“Release the Light” Program Set to Increase Awareness on Sexual Assault-April 14
March 14, 2010
Marywood University joins in the national effort in providing Release the Light Sexual Assault Awareness Program on Wednesday, April 14 in the Fireplace Lounge Nazareth Student Center from 12 – 2:00 p.m. The purpose is to increase student and community awareness for the need of violence prevention... Read more »
College Life After All
March 1, 2010
Image by kory pence via Flickr By Donya Albert Staff Writer I walked onto a college campus for the first time at age 26. I’m told that Marywood is a smaller school and I’m almost positive that the person who said this was dead wrong. My name is Donya, I have two sons ages five and seven months,... Read more »
"Jersey Shore": Entertaining or Offensive?
March 1, 2010
Image by Getty Images via Daylife By Anthony Castellano Staff Writer G.T.L., known by the cast of “Jersey Shore” as “Gym, Tan, and Laundry”, is just one of the new catch phrases that has helped propel the show’s cast to stardom as the show has become an overnight reality show sensation.... Read more »
"But Mom…It's Not My Fault!"
March 1, 2010
Image via Wikipedia By Christina Morozov Staff Writer Sorry Mother Nature, but it looks like an innocent round of the blame game has prolonged your stay under the greenhouse. At the Copenhagen Climate Summit, 110 world leaders met to pit a battle against public enemy number 1: global warming.... Read more »
The Iranian Dilemma
March 1, 2010
Image via Wikipedia By Chuck Fisher Peace & Justice Editor Should we hate Iran, love them, pity them, ignore them? What if we just bomb them? Nothing solves problems like kilotons! What do we do? On one hand there is a very repressive government and on the other hand there is a large proportion... Read more »
The Peace Sign and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
March 1, 2010
Image via Wikipedia By Victoria Clarizio Staff Writer The peace sign can be found on almost every commercial object these days. Many claim a special love for it, but at what point does mass production cause a symbol to lose its meaning? Looking back at the origins of the peace sign and its... Read more »
Khaled Hosseini: Author & Peacemaker
March 1, 2010
Cover of The Kite Runner By Victoria Clarizio Staff Writer You may know Khaled Hosseini as the author of the best selling books The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, but he is also a humanitarian making great efforts to help women and children in Afghanistan, where his novels take place. Hosseini... Read more »
Revealing the Shadows: Darfur, Colombia, and Tibet
March 1, 2010
Image via Wikipedia By Victoria Garafola Staff Writer Quick, think of the first international news story that comes to mind. Chances are that you think of a well-known story, not the easy to miss conflicts so many people never hear about. In much of American media, there is a noticeable focus... Read more »
A Taste From Home: Basic Irish Soda Bread
March 1, 2010
Image by citymama via Flickr By Jean Gruber Staff Writer The celebration of St. Patrick’s Day here in Scranton is one to never be missed. The bagpipes roaring down Lackawanna Ave on Parade Day make the city and the people come alive. Excitement about life illuminates this city from early... Read more »
John Mayer's Battle Studies
March 1, 2010
Cover of Battle Studies By Sara Tompkins Staff Writer “Battle Studies“, the long awaited fourth album from blues-crooner John Mayer, is an eclectic mix of blues and pop melodies. Quite different from the previous albums he has recorded, “Room for Squares”, “Heavier Things”,... Read more »
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