CONTRIBUTING WRITER
On Sept. 13, the annual Costume Institute Gala (colloquially better known as the Met Gala) took place at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. To onlookers, it perhaps seemed a little unusual to see a congresswoman at an event which is usually designated for the top designers, actors, singers, and models of the moment, but […]
It was a scandal that unfolded shortly before most of us attending Monmouth University were currently born. Two parties: one, one of the most powerful men in the world, the other, an intern, just twenty-two years old. We are talking about the affair of then-President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This scandal […]
It was the video seen around the world: a police officer with his knee on a man’s neck, who uttered the words, “I can’t breathe.” That man was George Floyd, and the officer, Derek Chauvin, is now on trial for second-degree murder, third degree-murder, and manslaughter. The other four officers that were surrounding him during the incident were all fired and charged with murder, according to The Washington Post.