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UConn Students Testify for Affordable Textbooks at State Capitol

February 26, 2015

By Charlie Smart Saman Azimi gives testimony regarding the open source textbooks bill. (Photo by Charlie Smart) Early this fall, UConn’s chapter of PIRG, a national public interest advocacy group, began wa...

ISIS Militant ‘Jihadist John’ Identified As Former London Resident

jasmingonzalez

February 26, 2015

Headlines

https://soundcloud.com/whusnews/isis-militant-jihadist-john-identified-as-former-london-resident The masked militant featured in ISIS videos known as'Jihadist John,' has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi, who...

Three Arrested in New York in Connection to ISIS

The News Desk

February 26, 2015

Headlines, News

https://soundcloud.com/whusnews/three-arrested-in-new-york-in-connection-to-isis Three New York City residents - one a citizen of Kazakhstan, and two with Uzbekistan citizenship - were arrested in connection t...

UConn Students Discuss: ‘Do These Norms Make Me Look Fat?’

The News Desk

February 26, 2015

Featured, Local News, News

By Alyssa Davanzo Ali Hougnou of Project HEAL talks about memes and news articles that joke about eating disorders and promote negative body image. (Photo by Sylvia Cunningham) Searching the Internet, you ...

UConn Students Testify Before Connecticut General Assembly

Danielle Chaloux

February 25, 2015

Featured, Local News, News

By Danielle Chaloux After a long day of classes, work, research and studying for quickly approaching midterms, over 30 representatives from the University of Connecticut traveled to the state capitol Tuesday...

Netanyahu Opposes Ongoing Negotiations With Iran

The News Desk

February 25, 2015

Headlines, News

https://soundcloud.com/whusnews/netanyahu-opposes-ongoing-negotiations-with-iran Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu opposes ongoing negotiations with Iran over nuclear energy. Three men are arrested attempti...

Major European Cyber Crime Group Taken Down by Police

The News Desk

February 25, 2015

Headlines, News

https://soundcloud.com/whusnews/european-cyber-crime-group-taken-down-by-police A cybercrime "criminal enterprise" is take down by European police and we bring you several local stories straight from the UConn...

UConn USG to decide if it supports proposed house bills in Connecticut to legalize marijuana

Sylvia Cunningham

February 25, 2015

Featured, Local News, News

http://5886e4ebcbc837d13f8e-597f4ed4ea6895a41e2bd2978eb66730.r56.cf5.rackcdn.com/audiopieces/2015_02_25_Marijuana_UConn_student_perspective.mp3 Story by Sylvia Cunningham To support or not to su...

Candidates Square Off in Board of Trustees Debate

The News Desk

February 24, 2015

Featured, Local News, News

By Charlie Smart and Mairead Loschi The race for undergraduate representative to the Board of Trustees heated up Tuesday night as Kevin Alvarez and Brandon Luxkaranayagam faced off in a formal debate. Perso...

Watch: USG Senator’s Testimony Against UConn Budget Cuts

Ryan King

February 24, 2015

Featured, Multimedia, News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Y3w2o3_Ck Students and faculty bussed to the state capitol Tuesday to voice their opposition to proposed state budget cuts to higher education. Video, Audio & Edit by Rya...