Thursday, April 25, 2024

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On August 16, 2022, Liz Cheney, the sole House Representative of Wyoming, delivered a speech to supporters. In this speech, Cheney conceded her primary GOP House race to pro-Trump rival Harriet Hageman. This surrender signals the eighth House Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump in 2021 to be out of Congress by January 2023. 2nd Impeachment of...
In the early 1900s, the sport of boxing was in its archaic age. Lack of regulation and oversight made boxing an extremely dangerous and unglamorous job. Rampant racism also made it difficult for black fighters to earn fair shots at boxing championships or earn wages as high as their white counterparts. It was in this unfulfilling, lawless, and cruel world...
My name is Jason Andrew Davis ‘21 and I just graduated from Jesuit last year. Currently, I am majoring in Cognitive Science (focus area in Consciousness) & Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience here at Dartmouth.   After college, I am looking to get my PhD in either Experimental Psychology or Cognitive Neuroscience and dedicate myself to scientific research...
In the past few weeks, China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), vitriolically announced that it would “not sit by idly” and promised to fire upon escorting US fighters if necessary. Upon House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taipei visit, dozens of Chinese fighter jets swiftly intruded Taiwan’s air defense zone. However, this military deployment was not the first to have...
(SPOILERS FOR TOP GUN (1986)) Every year, the Editor-in-Chief of The Roundup writes a final farewell piece that entails his experiences with the newspaper. Top Gun: Maverick basically does the same thing, but replace The Roundup with Tom Cruise's filmography. As many critics have noted, Top Gun: Maverick acknowledges that despite his death-defying stunts, Tom Cruise is getting old. The film works as an...
In the primary elections, a number of candidates did not gain 50% of the vote. As a result, runoff elections were held on May 24, 2022 for the first and second place candidates to compete. The winner of each runoff race will face the other major party’s nominee, as well as possible Libertarian and Green contestants.  LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR In the primaries,...
It is February 19, 1945. On the barren beaches of Iwo Jima, the defending Japanese army wait for the incoming US Marine V Amphibious Force. Upon landfall, the Marines faced heavy fire from Japanese blockhouses and could not advance. This persisted until a sergeant flanked the fortifications and single-handedly destroyed the enemy garrison. Sergeant John Basilone’s courageous actions led...
Harvest Hill Traffic Light Harvests Hell on Earth Abstract It’s three minutes before the 8:50 a.m. bell rings for the first class – or just three minutes away from when your extra-curricular instructor kindly requested you show up. Maybe you’re a senior and you had a long lunch after service and are racing back to make that mandatory(?) class meeting at...

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