Obama & Romney meet
By Marcos Gonzalez Though they were opposing candidates on the ballot just a few weeks ago, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney met for lunch at the White House on Thursday, to sit down and look at similar interests. In their first meeting since the election, Obama and the Republican nominee met in the White [...]
Leveson report encourages media regulation
By Marcos Gonzalez A judge recommended Thursday the British press should be regulated by an independent group supported by law and with the power to fine media sources. Judge Brian Leveson recommended the change, in a report sparked by a phone-hacking scandal that occurred in 2011 at the hand of Rupert Murdoch. Leveson said he was [...]
Violence Between Israel and Gaza Intensifies
By Caitlin O’Beirne Over the past three days, as violence has been escalating between Israel and Gaza, rockets were launched into Israel’s two most populous cities for the first time in years. Both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv were under attack from Palestinians on Friday. Neither rockets fired at the Israeli cities hit their targets. No [...]
Hostess Brands, Inc. Finished
By Caitlin O’Beirne After years of struggling to reorganize financially, Hostess Brands, Inc. decided to liquidate the company on Friday resulting in the loss of at least 18,500 jobs. Hostess requested permission from Federal Bankruptcy court to shut down its operations after they were unable to negotiate with strikers angry over a new contract. Protests [...]
Negotiations on “Fiscal Cliff” Begin
By Caitlin O’Beirne President Barack Obama met with congressional leaders on Friday in order to begin negotiations to avoid the approaching “fiscal cliff.” The “fiscal cliff” is a combination of tax increases and spending cuts that is set to start in January 2013, unless Obama and Congress can come to an agreement on the budget. [...]
Governor Deval Patrick’s Focus on Health
By Marcos Gonzalez Gov. Deval Patrick is heading back to Washington, D.C on Thursday, to have his first meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The two are scheduled to discuss health care and cost containment issues. Patrick will also address a professional development event Sebelius is holding with her staff. “I am [...]
Xi: The New Face of China
By Marcos Gonzalez China revealed its new leader on Thursday, when Xi Jinping gained control of the Communist party as well as the military for the next decade. He gave a speech and hired a staff that signals no change whatsoever in the course the country will be taking for the next decade. The country’s [...]
Petraeus Resignation Linked to Benghazi
By Marcos Gonzalez As the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya is looked into further, one testimony is most anticipated, that is the testimony of former CIA director David Petraeus. Petraeus, a former director of the CIA, resigned last week due to an extramarital affair with former Army officer Paula Broadwell. The [...]
Gaza Israel Conflict Heats Up
By Marcos Gonzalez Three Israeli civilians have been killed and six were injured by rockets fired from Gaza into Israel, which included a long-range missile that hit 8 miles south of Tel Aviv. Israel launched numerous airstrikes back across the Gaza Strip to further heighten turmoil within the area. Fifteen civilians have been killed and [...]
BP to Pay 4.5B for Spill Damages
By Marcos Gonzalez BP pleaded guilty on Thursday to 14 felony accounts that arose from the explosion of an oil pipe in 2010, and lead to the subsequent oil spill at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The agreement includes 11 charges of manslaughter for the deaths ofworkers that were on the rig at the time [...]
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Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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