Category: News
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Racial Tensions Explode At Yale University
By Rakhi Kundra ’17, News Editor In an era of student protests and growing racial tension on America’s college campuses, the confrontations and protests occurring among the student body at Yale University don’t seem to stand out. The conflict first arose when the university’s Intellectual Affairs Committee sent out a school-wide email asking for students to…
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Sexting Scandal Hits Colorado High School
By Chris Paradis ’16, Staff Writer The stigma of the modern American teenager has become that of an individual who is overly invested in his/her phone, rarely looking away from a screen to face the real world. 78% of teens in America now own cell phones. Of these individuals, 47% own smartphones. This figure has steadily…
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The War On ISIS: Russia’s Involvement in Syria
By Dean Tan ’18, Staff Writer On September 30th, the Russian parliament unanimously voted to grant President Vladimir Putin the permission to deploy the Russian Air Force in Syria. Hours later, Russian warplanes conducted airstrikes in 9 locations across Syria. Since then, Russian forces have carried out over 900 attacks within Syria and Iraq, targeting the…
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Flowing Water On Mars
By Alena Zhang ’18, Staff Writer For over 15 years, scientists have continuously searched for signs of life on Mars. In addition to the knowledge that ice exists on Mars, NASA believes that the planet was home to a massive ocean around 4.3 billion years ago. The search for life was taken one step further in late September, as…
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News Top 10 #2
By Spencer Wang ’19, Staff Writer 102 dead after suicide bombing in Turkey’s capital On October 10th, at 10:04 am, two explosions rocked a peace rally in front the Ankara Central Railway station. The explosions were the work of two suicide bombers whose motives and affiliations are unknown at this time. 68 people were killed instantly from the…
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Umpqua Shooting Raises Questions about Gun Control
By Rakhi Kundra ’17, News Editor On Thursday, October 1st, 26 year-old Chris Harper Mercer opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, killing 10 and injuring several others. The gunman specifically targeted Christians. Law enforcement officials said that Mercer was heavily armed and had enough ammunition to last through a prolonged gunfight. Mercer…
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Nobel Prize Recap
By Dean Tan ’18, Staff Writer Earlier in October, the Nobel Committee, composed of various Swedish and Norwegian committees, recognized select researchers, writers, and activists for their revolutionary discoveries and outstanding contributions in 2015 by awarding them with international honors, cash prizes of 1.2 million USD, and the prestigious Nobel Prize Medal. The Nobel Prize…
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News Top 10 #1
By Aidan Fox ’16, News Editor Welcome to a new year of The Minuteman. This is the first edition of “News Top 10,” in which ten current events are briefly summarized. An Oregon man killed 9 and injured 9, before killing himself at a community college. President Obama gave a frustrated speech, lamenting, “Somehow this has…
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NA Students In The News
By Rakhi Kundra’17, News Editor While we may be spending our time following the accomplishments of our favorite sports teams or listening to the new music from our favorite bands, there are students in our own community who are accomplishing the same things that we attribute to popular athletes and artists. This summer, Josh Charow’s (2016)…
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A Look At the Democratic Primaries
By Jason Suh ’17, Staff Writer When Barack Obama was re-elected in 2012, people already began to draw names of potential candidates for 2016. Now that the president’s second term is nearing its end, both the Democratic and Republican parties are in the process of determining who to give their respective…