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Failed Execution Reignites Long-Running Debate on the Ethics of the Death Penalty 

Zendrah Bonnick, Asst. News Editor On Sept. 30, Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the second time where she was given two doses of a lethal injection. The jury found her and her boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp guilty of torturing and murdering Colleen Slemmer, their 19-year-old classmate in 1995. Shipp was sentenced to life in prison at the time of trial. He was a minor, … Continue reading Failed Execution Reignites Long-Running Debate on the Ethics of the Death Penalty 

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Facing the Ethical Dilemmas of Our Time: Manhattan College’s Ethics Bowl Team Places High in Northeast Regional Competition

by Kiersten Thompson, Contributor Manhattan College’s Ethics Bowl team ranked high in the Northeast Regional competition last semester, earning 10th place out of 20 teams and beating schools like Penn State and Yale University.  The Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl is an annual competition during which teams representing their respective colleges and universities debate on various contemporary ethical issues. Teams are given 15 cases to prepare for … Continue reading Facing the Ethical Dilemmas of Our Time: Manhattan College’s Ethics Bowl Team Places High in Northeast Regional Competition

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