Connor D. Wolf The founders of Ben & Jerry’s visited Smith College Wednesday to advocate for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield founded their iconic ice cream company in 1978. They have since used their success to advocate for progressive policy reforms including the more recent push to raise the…
Remember Pace Picante Salsa commercials? In the famous commercials, Texans would discover that their salsa was made in New York City, causing them to recoil in horror — even going as far to suggest hanging the man who brought it. Cruz has been said to have an audio-graphic memory and has been known to demonstrate…
Steve Birr A leading economist warns market events which caused big downward swings in global stocks this year could be signaling a coming recession sooner than he anticipated. Jim Reid, macroeconomic strategist at Deutsche Bank, says cheap oil and weakness across the banking sector, particularly in Europe, are sending fear across global markets. The volatility sent the…
by Lina Bryce Kevin Spacey deflected some questions regarding the real-life election while attending the season 4 premier for House of Cards at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery on Monday. As reported by The Hill, the star of the Netflix original series said it was silly to compare the two when asked whether its upcoming season or the actual presidential…
After Donald Trump’s victory in Nevada, Ron Paul appeared on CNBC where he said he would never support the current Republican front-runner. Citing that he is tapping into the anger and fear of voters, he slammed both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders for committing the same ill, saying, “The unfortunate thing is, I don’t hear…
Andrew Follett Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have confirmed what many in the energy world already knew: Without government support or high taxes, green energy will never be able to compete with conventional, more reliable power plants. The study, announced by MIT’s News Office Wednesday, determined that conventional energy would be consistently less expensive than green…
Top Online Dating Apps Modern men frequently think of a marriage and family as a disaster and a time-wasting escapade. Yet, people still get married and have children, as it is a biologically grounded need. Nevertheless, before you bound yourself with responsibilities, you need to find a girl you would like to see both as…
Michael Bastasch Federal lawmakers lambasted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for holding a closed-door meeting with state officials over the agency’s new ozone regulations — which could be one of the most expensive regulations ever. Lawmakers claim the EPA rejected requests to allow the public to participate in its ozone meeting in Arizona Wednesday to avoid…
Jonah Bennett Congress needs to reschedule marijuana, said former Attorney General Eric Holder in an interview with PBS Tuesday. Marijuana is currently listed as Schedule I, a category relegated for drugs that have major potential for abuse and have no medical value, whatsoever. Once drugs are placed in this category, it becomes tremendously difficult to research…
Casey Harper An Arkansas state senator is raising money online so a Ten Commandments display can be put on the grounds of the state capitol, but now an atheist group is determined to stop him. State Sen. Jason Rapert started a GoFundMe page Feb. 17 to pay for a monument of the Ten Commandments, a decision sparked by the…