Clash over Syria Highlights Entanglements in Ongoing Civil War
As Syria’s war enters its seventh year, Israel’s clash with Iran underscores the global nature of the once regional conflict.
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Diplomacy Senators: Letter to Constituents
SGA’s 2017-2018 Diplomacy Senator’s give a brief message to their constituents in hopes of continuing to serve SHU.
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The Ultra Poor: BRAC’s tool in Combating Poverty
There is a complex issue of sociocultural incorporation that needs to be targeted with the ultra-poor, especially with the women in the households who often feel insecure due to their landless status in the community.
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Kurds Cry Out for Help as Damascus Looks On
In January, Turkish military forces and Free Syrian Army fighters launched a new operation to dislodge the Kurdish YPG from the northern Kurdish-controlled region of Afrin.
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U.S. Flu Epidemic Worsened by the Disaster in Puerto Rico
This year’s flu season is “already the most widespread on record since health officials began keeping track 13 years ago,” and has already caused the deaths of more children than what normally would be expected at this time of the year.
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Snow Storms Hit the World
The current trends are likely to continue, with the Northeast coast of the U.S. expecting a double snow storm in the first week of February. In December, some parts of New Jersey received considerably more snow than the monthly average.
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Campus Spotlight: Lindsay Smetanka’s Crisis Group Internship
Lindsay Smetanka (’18) is a senior Diplomacy & International Relations major with a minor in Arabic. She interned with International Crisis Group– an independent advocacy organization that monitors and reports on deadly conflicts throughout the world.
Read MoreSHU SGA Sexual Assault Resolution
On January 22, 2018, Seton Hall University’s Student Government Association (SGA) passed a resolution supporting victims of sexual harassment and assault on campus by “condemn[ing] the heinous actions of sexual predator.”
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Focus on Child Soldiers: Nigeria
In one three month period of 2016, 13 children, between 11 and 17 years old, were killed by Nigerian authorities after falsely being identified as suicide bombers.
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Focus on Child Soldiers: South Sudan
Years of conflict in and around South Sudan bred a generation made to fight, rebels and government forces have conscripted more than 17,000 children to fight.
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