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Facing a recession that has not been this severe since the 1970s, Portugal is instituting a
significant tax increase in an attempt to decrease the country’s debt. One of the new stipulations
will be the income tax raising from 9.8 percent to 11.8 percent.Various concerns are stewing.
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PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.
Judge Simpson of the
Commonwealth court struck
down the Pennsylvania
Voter ID laws that inhibited
an estimated I million
Pennsylvanians from voting.
The judge was asked to
rule based on voters’ ability
to acquire the necessary
identification in time for
Election Day.The answer was
a clear and direct “No.”
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SYRIA
Syria has issued
multiple attacks
on Turkey, killing
dozens of people,
and wounding
more than double
that, with mortar
attacks and suicide
bombings in Aleppo.
Turkey has now
begun retaliation.
HONG KONG,
CHINA
At least 25 people
were killed in a
collision of two
ferries near Lamma
Island.The sunken
ferry instigated a
search and rescue
mission that is still
in progress.
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PARIS, FRANCE
Dozens of women protested topless under the Louvre in Paris.The activists were
making a statement in opposition to the recent rape of a Tunisian woman who was
charged by police with indecency and told she dressed too provocatively, thus implying
that "she was asking for it (sexual assault)."
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Have a heart? Wales does
BY JOSH BALLARD
Staff Writer
Sixty-seven.
That is the total number of people, according
to the BBC, who donated organs and tissues to
those who were in need in Wales last year.
The number of people in Wal^ on the
current organ-donation waiting list is 3(X).
A bill proposed by the Welsh government
intends to address this issue.
According to the bill, available to the public
via the BBC website, a "person is deemed to
have given his or her consent in relation to the
activity (organ donation)" with few exceptions
listed.
This means that, unless a person explicitly
states that they do not want to be an organ
donor, or has delegated someone dose to them
to dedde on their behalf, they are considered
by law to be a viable and consenting donor.
"People will be given the chance either to
opt in formally and agree to become a donor
when they become adults at 18 or opt out by
placing their name on a register," reports the
Guardian. "However, those over the age of 18
who do neither will be deemed to have made
a positive dedsion to donate organs and tissue
for transplantation."
The Welsh government and supporters of
the bill predict that it will "increase organs
available for donation by as much as a quarter,"
according to the BBC.
Meanwhile, a number of groups, particularly
Welsh religious organizations, oppose the bill.
Bishops of the Church in Wales, though not
opposed to organ donation, consider it a gift
that should be "freely given, not assumed."
When BBC took an opinion poll, they found
that 63 percent of those surveyed were in favor
of the bill and only 31 percent were against.
This change in the organ donation law in
Wal^ raises questions about the U.S.'s own
statistics in r^ped to organ donation. The
current system in the U.S. assumes that persons
do not want to donate organs unle^ they
spedfically state it or formally register.
The United Network for C^an Sharing
reports that the total number of candidates on
the donation waiting list is 115,8^ while the
number of transplants that took place between
January and June 2012 was a mere 13,%3.
According to Carolina Donor Services, a
North Carolina-Abased organ donor resource,
the number of those waiting m North Carolina
as of Sept. 25 is 3,558.
"Every 10 minutes a new name is added to
the waiting list," the CDS site reports. "Sadly,
an average of 18 people die each day while
waiting for a transplant."
Helen Rice, director of student health at
Guilford, feels the main issue with U.S. organ
donation numbers is the need for education.
"I think more organ donor education
is needed at a younger age so people will
understand the how, when and why it takes
place," Rice said in an email interview.
Legislators hope that the Welsh law will go
into effect sometime in 2015. Perhaps then the
numbers released from Wales will cause other
coimtries, including the U.S., to reconsider
their own organ donor laws.
Hillary Clinton may run for office in 2016
BY BRYAN DOOLEY the country," Duncan said. 'There are still
Senior Writer women being marginalized and put down
in the world. I think it's time for the U.S. to
carry the flag and set the model."
If Clinton does run, she will have to
contend with the often dted invisible barrier
that prevents women from advancing in
politics and the workplace, also referred to
as the "glass ceiling."
According to Maria Rosales, associate
professor of political science, women are
often stereotyped as being more nurturing
and compassionate.
"Although women are over 50 percent of
the population, only 17 percent of congress
is female," Rosales said. "It is improving
for women. More people are voting for
women than ever before, but the stereotypes
remain."
Duncan expands on this point.
'The good old boys who have been there
forever resent women in positions of power,"
Duncan said. "For example: the Republicans'
restrictions on women's access to healthcare
... (like) telling women if they should get
pregnant, they should not have an abortion."
Duncan continued, "That mindset has to
be broken. This illustrates the glass ceiling,
the male chauvinistic attitude towards
women, as subservient, lesser humans. That
really frosts my pumpkin."
Clinton just might be the right person to
shatter the glass ceiling, according to Price.
"I think it would be great for her to run,"
Price said. "She has advocated for universal
healthcare coverage, the rights bf women, the
LGBTQ community, and religious freedom."
In the heat of this election season,
speculation is raging about whether
^cretary of State Hillary Qinton will run for
the office of president of the United States
again in 2016. Some members of the campus
community weighed in on the idea.
"I think Hillary Clinton will run for
President," said Ken Gilmore, associate
professor of political science. "But I think
she will take the next two years testing the
waters and recuperating fix)m an exhausting
20 years of public service — as First Lady,
Senator, and Secretary of State."
If Clinton decides to run, many say it will
enliven the Democratic Party.
"If she does run, the base will certainly
be energized," said senior Dwight Price, a
College Democrats student representative.
"She was expected to win the Democratic
nomination in 2008."
Although she did not win the nomination,
she came dose.
"She came within a hair's breadth of
winning the nomination in 2008,'' said
Gilmore. "Don't forget her years in the
Senate. She is beyond qualified for the office.
Robert Duncan, visiting assistant
professor of politick sdence, agrees with
Gilmore's sentiments. He also points out the
significance of the U.S. possibly electing a
female president.
"It's about dartm time sodety in the U.S.
took the blinders off and saw people for
who they are and what they contribute to