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CDC Faces Tightening Budget
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) informed its employees last month of its plans to discontinue overseas epidemic prevention work in 39 of 49 countries after severe budget cuts,...
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International // WWII Bomb Found In Thames
A 500 kilogram, 1.5 meter bomb was found in London this past Sunday evening during planned expansion work on King George V Docks, E16. The discovery led to a 214 meter evacuation zone and the closing...
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International // Scandal Rocks Aid Organization
Oxfam, an aid organization based in the U.K., faces international scandal after 26 claims of sexual misconduct among its employees, according to BBC. Already there have been three confirmed...
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International // Italian Elections Hang In Balance
Italy’s recent election has caused a stir in the international community, mainly because it saw big winners among fringe groups such as the Five-Star Movement and the League. These populist parties...
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Bridging the Gap with Kindness
In 1999, Susan Heiss, former overseer of what is now CASA (Center for Academic Success and Advising) and Dan Moore, former head of the Audio Visual Department, started the Russian Mission Network...
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International // Farming Protests Rock India
This Monday, March 12, thousands of farmers from India’s western Maharashtra region walked over one hundred miles to the state capital in Mumbai. Their aim, laid out by an agricultural association...
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Open to London’s Wonder
This semester, twenty-two first-year Houghton students are living and studying in London as part of the Honors in London program. The students’ routine follows weekly rhythms: on Monday mornings, all...
View ArticleMayterm Opportunities Far and Farther
Marterm will be kicking off May 15, offering a wide array of opportunities for students interested in studying abroad. Among these options are East Meets West in the Balkans, ornithology in Texas, and...
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International // Syria Strikes Inspire Strife
For the past seven years, Syria has experienced war and conflict. The latest event in this unfolding catastrophe occurred last week, when the United States led airstrikes against the regime of Syrian...
View ArticleInternational // LGBTQ Progress in India
Recently, the Supreme Court in India struck down Section 377 of the Indian Constitution, a holdover from the history of colonialism which criminalized “carnal intercourse against the order of nature.”...
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