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Recognize recent US success in Iraq compared to prior years

(10/10/17 10:00am)

On Oct. 5, 2017, the Iraqi Army, supported by Iran-backed military groups and American-led airstrikes, captured the city of Hawija in northern Iraq, according to BBC and the Guardian. According to an Oct. 5 BBC article, the battle lasted only a few weeks; it was another decisive victory in terms of capturing land and freeing civilians from the Islamic State. This is part of an ongoing trend that the Coalition has seen over the past couple of years of ISIS losing more and more of its major cities across Iraq. ISIS is also rapidly losing ground in Syria; a June 2017 Information Handling Services Conflict Monitor report showed that, since 2015, ISIS had lost about 60 percent of the area it once controlled in Syria and Iraq, according to a Sept. 21 BBC article. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/10/recognize-recent-us-success-in-iraq-compared-to-prior-years

Criticize Trump Administration’s new restrictions on abortion

(10/10/17 10:00am)

The Trump Administration’s war on women continues in strong force this week. President Donald Trump is not just content with naming Neil Gorsuch — who, according to a March 20 NPR article, once told law students that employers should be allowed to ask prospective female employees if they are planning on having children — to the U.S. Supreme Court. Our current administration has signed off on two extremist anti-woman health measures this week.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/10/criticize-trump-administrations-new-restrictions-on-abortion

Encourage greater restriction of sale of deadly weapons

(10/10/17 10:00am)

Following the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas, on Oct. 2, the National Rifle Association has done the unexpected and called for regulation on the sale of bump stocks and guns in the United States. A bump stock is a device added to a rifle that allows it to mimic a rapid fire weapon. According to an Oct. 5 article in the New York Times, the devices are legal, because they do not give rifles full automatic ability. However, audio clips from the Las Vegas shooting prove just how effective bump stocks are. In Las Vegas, about 90 shots were produced in ten seconds; a fully automatic weapon has a rate of 98 shots in seven seconds. This small distinction is the difference that determines the legality of firearm possession. However, according to an Oct. 8 article from The Hill, NRA executive director Chris Cox recently stated, “We don’t believe bans worked on anything,” yet he stated that the organization was open to regulating things differently.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/10/encourage-greater-restriction-of-sale-of-deadly-weapons

Senate discusses holiday shuttles and menstrual product distribution

(10/10/17 10:00am)

Following last week’s meeting with the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Student Union  Vice President Hannah Brown ’19 reported at Sunday’s Senate meeting that the committee has already taken some suggestions to the General Education Requirements proposal into account. The proposals will be brought to the Faculty Senate next week. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/10/senate-discusses-holiday-shuttles-and-menstrual-product-distribution

Judges have won seven of last eight matches

(10/10/17 10:04am)

The men’s soccer team continued to steamroll its way to the postseason this past week, picking up two big wins against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University. The squad opened its week with a 3-1 beat-down of cross-town rival MIT and followed that impressive victory with a Homecoming triumph against No. 11 Carnegie Mellon.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/10/judges-have-won-seven-of-last-eight-matches