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With new definition comes justice

When it comes to human rights, visibility matters. And for victims of rape, the fight to be seen has become a bit easier. Earlier this month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation updated the definition of rape used to compile national crime data. Where the old definition only termed rape as the “the carnal knowledge of [...]

STORY AT THE BOTTOM: A full life. A fatal fall.

It was almost perfect. In a remote area of Greenville County, S.C., Alan Lewis was spending a clear, late-April day with his girlfriend, Meara Spillum. Sun beat down, bleaching worn rocks, paving a path toward the forest-edged gorge some feet in front of the couple. Water trickled in shallow cascades over the 125-foot drop. Lewis’ [...]

Students fall on faith in face of choices, struggles

Editor’s note: What role does religion play in a college student’s life? Between beer and bus rides and other b-things, where is God? Senior reporter Tiffany Stevens investigates, in part one of an ongoing series. For Anna Beth Havenar, life after graduation is in someone else’s hands. Outside of classes, the sophomore linguistics major from [...]

Gender-specific LEGOs a progressive move

Young girls and weary women of the world, rejoice — gender-specific LEGOs have finally been added to children’s pink-plastered playtimes. Recently, LEGO released a girl-specific set of its popular building toys, called LEGO Friends. Girls can expect to tinker with mostly put-together pastel blocks, depicting a Barbie-ish wonderland constructed of cubes. Girls can partially build [...]

Indigo Girl focuses on ‘power of … mystery’ in solo career

When Amy Ray blends genres, it’s solidarity, and not the sound, that drives the decision. The singer-songwriter, who performs with folk duo the Indigo Girls in addition to working alone, often focuses on weaving elements of rock, punk and country with her gospel and folk roots. However, it’s not the musical styles that attracts her. [...]

Listen Up! — “Lung of Love”

In common culture we hold no love for Limbo. Americans are patently adverse to middle ground. In classic context, extended uncertainty tends to have effects similar to eating too much fast food or prolonged exposure to Rick Santorum— feasible, but unsettling and possibly dangerous. However, liminal spaces are a necessary part of life. And in [...]

Univ. ready for winter weather

Though spring semester did not begin with a snow-blanketed campus, University officials say they are prepared for an emergency weather situation similar to the 2011 storm which caused classes to be cancelled for two days. The University’s Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness Director Steven Harris said the University has a standard plan of action [...]

Abortion legislation encourages racial profiling

When in war, as Sun Tzu reminds us, it’s best to keep your friends close and your enemies closer — advice pro-life advocates have taken to heart with the introduction of a bill restricting women of color’s reproductive choice. The Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), introduced in early December, aims [...]

Listen Up! — “The Great Impression”

There are times when it’s appropriate to be repetitive. . But outside of sparse exceptions — The Doors, the ‘50s — repetition is just boring, even if the sounds being repeated are great. And this is the conundrum facing Sparkadia’s “The Great Impression.” The electronic ‘60s feel is intriguing, the production value respectable and the [...]

New counter terrorism bill could restrict freedom

The Land of the Free may not be so free anymore if a new bill aimed at countering terrorism becomes law. New clauses in The National Defense Authorization Act aim to detain any person who “planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored those responsible for those attacks,” and [...]

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