New Trump tarriffs
By Jackson Freund, Staff
May 14, 2018
Filed under News, U.S. and World News
Robert Krieger From soda cans to foundations for buildings, aluminum and steel are key components in many products in America. These products play an important part in American life, but President Donald Trump recently imposed a 25 percent tax on steel imports and a 10 percent tax on aluminum. The fines were placed specifically to...
Safe injection in Seattle
By Matthew Hipolito, Copy Editor
May 14, 2018
Filed under News, U.S. and World News
“The King County Medical Examiner’s (KCME) Office reported that deaths caused by drugs increased to their highest levels in 2016 in both Seattle and King County, Washington,” reads a June 2017 report on opioid abuse released by the Seattle Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration. “...
Transgender rights in jeopardy, again
By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
May 14, 2018
Filed under News, U.S. and World News
The U.S. Department of Education, under Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, announced the department will no longer hear or take action on complaints relating to the bathroom and facility use of transgender students in public schools on Monday, Feb. 12. The decision makes it clear transgender students i...
Facebook is in business
By Ben Savell, Hawkeye Staff
May 14, 2018
Filed under News, U.S. and World News
Social media is not just a form of communication anymore, it is part of our identity. For some, every aspect of their lives is implanted on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Their algorithms determine who and what we view. What if somebody with malicious intent gained ahold of this information? On Mar....
#HeForShe
By Nhung Lam, Hawkeye Staff
May 14, 2018
Filed under News, U.S. and World News
Nhung Lam With the issue of gender equality being widely discussed, the HeForShe campaign’s rooted goal is to show that gender equality is not just for women's rights, it's for human rights. Founded by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, HeF...
SpaceX blasting off again
By Jackson Freund, Staff
March 23, 2018
Filed under News, STEM, Technology, U.S. and World News
Elon Musk is one of the richest and most well-known men in America, as well as the maker of the “Not a Flamethrower,” the owner of “The Boring Company,” the CEO of SpaceX and the founder of Tesla. Musk is also involved with improving and inventing new rockets that can hopefully, in the future, b...
Me Too
By Nhung Lam, Hawkeye Staff
January 19, 2018
Filed under Feature, News, U.S. and World News
Alyssa Milano, an actor, singer and activist, took one twitter hashtag, #MeToo, and revived the movement against sexual harassment and assault on women, originally campaigned by activist Tarana Burke in 2006. On October 15, Milano turned to Twitter, posting, “If you’ve been sexually harassed or...
North Korea’s Nukes and You
By Matthew Hipolito, Copy Editor
January 19, 2018
Filed under Feature, News, U.S. and World News, Uncategorized
A puff of smoke. A flash of light. A long, deep, menacing hiss and the long, slender missile lifts from its launch pad in Pyongsong, North Korea, just 18 miles from the capital of Pyongyang. A dark tube interrupted by a white checkerboard pattern, the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) flew f...
Fighting for Net Neutrality
By Jonas Rivera, Hawkeye Contributor
December 8, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, News, U.S. and World News
OPINION/ADVOCACY While the vote is coming up on Dec. 14, the fight for net neutrality is still far from over. One thing YOU can do to save it is as simple as emailing a few people. These leaders of the FCC are AGAINST net neutrality, and plan to vote to kill it. These people want to give power to comp...
Federal budget cuts to affect arts, humanities, science
By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
May 1, 2017
Filed under Education, News, School News, U.S. and World News
The Trump administration presented a preliminary 2018 budget covering discretionary federal spending on Thursday, March 16. Discretionary spending covers nearly a third of federal spending and includes non-mandatory spending which pays for defense and other federal agencies. Mandatory spending p...
Moving Forward
By Marianne Nacanaynay, Op/Ed Editor
April 27, 2017
Filed under Feature, News, U.S. and World News
It’s safe to assume most students don’t go to school expecting to not return home. But in this day and age, it’s hard to not be aware of that possibility every now and then—even more so, depending on where a student goes to school. The most recent school shooting to date in the United States ...
Sexual Assault
By Samantha Svikel, Op-Ed Editor
March 7, 2016
Filed under Featured Stories, News, U.S. and World News
More than one out of four 12- to 14-year-olds are sexually assaulted – 26 percent – in America. Approximately 1.8 million children and teenagers in the United States have been victims of sexual assault and 35.8 percent of sexual assaults happen between the ages of 12 and 17. Additionally, teenag...