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The Charger Bulletin

The Student News Source of the University of New Haven

The Charger Bulletin

The Student News Source of the University of New Haven

The Charger Bulletin

Indy Battens Down Hatches for Super Bowl Security

The Associated Press February 1, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — From pickpockets and prostitutes to dirty bombs and exploding manhole covers, authorities are bracing for whatever threat the first Super Bowl in downtown Indianapolis might bring. Some...

White House Concerned Over Online Piracy Bills

Liana Teixeira January 25, 2012

After nationwide protests and the inability to reach a compromise, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided to postpone the Senate’s vote on online piracy. The vote, which was scheduled...

At More US Workplaces, Smokers Need Not Apply

Sara J Dufort January 25, 2012

Smoking has always been a habit that is frowned upon in society. There are health risks associated with cigarette smoke like cancer, and even second hand smoke can cause irreversible damage.  Until recently,...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembered

Vanessa Estime January 25, 2012

On January 16, 2012 the United States stopped, took a moment, and thought about the legacy Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. left behind to each individual person and America as a whole. Spreading a message...

Hope for Costa Concordia Survivors Fading

Veronica Maciel January 25, 2012

On January 13, 2012 the Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, hit a reef and ran aground. It was carrying more than 4,200 people. Reports state that at least 13 people were found dead and possible...

Perry Defends Marines Accused of Urinating on Corpses

Elizabeth Field January 25, 2012

Former republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is in hot water this week after defending the actions of United States Marines accused of urinating on Afghan corpses. The video posted on YouTube and...

Rupert Murdoch Attacks White House, Google

Sara J Dufort January 25, 2012

While many entities, including Google and the White House, have vocally opposed the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), media mogul Rupert Murdoch has taken to Twitter to attack those who are in opposition....

‘Tis the Season and It Isn’t Christmas

Lynn Jenkins, Esq. January 25, 2012

It is that season again. It rolls around with the purchase of a new calendar. And what happens is truly amazing. The joyful, gift-giving holidays are eclipsed by the cold, hard steeliness of the tax season....

Oil Blockade Doubts

Veronica Maciel January 25, 2012

Currently the price for Brent crude oil, light oil, is $111 a barrel and rising. Saudi Arabia claims that they can stabilize it at $100 a barrel. According to Reuters, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon...

LA Detective in Simpson-Goldman Murders Dies at 70

The Associated Press January 25, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Philip Vannatter, the Los Angeles police detective who served as a lead investigator in the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, has died in Southern California,...

Undermining Journalism

Brandon T. Bisceglia December 14, 2011

How the Media’s Attempt to Adapt Could Kill it Instead CNN laid off approximately 50 editors, librarians, and photojournalists in a surprise announcement on Nov. 11 as part of a three-year restructuring...

Supreme Court to Hear Cheney-Secret Service Case

Liz De La Torre December 14, 2011

Whether he sought it or not, civilian Steven Howards has found himself in the forefront of a high-profile case that is challenging constitutional policies on a national scale. Following a 2006 Secret Service...

Good Bye One-Day Delivery

Veronica Maciel December 14, 2011

The Postal Service wants to cut approximately three billion in costs to avoid bankruptcy. The Postal Service plans on doing this by eliminating one day delivery of first class mail, and it plans on closing...

Wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery

Laura Pisano December 14, 2011

Morrill Worcester, a wreath company owner, wanted a way to pay tribute to veterans who had lost their lives. Twenty years ago, he put his unsold wreaths, along with others on the headstones at Arlington...

US Proposes Unmanned Border Crossing with Mexico

The Associated Press December 14, 2011

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (AP) — The bloody drug war in Mexico shows no sign of relenting. Neither do calls for tighter border security amid rising fears of spillover violence.   This hardly...

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