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Caelan Elliott

Caelan Elliott is a rising senior at Baylor University, where she studies literature and political science and edits the Arts & Culture section of The Standard. Caelan has previously interned for the Turkish Heritage Organization (THO) and worked as a research assistant to the Dean of the Honors College at Baylor. She is a participant in the Young Writers Program.
by | Jul 8, 2021

While President Joe Biden traveled to Illinois Wednesday to rally support for his $1.8 trillion American Families Plan, lawmakers and education experts claim that providing universal, high-quality preschool to all 3- and 4-year-olds may actually do more harm than good….

by | Jul 7, 2021

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) wrote a letter Friday on behalf of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties expressing “dismay” over the suspension of sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson for drug use, saying the policy was…

by | Jul 1, 2021

At universities in Australia, Chinese students and certain academics have experienced an atmosphere of intimidation from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that leads many to self-censor and suppresses academic freedom, a Human Rights Watch report released Tuesday found. The 100-page…

by | Jun 29, 2021

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday that five states are being added to the list of states to which California prohibits state-funded travel as a protest against “discriminatory LGBTQ laws.”  The travel ban was instigated in 2016 when the…

by | Jun 28, 2021

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) claimed that President Joe Biden is “well on his way to becoming the most pro-crime administration in history” at an event Friday hosted by the Manhattan Institute in Washington, D.C. Cotton asserted that Democrats are “pro-riot,…

by | Jun 24, 2021

Europe has responded to an “anti-LGBTQ” bill Hungary passed with increasing outrage and condemnation over the last several days as EU members have released statements on the issue. While the bill Hungary passed on June 15 originally focused on increasing…

by | Jun 22, 2021

An exasperated President Rodrigo Duterte threatened Filipinos Tuesday with arrest if they did not get vaccinated: “You choose. Get vaccinated, or I’ll have you jailed,” he warned the public during nationally televised remarks. Duterte — who is known for public…

by | Jun 22, 2021

At a Tuesday town hall event at Virginia Tech University, President Tim Sands confirmed that there will be a vaccine mandate for returning university students, reaffirming an announcement he made on June 8 that has since prompted backlash from student…

by | Jun 19, 2021

President Biden’s address to U.S. troops stationed in England on his way to the recent G-7 Summit referenced lines from a poem by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats to emphasize the need for multilateralism in a rapidly changing world. …

by | Jun 16, 2021

A record 28 Chinese military planes flew through Taiwan’s airspace on Tuesday, signaling China’s determination to send a message to the world following unfavorable statements from NATO and the G-7.  The planes, which included fighters and H-6 nuclear-capable bombers, followed…

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