On April 22, people across the world celebrated Earth Day. Originating in 1970, this national holiday provides focus on the environment and sustainability. Over 20 million Americans gathered in massive coast to coast rallies to demonstrate their support against the deterioration of the environment. Environmentalists have been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories, power plants,…
How is this famine different from others in the past, and what can be done to save a life? Countries in Africa are experiencing a deadly drought. But wait, before you skim your eyes to the next page, ask yourself this, how do people suffer differently in America than in African countries? Of course we’re…
Facing an immigrant crisis much more severe than our own, the French people will vote in the preliminary presidential election on April 23. The current leaders in the multi party, two tiered election system are Marine Le Pen of the National Front and Emmanuel Macron of the En Marche party. Le Pen’s party, the National…
Trump has yet again made headlines this week, this time for dropping a MOAB. What’s the MOAB? The MOAB is the “mother of all bombs.” It was dropped on an ISIS stronghold in Afghanistan last week. Touted as the largest non nuclear bomb ever, the MOAB had never been dropped in combat before and it’s…
This week has been a wild one in terms of the U.S. and its relation to the World. Most strikingly, of course, were the missile strikes leveled against Syria. Trump authorized these as a chastisement for the use of chemical attacks that were used against the Syrian people earlier in the week. These strikes became…
Reusing, reducing and recycling: effective actions or solely common good beliefs? In too many cases of environmental degradation, good intentions are morphed into excuses for the rapidly increasing clutter, carbon and catastrophe that plagues our growing world. In the very economic “Theory of Good Intentions,” Dr. Paul Niehaus, an economics professor at the University of…
Just over a year ago, North Carolina’s former governor Pat McCrory signed the House Bill 2 that stated transgender people are required to use public bathrooms that match the sex on their birth certificate. This struck opposing controversies, as supporters claimed this bill was supposed to protect privacy rights, while critics claim that this was…
U.S. ratchets up its involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Russia disagrees with further US involvement Civil war is nasty business. Syria has been embroiled in its own conflict for over six years now, although the United States has been involved in the conflict by “covertly advising” “moderate rebels” for several years. Last Friday President…
*This is part of The Ranchor issue of The Anchor, which is a satire edition of our student newspaper. None of this article is meant to be taken as fact.* By: Sriracha Maserati Life is greener than ever! Not only are the plants flourishing on this land, but agriculture is restored with the help of…
*This is part of The Ranchor issue of The Anchor, which is a satire edition of our student newspaper. None of this article is meant to be taken as fact.* By: Sam Witwicky After receiving approval from the Senate Committee of Historical Landmarks in a unanimous vote, the memorial commemorating Donald J. Trump’s eight years…