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Watergate 2012: Water the concerns with the Wilkes H20?

Junior business major Jahleel Sterling does not trust the tap water on campus and noted its unique smell from his facet in University Towers. “It’s cloudy and it stinks,” Sterling said. “It’s putrid....

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The Republican Letter to Iran and the Logan Act

On March 9, 2015, Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas wrote a letter without President Barack Obama’s knowledge addressed to the nation of Iran. Signed by 47 of the Senate’s 54 Republicans, a large outcry...

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Politically Unapologetic: What about Bernie Sanders?

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money” ~ Margaret Thatcher. The first half of 2016 saw no one major step up to challenge 2016 Democrat candidate Hillary...

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Politically Unapologetic: Low on funding, high on insanity

There is so much to say on the current state of the GOP race right now. So many thoughts but it’s hard to choose what to say first. Let’s start with the fact that there’s still 15 candidates! Two...

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Wilkes University’s Beth Gilbert eyes an Election Day win for District C

  Wilkes senior, Beth Gilbert, announced her campaign for Wilkes Barre City Council District C seat last January. Since then, Gilbert’s campaign has grown as she anticipates tomorrow’s results. “Since...

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A rebuttal to Anthony Fanucci’s anti-marijuanna article

At the end of last semester, our Wilkes University president of Student Government, Anthony Fanucci, wrote an opinion piece on why he thinks weed shouldn’t be legalized. The title was “Clinton and...

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Politically Unapologetic: John Kasich holds MSNBC town hall

Last night, MSNBC was supposed to air a John Kasich town hall at 8 pm hosted by Willie Geist. However, with the news surrounding the Trump rally chaos in Chicago, the town hall aired at 11pm. Governor...

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