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Occupy Wall Street: Protests can be beneficial to the community

By Anthony Szudarski | September 26, 2012

The anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement (OWS) was just over a week ago. I’m sure a lot of people remember hearing about it on the news, or through gossip, and while many people disagree with the protests, I am not one of them. I have a firm...

Occupy Wall Street will fail

By Joe Palmer | September 26, 2012

Occupy Wall Street is dead. Correction: Occupy Wall Street has never lived. For too long, America has been focused on this sad excuse of a protest. Occupy has accomplished nothing beyond ruining the beauty of a few park areas and laying waste to the strong...

Occupy Wall Street compilation to benefit movement

Occupy Wall Street compilation to benefit movement

By Jessica Cabe | April 30, 2012

In September, a nation once condemned for its apathy spawned one of the biggest sociopolitical movements in the past fifty years. Occupy Wall Street has grown into an international protest calling for progressive reformation of the relationship between...

Who is the one percent and why should you care?

By Parker Happ | October 26, 2011

For his on and off screen exploits, this year Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, star of MTV's Jersey Shore, will net an estimated $5 million dollars. Between a book deal with a six-figure advance, an endorsement deal with protein-infused vodka for $1 million,...

In Focus: Why is our government broken?

By Aaron Brooks | October 20, 2011

Aaron Brooks Columnist Our government is broken because it does not work for the 99 percent of Americans but for corporations and the wealthy. As reported by CBS News in November 2009, a report by The Center for Responsible Politics found 44 percent of...

The meaning of Occupy Wall Street

By Adam Brown | October 11, 2011

For more than three weeks, thousands of protestors have gathered along Wall Street, in nearby Zuccoti Park and in dozens of cities across the world. And yet most people, even students on this campus, are unfamiliar with its motives. What is it?It is not,...

Protesters march under the Iowa Avenue railroad bridge during a
rally urging job creation and tax reform for large corporations on
Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, in Iowa City, Iowa. The bridge was cited as
an example of a needed infrastructure upgrade that would also
create jobs. AP Photo - The Gazette, Liz Martin

Residents, students gather to support Occupy Wall Street

By Dave Gong | October 9, 2011

DeKalb residents as well as NIU students and professors gathered at Memorial Park Friday to protest the war in the Middle East and to support the Occupy Wall Street movement.Occupy Wall Street is a mass demonstration that began on Sept. 17 and is based...

Were you too occupied to occupy Chicago?

By Aaron Brooks | October 9, 2011

Saturday I occupied Chicago. Marching through the streets felt good, but not great. The day was disappointing for two reasons.Foremost, you were not there. It was nice to hear honks of support and cheers from the sidelines, but it would have been better...