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JESSICA RUF jnruf15@ole.augie.edu Frustrated with the heavy shroud over black history, historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the first Black History Week in 1926. He chose the second week in February to honor the birthdays of abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Following the Civil Rights Movement,

KAATJE WEILAND kpweiland16@ole.augie.edu As winners of the 2018 Peace Scholars program, junior Samson Mettler and sophomore Manaal Ali will travel to Norway this summer where they will study dialogue, democracy and human rights. Throughout the program, they both hope to learn how to promote peace and help

Update outdated nuclear weapons JACOB KNUTSON jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu In his proposed defense budget for 2019, President Trump requested $686 billion—a sum larger than most countries’ GDP. But do not let numbers or the President’s words fool you. Though $686 billion is a herculean sum of money,

Tax dollars are necessary in other areas SHAUNA PAULI sdpauli16@ole.augie.edu The current United States defense budget is just under $700 billion. This budget exceeded the $549 budget cap set in 2011 by the Budget Control Act. The increased budget includes the addition of 20,300 more troops,

STEPHANIE SANCHEZ sasanchez15@ole.augie.edu I never really partook in Lent until I came to the United States, which is interesting given that I was raised on a deeply Catholic continent by a fairly religious family. From the moment I was born, the freedom my parents gave me encompassed

NAJMA SIYAD usiyad16@ole.augie.edu In 2017, the French Parliament enacted a new labor law that allows employees in France a “right to disconnect” from emails, smartphones and other electronic devices once their work day has ended. In theory, France’s new concept of disconnecting sounds appealing and in