During an online question-and- answer session on Facebook this past Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden added a level of complexity to the nation’s already extraordinarily muddled gun control debate. Although spearheading recent gun control proposals, Biden stated, and then reiterated, his advice for individuals to protect themselves and their property: “Buy a shotgun”. Biden’s defense [...]
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As interest in veganism and vegetarianism increases, colleges and universities have started to adapt their menus and meal selections to accommodate increasingly ethically and environmentally-aware students. As a college-age vegan, I can thank my university, The University of Connecticut, for making vegan options available daily in each of its eight dining units. Many of the [...]
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At the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Psychiatry Chair Ned H. Kalin, M.D. is removing newborn rhesus monkeys from their mothers and putting them in isolation for the first seven weeks of their lives. He plans to expose the infant monkeys to numerous frightening experiences, including being in close [...]
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The United States has the highest civilian gun ownership in the world. Statistics dictate that with as many firearms available, technically one American each can hold a gun. However, the reality is that most civilians who do own firearms tend to own two or more, as wrote Jill Lepore in The New Yorker. In 2011, [...]
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It seems like it was just yesterday that I was penning an article about the Aurora, Colorado shooting this past July. Sadly, five months later, another tragedy lies in our wake. Gunman Adam Lanza first shot his mother, Nancy Lanza, in her home before driving to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where she [...]
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The United States Supreme Court has announced that it will review the federal government’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the state. After a string of victories for proponents of marriage equality in the United States following a historic election for the gay rights movement, where same-sex [...]
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