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Apr 1, 2024

Bias Case Thrown Out

The United States Supreme Court will not rule on Virginia Polytechnic University’s (Virginia Tech) former Bias Intervention and Response Team’s legal standing. On March 4, 2024, the Supreme Court said the case was no longer relevant, as the team is no longer in effect. The case concerned the Bias Intervention and Response Team (BIRT), a…

Nov 17, 2022

Here’s What You Missed

Soup Protests  On Oct. 14, Two Just Stop Oil activists entered the U.K.’s National Gallery and vandalized “Sunflowers”, an original painting by Vincent Van Gogh, by defacing the painting with tomato soup. They then proceeded to glue their hands to the wall beneath the painting. On Oct. 23, protesters from the German group Letzte Generation…

Sep 27, 2018

Getting Rid of Affirmative Action Hurts All Minorities

Kevin Moye | Staff Writer Arguably the worst part of going to college is applying to college. The process is expensive, time-consuming and incredibly stressful. Applying to college is already daunting enough with the constant comparisons of one’s self to others when weighing your chances of getting into a certain school or not. To make…