On September 16, a 22-year-old woman named Zhina Amini, more well known by her Iranian name Mahsa Amini, died shortly after being detained by Iran’s “morality police” in Tehran because of improper use of the hijab, the mandatory head covering that Iranian women are expected to wear.
In the United States, there are many ways you can exercise your right to vote, different voting laws for each state, and different voting times and locations.
When people think of Great Britain, Big Ben, fish and chips, and tea may come to mind. But without fail, for the last 70 years, many have pictured Queen Elizabeth II.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends for most people above six months of age to get a yearly influenza vaccination, especially those who are considered high risk.
The bill signed on Mar. 22 by Gov. Ron DeSantis is named the Dorothy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Act in honor of the late Sen. Dorothy Hukill, who spent much of her career championing financial literacy in Florida schools. Florida joins ten other states that require high school students to undertake a financial literacy course before graduating.
Saint Leo University’s polish English Professor Agniezka Leesch helped connect Saint Leo’s English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta, to direct their yard sale contributions to Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, Poland.
Appreciation and recognition must be shown to the Seminole women of Florida. The Seminoles migrated to Florida in the 18th century and are still around today. Seeing that they are a small percentage of the overall Florida population, they often time get lack of recognition.
On Feb. 24, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin launched military attacks on Ukraine after announcing that Russia would recognize Donetsk and Luhansk as independent republics. Donetsk and Luhansk are regions in Eastern Ukraine.
In the 1990s, NATO had partnerships with Russia and Ukraine. Russia had a partnership council with NATO, and Ukraine’s partnership was called the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC).
Laws are typically implemented to protect the rights of people. But sometimes, laws can be unjust and favor a specific group in society. Sometimes “good people” may see the need to break a law they find immoral. So, can legality and morality be in the same boat? The short answer is no.
