Maggie Pascale, Staff Writer, and Shea Kelley, Copy Editor – The FBI has released information that the Boston Marathon Bombing suspects, who set off two simultaneous bombs at the finish line on Monday, April 15, had targeted Times Square in Manhattan as their next attack site, according to an article on foxnews.com. A Lynchburg College student who was in Boston to watch and support her father while he ran in [...]

Shea Kelley, Copy Editor – Two simultaneous explosions shook the Boston Marathon finish line in Copley Square just before 3 p.m. on Monday, April 15, resulting in casualties and mass chaos among marathon runners, volunteers and spectators. Fox News, which called the incident an “act of terrorism,” reported that the bombs were believed to be planted in trashcans. The news outlet said the explosions took place approximately five hours and [...]

Maggie Pascale, Staff Writer – High School diplomas used to qualify one for an entry-level job. Now, more and more companies are looking for potential employees to have college degrees. This trend has caused a decrease in jobs for those who solely have a high school diploma, according to an article by Catherine Rampell on nytimes.com. Bachelor’s degrees have become more valuable over time, and the wage gaps are increasing [...]

Melissa Berkowitz, Staff Writer – There are no signs that the $85 billion in across-the-board spending and funding cuts, known as the sequester, will be lifted anytime soon. President Barack Obama signed the order on Friday, March 1 to reduce the budget, according to an article by Matthew Larotonda of abcnews.go.com. Sequestration will affect the budget of government programs such as education, unemployment, Federal Work-Study Aid, Job Corps, public health, [...]

Maggie Pascale, Staff Writer - On Jan. 16, President Barack Obama gave his proposed plan for new gun laws. The law proposal includes required background checks for all gun sales, strengthening the background check systems, and a stronger ban on assault weapons, according to whitehouse.gov. The proposal has received negative feedback from Lynchburg College students as well as national organizations. “Proposing more gun control laws — while failing to enforce [...]

Jared Bloomquist, Assistant Editor – Super Bowl XLVII is coming this Sunday, Feb. 3, pitching the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens in a contest to be the best NFL team from the 2012- 2013 season at 6:30 pm EST. Two weeks ago, the Patriots fell to the Ravens in a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship, losing 28-13 according to an article on SI.com. The Pats had never lost [...]

Michelle Maples, Editor-in-Chief - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will not take any regulatory actions against Shippensburg University, a Pennsylvania college, for installing a vending machine that dispenses Plan B One-Step, often referred to as the “morning-after” pill, according to an article on washingtonpost.com. In Feb. 2012, news of the vending machine spread about two years after it had been installed, according to an article on foxnews.com. President of [...]

Shea Kelley, Copy Editor – The U.S. military has made the decision to formally allow women on the frontlines of combat, which could open up thousands of jobs to female service members in units they were previously barred from including infantry, armor and special operations, according to csmonitor.com. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made the final call on ending the ban, which overturns a 1994 ruling that prohibited females from [...]

Michelle Maples, Editor-in-Chief – On Monday, Jan. 21 President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his second presidential term during the 57th inauguration of the United States. Obama gave his inaugural address speech in which he spoke about many major concerns of his first and now second term, including: Medicare, Social Security, the tax reform and the shooting of Newtown, Conn., according to an article on WashingtonPost.com. Obama [...]

Rachad Davis, Sports Editor – R. Umar Abbasi, a freelance photographer for The New York Post, was heavily scrutinized after snapping a Dec. 3 photograph of a man who was just moments from being struck by an oncoming train. The photo-journalist for The New York Post took a picture of now-deceased Ki-Suck Han just seconds before he was hit by a New York City train. Han was attempting to climb [...]