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Last Monday, The Washington Post released a special report detailing how at least 44 U.S. public and private colleges and universities are employing private contractors to collect prospective students’ data without their acknowledgment. This report comes at a time where national concern for data privacy is at an all-
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The NBA and its commissioner, Adam Silver, have been steadily increasing efforts to globalize the game of basketball in recent years. This includes bringing preseason games and practices to places like China, where basketball has become more and more popular since the days of Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets.
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This slideshow requires JavaScript. An unlikely hero emerged Friday night as backup quarterback Wyatt Hagan ’22 and the St. John’s offense came back to win at USA Today-ranked #17 Good Counsel (MD) 34-31. “To see my boy Wyatt strive and control the offense and win the game
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Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion in the news about impeachment. More and more congresspeople are making statements on their positions for impeachment of President Trump. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has started an impeachment inquiry on October 8 and multiple aids to Trump suspected of discussions
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This September, St. John’s welcomed a new dean of students to the staff, Mr. Smith. The new dean attended St. John’s and graduated in 2003, then attended Salisbury University to study philosophy and marketing. Mr. Smith said majoring in philosophy at college gave him “the ability to think
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This year, St. John’s Theatre has a new director, Mr. Hotaling. Prior to directing at St. John’s, he taught at Boston College, Suffolk University, and Stonehill College. Most recently, he worked as the head of the Drama Department at The Chapin School, where he was also faculty advisor
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Carrie Underwood is a country artist known for her powerhouse vocals and songs that tell a story with every line. Fifteen years ago, she won American Idol at the age of 22 and has become an icon across country and pop genres. Underwood is a seven-time Grammy award winner
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The All Things Go Fall Classic is a popular music festival in DC that happens every year at Union Market. Held in October, the festival has a lineup of unique artists perform while different companies promote themselves from stands stationed around the venue, selling food and souvenirs. All Things Go
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Mr. Erwin and Mr. Chapman have both started their first year at St. John’s, where they will be teaching in the Cadet Corps Leadership Program. This year there is new curriculum for the program, including classes on Developing Self-Awareness, Leading and Influencing Others, Leading Teams and Achieving Goals,
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Fall is arguably the best season for many reasons, but one that stands out is that the best holiday, aka Halloween, aka “SPOOKY SZN,” happens in the fall. Halloween is not only a daylong holiday where little kids dress up and go to millions of houses begging for candy, but
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On Thursday, Sept. 19, the House of Representatives held a meeting to discuss making the District of Columbia the 51st state. The last time this was seriously brought up in Congress was in 1993. Most House Democrats strongly support making DC a state, and the bill will likely pass in