Thursday, April 30, 2009

For those of you who haven’t read my column before: I’m kind of a big deal.
As the veteran columnist for the award-winning Carroll News (and I’m still a few finals away from junior status), I have quite a bit of literary clout. Taking this into account, I decided I could help another JCU publication, […]

By Sean Webster
The Pakistani government launched a military operation against Taliban militants earlier this week. The effort is largely seen as a response to pressure from the Obama administration to take a firm stance against the growing insurgency in Pakistan.
The Taliban has been slowly making its way towards Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, a nuclear-armed […]

By Jonathan Ross
President Barack Obama has been busy since his historic inauguration in January.
In his first 100 days in office, his administration has crafted corporate bailouts, a $787 billion economic stimulus package and new strategies for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Within the last few weeks alone, Obama has addressed the Somali pirate controversy, the […]

A friend of mine always says, “You’ll sleep when you’re dead.” And he’s right; life is too short to spend all of your time in bed, when there are more important things to do. But, sometimes you reach a point where you’re just so tired that simple tasks seem like the biggest endeavors you’ll ever […]

by Margaret Phillips 
 
When I was asked to write this column, I decided I didn’t want it to be a standard senior response to the end of the year, discussing my lack of job or goodbyes to the University.
Instead, I figured it’s more practical to tell you about one of my favorite places on campus: […]

Aramark dining services will be implementing a cost of 50 cents per to-go box starting in the Fall semester. The reasoning behind the decision is that it will bring financial, social and environmental benefits. The boxes that will be used next year will be more environmentally friendly.
Charging a fee for the boxes is a good […]

It is time to put our foot down to University Heights. I have always subscribed to the idea that the city would not be able to sustain itself without the University, so maybe we shouldn’t be as willing to comply with some of their requests as we are. I understand being a cooperative and helpful […]

By Joe Toohey
Democrats in Congress are pushing for further investigation into the “advanced interrogation” techniques used by CIA officials on suspected al-Qaida members.
Methods such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation and slapping the face were chronicled in four memorandums released by the Obama administration last week. 
The highlight of these memorandums includes Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed […]

John Carroll University is a strong supporter of Fair Trade products, including Fair Trade coffee.  The University’s catering service, Aramark, is under contract to serve only Fair Trade coffee at any event that they cater. However, over the past few months it has been found out that Aramark has been using Folgers coffee.
Boxes of Folgers […]

By Sean Webster

Iran may soon have the technology to build a nuclear weapon. Israel claims that Iran has already reached that point, and has threatened to attack its nuclear facilities if no action is taken. But before we start a potential nuclear war, we should ask ourselves three questions. First of all, why does Iran […]