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Recognizing women’s basketball for a historic season

Recognizing women’s basketball for a historic season

[email protected] March 17, 2016

The recent dismissal of Jim Crews as head coach of the men’s basketball team has become the focus of the SLU athletic community. Just a few years after making it to the second round of the NCAA tournament,...

Trump vs. the First Amendment

Trump vs. the First Amendment

[email protected] March 17, 2016

Yes, we know. Yet another article about Trump. Trust us, no one is more sick of that orange-faced, small-handed buffoon than us. But as painful it is to write that name once more, it would be a serious...

A tribute to the sad, sad campaign of Jeb! Bush

A tribute to the sad, sad campaign of Jeb! Bush

[email protected] February 25, 2016

In an election cycle that has so far upended all of the rules, the latest casualty might just be the most astonishing one. After disappointing results in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, Jeb Bush...

Applauding Apple’s audacity

Applauding Apple’s audacity

[email protected] February 25, 2016

Which is more important: cyber security or national security? That’s essentially the question being raised by an ongoing legal dispute between Apple and the FBI, a debate that has been spilling into...

Beyoncé performance about empowerment, not politics

Beyoncé performance about empowerment, not politics

[email protected] February 18, 2016

Show of hands: Who was offended by Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime performance? Let me ask me you this: When did your outrage begin? Were you watching with an open jaw when Beyoncé and her dancers...

Questions for the SGA ‘election’

Questions for the SGA ‘election’

[email protected] February 18, 2016

Monday, Feb. 29 is Election Day for the Student Government Association (SGA), but you won’t be seeing any campaign posters or hearing any stump speeches. That’s because there isn’t any real “election”...

Tipping point: It’s time for the US to catch up with Europe

Tipping point: It’s time for the US to catch up with Europe

[email protected] February 11, 2016

In the opening scene of Quentin Tarantino’s debut film, “Reservoir Dogs,” a group of hardened criminals are sitting together at a café, discussing an upcoming heist. When the check arrives, everyone...

Scrambling to understand Zika

Scrambling to understand Zika

[email protected] February 11, 2016

Maybe you first came across the word in a random newspaper headline. On first glance, it probably didn’t register with you at all. Something about a disease in Brazil, or something. Next article. But...

UNews challenges conventions in the spirit of B.o.B.

UNews challenges conventions in the spirit of B.o.B.

[email protected] February 4, 2016

Rapper B.o.B. recently made headlines with a Twitter rant, questioning the conventional belief that the world is round; not even a rap battle with astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson could change this “Flat-Earther’s”...

Trump’s gamble too large in Iowa

Trump’s gamble too large in Iowa

[email protected] February 4, 2016

Here’s something you won’t hear too often: the Editorial Board of the University News would like to applaud the Fox News network for its journalistic integrity. Yes, you read that right. The conservative,...

Planet Nine is exciting news—but why?

Planet Nine is exciting news—but why?

[email protected] January 28, 2016

And then there were nine—again. Almost a decade after tiny Pluto got booted from the pantheon of planets, scientists believe that they may have found a replacement. A pair of scientists from the California...

Dumb and Dumber: Palin picks Trump

Dumb and Dumber: Palin picks Trump

[email protected] January 28, 2016

Sarah Palin is once again in the headlines after endorsing a candidate for president. Who else could it be, but Donald Trump? The former Alaska governor made her announcement in typical Palin fashion...

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