Bearing News

Decision to overturn Roe v. Wade creates unsafe abortions, exacerbates racial and economic disparities

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • May 20, 2022

A Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) draft surrounding abortion laws under the court case Roe v. Wade was leaked May 1. The opinion document voted to strike down the SCOTUS case Roe v. Wade, a...

Harvard lawsuit may change the future of affirmative action

Amanda Kurukulasuriya • October 19, 2018

Oct. 15, a trial based on a 2014 lawsuit filed by the private organization Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) against Harvard took place at the United States District Court in Boston, overseen by Judge...

on online taxes

Isaac Parrish • April 24, 2018

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30 years later ‘Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier’ still impacts student speech

George Frey • January 29, 2018

Nearly 20 years after the decision of Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, RBHS students reflect upon the monumental court decision regarding the First Amendment rights of high school students.

Supreme Court ruling defines student led prayer

Bailey Stover • January 27, 2018

Students' First Amendment rights have long been controversial in the U.S. with debates ranging from what they can say to what they can pray. Numerous Supreme Court cases established precedents on such issues. Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe (2000) tackled the topic of student led prayer in school.

‘Bethel School District v Fraser’ continues to affect speech regulation

Jared Geyer • January 25, 2018

Matthew Fraser was suspended from Bethel High School in April, 1983. The previous day, Fraser had given a speech made for nominating a fellow student for the student government in front of the 600 students who attended the school. What happened with his case affects students today.

A life for a life: unacceptable judicial policy

Jenna Liu • May 18, 2014

[slider source="media: 264149" limit="7" target="blank" height="340" title="no" centered="no" mousewheel="no" speed="500"]Clayton Lockett lay restrained on a steel gurney as a lethal, three-drug cocktail...

Corporate political contributions should be stopped

Jay Whang • April 21, 2014

Idealists used to believe that candidates play fair and idealistically in every presidential election. Senator John McCain (R) made a public-finance option in his failed 2008 Presidential campaign, while...

Nina Totenberg speaks at Columbia College

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi • March 13, 2014

In November 2000, John Schiffman donated $1.5 million to Columbia College to start the Althea W. and John A. Schiffman Endowed Chair in Ethics, Religious Studies and Philosophy. This funded a series...

Indian Supreme Court overturns Novartis’ drug patent bid for the good of humanity

Raj Satpathy • May 2, 2013

On the front of it, the Indian Supreme Court’s denial of a patent for Novartis’ new anti-cancer medicine seems like a bad choice. The decision, made just two weeks ago on April 1, would logically...

Student View: Patenting Genes

Atreyo Ghosh • April 17, 2013

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for a case today, Monday, April 15, on the issue of patenting human genes. The case, Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, centers around the Myriad...

High Court hearing on gay marriage prompts student reaction

Justin Sutherland • April 9, 2013

The House of Commons in Great Britain passed a bill regarding gay marriage on the count of 400 votes to 175 at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb 5. Just more than one month later, the Supreme Court of the United...