interim dean John Starner on June 30. Pilsner and Starner have been the Dean of Arts and Sciences and the Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences since 2009, respectively. According to Dominic Aquila, Provost […]
A continuing spread of the measles virus ensures that immunization will be a political topic among 2016 presidential nominees. Politicians are already debating whether requiring vaccines for children falls under state’s rights or personal freedom. The anti-vaccination movement has evolved on such a grand scale as to hold a place […]
Pope Francis gave the honor of papal knighthood to English Department chair, Professor Clinton Brand, on Feb. 1 at Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church for his work on the Anglicanae Traditiones Interdicasterial Commission. Pope Benedict XVI’s 2009 Apostolic Constitution, Anglicanorum coetibus, created the mandate for the Commission. The Apostolic […]
Israel is a nation under constant siege. To the north, the forces of Hezbollah threaten with rockets and weaponry provided by Iran. To the east, the rogue nations of Syria and Iran plot and foment terror within Israel itself. To the south, strikes from Gaza are a daily threat. To […]
quot;Hip-hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years,” Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera said on HuffPost Live on Feb. 17, thus sparking controversy. Now, I may have missed the memo on when Rivera became an aficionado on rap and hip hop culture, […]
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case on sexual discrimination and breastfeeding in the work place at the beginning of February. This decision not to hear the case is essentially the Supreme Court agreeing with the trial court who dismissed the case on summary judgment. The final word? […]
Everyone with access to television, radio and newspapers has heard of ISIS. The radical extremist group that has been terrorizing the globe through kidnapping and murder has gained infamy and spread to a number of countries, including Libya, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt in a short amount of time. Their […]
Singer Taylor Swift made headlines in late 2014 for pulling her discography off of the music-streaming platform, Spotify. “I think there should be an inherent value placed on art,” Swift said in an interview with Time. “I didn’t see that happening, perception-wise, when I put my music on Spotify.” Swift […]