Turing Law grants amnesty to LGBT citizensby Kelly Tyra Co-editor in chief Great strides for the international LGBT community were made this week in the United Kingdom. On October 21st, Parliament decided to grant pardons to all those convicted under homophobic legislation that prohibited homosexual persons from engaging in same sex relationships. Homophobic legislation has long history in the U.K., in 1533 under the rule of King Henry the VIII, (yeah, that one) anal intercourse of any kind was punishable by death in accordance with the Buggery Act.
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It’s as weird as the Wii, which means maybe someone’ll buy itby Matthew Whitaker Arts Co-editor On October 20th, Nintendo revealed their new home gaming console, the Nintendo Switch, a hybrid between a portable and home gaming console, allowing users to play their favorite games on the go or in the comfort of their own homes. Complimenting the tablet-like console is the Nintendo Switch Dock, which connects to the portable unit and allows it to be played on a television. The price of the console has not been announced. While the console’s reveal was a surprise to most, Nintendo had already announced in 2015 that a new piece of Nintendo hardware was coming. In addition, the console’s hybrid design had been leaked several times prior to its reveal. Regardless, the Nintendo Switch has turned out to be a pleasant surprise and a major improvement over Nintendo’s Wii U console.
We are never ever ever (well, probably not) getting back togetherby Luis Gómez News Co-editor Rodrigo Duterte isn’t just known for cool sunglasses and telling other world leaders to shove it: he’s also a fan of China. On October 20th, in a speech given during a Beijing economic forum, the Philippine President announced that his country was separating from the US. He also pledged to reopen talks with China regarding the South China Sea territorial disputes.
Gary Johnson still looking for Mosul on mapby Nicholas Peters Arts Co-editor For months now, a coalition formed against ISIS in Iraq has been fighting heavily against The Islamic State, pushing through territory that it carved out. Now, this coalition has pushed ISIS into their last stronghold in the country, the city of Mosul, where coalition forces lead a valiant and bloody struggle against the defending entrenched militant forces.
How does someone this crazy get elected?by Jack Archambault Staff Death Squad For once, a politician is making good on a campaign promise. Only this time, that might not be such a good thing. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who based his campaign around eradicating his country’s illegal drug trade, has employed secret police teams and death squads to kill anybody they suspect is associated with the drug trade. These extrajudicial killings, of which there have been over 3,000 since Duterte’s inauguration on July 1, and people’s reactions to them have brought to light a complicated dynamic between Duterte, Philippine citizens, and the international community.
White bread wins, democracy losesby Mike O’Brien Staff Moderator Beige. Vanilla. Who the fuck is Tim Kaine?
These were the adjectives my fellow students used to describe the vice presidential debate between Hillary Clinton’s VP Tim Kaine and Donald Trump’s Mike Pence, a riveting television event described by The Daily Show as “two pairs of khakis fighting each other”. David Fartenhold, your Pulitzer awaitsby Declan Murphy Staff Investigative Reporter This past week, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ordered Donald Trump’s charitable organization, the Trump Foundation, to cease activities in New York.
Schneiderman pointed to fundraising activities that the Foundation conducted in New York as the basis of the shutdown. According to the Attorney General’s office, and corroborated by a Washington Post article, the Trump Foundation did not have the proper authorization to raise funds in New York; it had failed to properly register as a charitable organization. Okay, maybe not exactly, but they’re being creepier than usualby Theresa Amoruso Staff Stephen King So America has a clown problem. And I’m not just talking about the upcoming presidential election. Like all things that are irrational and absurd, the clownpocalypse began in The South. The first sighting was reported in Greenville, South Carolina. Much like our own Dirty South, The South of the U.S. is a wild place. Clowns are trying to lure kids into the woods with candy, which is exactly the kind of situation your mother warned you about. Seriously though, how the fuck do we have a clown problem? This is some real-life “American Horror Story” bullshit.
Things are actually happening outside the US, you guys!by Siobhan Donohue Co-editor in Chief To many, Ethiopia is known as the subject of the cringeworthy 1980’s charity single, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”. However, Ethiopia is home to over ninety-nine million people from more than eighty different ethnic groups. And right now, the government has declared a six-month state of emergency for the first time in twenty-five years.
"Made in America" has a few downsides, namely exploitation (Yay!)by Megan Townsend Staff Inmate In one voice, rising from the cells of long term solitary confinement, echoed in the dormitories and cell blocks from Virginia to Oregon, we prisoners across the United States vow to finally end slavery in 2016. This sentence begins the statement released by the IWW’s Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee calling all prison workers to strike beginning on September 9th, 2016 (the 45th anniversary of the revolt at Attica Prison).
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