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National Following backlash and controversy surrounding the shooting of Laquan McDonald, the Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel has asked for the resignation of Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. Dashboard camera footage of McDonald’s killing showed the black teenager being shot sixteen times. The footage was released last week after a judge ordered it to be made public. The mayor has asserted that a new task force will be established on law enforcement accountability which will review the manner in which the city trains and oversees its police officers. The task force will include five Chicago leaders who have been active in the justice system, including former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick. Jason Van Dyke, the officer who shot McDonald, has been charged with firstdegree murder.
International President Barack Obama has discouraged Vladimir Putin, Russia’s leader, from becoming active in Syria’s civil war. Syria asserts that the current President Bashar al-Assad must retain power. The climate change conference, hosted in France, served as a forum for the issue. Obama called for “legally binding” mechanisms to prevent further human-caused climate change. Dec.1 marked World AIDS Day. The UN Children’s Fund found that the number of adolescents who have died from AIDS has tripled in the past 15 years, although there have been sunstantive efforts to combat the spread of the disease. Approximately seven of ten new infections are among the 15-19 year old female demographic in sub-Saharan Africa, indicating that the disease affects young adolescent girls disprop portinately.
This week’s “Top Stories” were compiled by Kayla Britt with information from CNN (www.cnn.com) and Project Syndicate (www. project-syndicate.org)
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Remembrance Day honors Gettysburg Address Garrison Keillor speaks, migrants are nationalized and those lost are remembered B y J ulia S ippel S taff W riter
One hundred and fiftytwo years after Lincoln gave his famed Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg is continuing to celebrate his immortal words. Celebrated officially on Nov. 19, Remembrance Day honors Lincoln’s visit to Gettysburg, as well as the men who gave their lives that lie in the cemetery he dedicated that day. Each year, thousands of tourists flock to town, filling the streets as if summertime had returned. With an array of celebrations, Lincoln was successful in assuring that nobody would forget “what they did here.” Though the initial wreath-laying ceremony was foregone due to inclement weather, the Dedication Day program, reminiscent of the same program all those years ago, occurred in the College Union Building Ballroom. Highlighted by a speech by storyteller and humorist Garrison Keillor, the celebration was well-received. “It was an honor to witness Mr. Keillor’s speech,” said the Gettysburgian’s Annika Jensen, a sophomore. “I grew up listening to his radio shows, and I felt that his emphasis
on the power of story and of comfort during war time was relevant and appropriate.” Arguably one of the most notable events of the ceremony, however, was the naturalization of sixteen immigrants from twelve different countries. “I felt humbled,” said Jensen. “I had never seen anything like it before, nor was I expecting it, and I was overwhelmed with patriotism and hope for these new citizens.” That afternoon, Professor Scott Hancock of the Africana Studies Department gave a speech on “Liberation from the Future as Well as the Past: Black Responses to the Gettysburg Address” as the annual Gettysburg Addresses Lincoln Lecture. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Dr. Joseph Glatthaar gave the 54th annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture later that evening, further enticing the historically-inclined audience with his cultural discussion of the two armies. A parade on Saturday afternoon brought townspeople, even children and pets, to the streets to celebrate this historical heritage. Union and Confederate reenactors (flags included) walked the streets once more, joined by
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Remembrance Day, celebrated officially on Nov. 19, is a day which honors President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and features a variety of events and speakers. This year, Garrison Keillor, a radio personality, humorist and storyteller was invited. The passing of Gettysburg’s James Gettys was also memorialized. President Lincoln and Fred- was renewed that evening and more, this weekend sucerick Douglass, among other with the 13th annual Remem- cessfully brought increased notables. brance Illumination at the tourism and an increased apThe most moving mo- National Cemetery. Luminary preciation to Gettysburg in an ments of the weekend, how- candles and a recitation of unforgettable way. ever, memorialized the recent fallen soldiers’ names once This year’s Remempassing of Gettysburg’s own again marked the “final rest- brance Day was a remarkLincoln, portrayer James Get- ing place for those who here able event, which brought tys. His top hat marched the gave their lives that that na- together members of the colparade in his stead, marking tion might live.” lege community as well as the persona so missed by fans Made possible by the the surrounding town with across the nation, much like College, The Lincoln Fellow- guest speakers to celebrate his character so long before. ship of Pennsylvania, Gettys- Gettysburg’s history in the This poignant emotion burg National Military Park, present day.
Eisenhower Institute holds Inside Politics symposium Participating students worked with a mentor to research public policy topics B y N ora T idey S taff W riter On Nov. 16, the Eisenhower Institute held its Fall 2015 Inside Politics symposium. The Eisenhower Institute is a distinguished center for leadership and public policy. It aims to prepare students interested in careers in public policy and additionally to prepare students to assume their responsibilities as citizens. Inside Politics is a semester-long program that serves as a mentoring experience on campus, as well as in Washington D.C. Through Inside Politics, participating students are able to learn about and understand the workings of American government. Each month during the program, students peel back the curtain of a dif ferent section of American government, including political parties, campaigns, the American presidency, Congress, and public perceptions of policy matters. The Inside Politics program is a three-part program that consists of lectures and interactive sessions that provide information to understand politics and policy development, a research project in which participants research a particular policy
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issue of their choosing, and the student symposium in which participants present the findings from their research. After the students choose their research topics, they are set up with a corresponding professional in that specific field in Washington D.C., and travel to D.C. for a 3-day trip to learn more about their topics. The participants’ semester-long research culminated in the symposium on Nov. 16, when sixteen students presented their findings. Participants were of all class years and each student presented on a unique topic that they investigated in-depth and gained a deep understanding of. Research presented by the participants included topics such as tax policy, speech-writing, federal financial aid, immigration, the “rally around the flag” effect, the gender wage gap, environmental issues, and more. Each participant gave a brief description of what they researched, what they learned, and the professionals they spoke to during their research process. Kasey S. Pipes, a biographer and historian who spent ten years in politics as a communications and policy
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advisor and who now serves as the Norris Fellow of Public Policy at the Eisenhower Institute, sat next to the students as they presented and asked questions that often required critical thinking and personal insights on the part of the student. The students who completed Inside Politics this semester and presented at the Nov. 16 symposium are as follows: Liam Kerr, Eliza-
beth Miller, Lynn Hatcher, Daniel Kagan, Christopher Condon, Kyle Furlong, Marley Dizney Swanson, Thomas Calbos, Todd Sammis, Elizabeth Hupper, Brendan Wright, Alex Tottser, Hannah Christensen, Celia DiSalvo, Matthew Lowerre, and Colleen Maher. . The Eisenhower Institute sponsors a variety of other undergraduate programs including Inside the
Middle East, Women in Leadership, Undergraduate Fellows, the Fielding Center, the Government Leadership Camp, the EI Expert Access Workshops, and more. For more information or to apply for Eisenhower Institute programs, of which there are several, visit www. eisenhowerinstitute.org or check out the Eisenhower Institute’s Facebook page. Photo Credit: Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College
Inside Politics participants touring NBC’s “Meet the Press” studio.
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Trump and the so-called “Muslim problem”, pg. 7
Anti-choice violence, pg. 7
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