Tag: News – National
Scientists discover potential black hole
Scientists at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory believe they might have found the youngest black hole in our galaxy after observing the remnant of a relatively recent supernova for two and a half days and releasing their results. Supernovas are a cataclysmic event at the end of a star’s life cycle when it can no longer [...]
Students weigh-in on the college accreditation system
In his State of the Union Address, President Obama shared his goals of state policymakers, colleges and universities to take action against rising college tuition and costs. Congress has been called to use measures of the existing accreditation system; or by establishing an alternative system based on performance and results of higher education institutions. These [...]
WTAMU Heavy Metal Class Catches the Attention of the World
The heavy metal as a literature class has become part of the metal music world. An article from the Amarillo Globe-News started a riot on several different heavy metal sites about the unique class that is offered this semester at WTAMU by Dr. Martin Jacobsen, associate professor of the English Department. “We made the metal [...]
WT reacts to nuclear testing in North Korea
North Korea conducted a third nuclear explosion deep in its northeast hillsides on Feb. 12. According to the political newspaper The Economist, the nuclear test was directed under the rule of Kim Jong-un and was only hours before President Obama’s State of the Union Address. In his address, President Obama announced America’s mission to strengthen [...]
Hardship falls on post-grads
While most college students think it is hard to put themselves through college, some find out it doesn’t get any easier after college. Jordan Weissmann of The Atlantic said that more than half of the bachelor’s degree holders are either unemployed or underemployed. “About 1.5 million, or 53.6 percent, of bachelor’s degree-holders under the age [...]
Education activist recovers
Fifteen year-old Malala Yousafzai was discharged from the hospital on Feb. 8, after an assassination attempt a few months prior. According to The New York Times, the Pakistani school girl was shot by the Taliban in a van returning home from school on Oct. 9, 2012. The bullet entered above her left eye, grazed her [...]
Ravens win Super Bowl
Well that would have been cool, wouldn’t it? Early in the third quarter in Super Bowl XLVII, the San Francisco 49ers were down 28-6 to the Baltimore Ravens. Then, out of nowhere and on the biggest stage in American sports, the lights in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome went dark. After a 34 minute delay, the 49ers [...]
U.S. Government still can’t get it together
It’s finally happening. The Obama administration and the Senate are finally getting along and over a long-standing controversial issue, no less. President Obama announced last week his plans for immigration reform and the Senate actually agreed with him, for the most part. The plan includes a proposal for a more straightforward path to legalize the [...]
Hobby Lobby continues to fight for rights
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. is currently fighting a legal battle in opposition of the Health and Human Services mandate which forces all large employers to offer the morning after pill and week after pill, without co-pay, in their health insurance plan. If Hobby Lobby fails to comply with the HHS mandate, the company will face [...]
Hillary Clinton steps aside for Senator Kerry
The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton completed her four-year term on Feb. 1. WTAMU Junior History major Olivia Trabysh has admired Secretary Clinton for her compassion and leadership. “Her advocacy for public service is right on point with the type of transitional leadership America needs to reverse its current down turn in many [...]
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