The Roundtable
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on cases and developments in law and the legal system.
on cases and developments in law and the legal system.
 By Suaida Firoze
Suaida Firoze is a senior at Clark University studying Economics and Business Management. Dzhokar Tsarnaev was found guilty by the Federal District Court of Boston for having planned and executed the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. He and his brother, the deceased Tamerlan Tsarnaev, planted two pressure-cooker bombs in the 2013 Boston Marathon, which took the lives of three and injured over two hundred individuals. Last year Tsarnaev finally received his decision from the court. However, even though Judge George O’Toole is the federal district court of Massachusetts sentenced Tsarnaev on to six death sentences, twenty sentences of life in prison and four more sentences of seven to twenty-five years, there is still more legal work to be done, as the case could take years or decades more to make its way through the courts. [1] Tsarnaev’s lawyers have officially appealed the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Initially Tsarnaev’s lawyers had asked Judge O’Toole for a new trial. However, the motion was denied and Tsarnaev was asked to pay over $101 Million in restitution to the victims.
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 By Suaida Firoze
Suaida Firoze is a senior at Clark University studying Economics and Business Management. At what point does food become a product? Or can it still be considered food after the numerous processes it undergoes to ultimately become processed food? The U.S. food industry is under constant scrutiny because of the controversial practices that go into making processed food. What consumers refer to as “junk food” has become the cause of extreme obesity around the nation. Yet, junk food tends to be much cheaper than naturally grown organic produce.  By Suaida Firoze
Suaida Firoze is a senior at Clark University studying Economics and Business Management. US colleges and universities have historically attracted large populations of international students. Apart from their interest in attending some of the best institutions in the world located here, many foreign students choose to pursue their educations in the US because of the numerous opportunities for receiving scholarships or financial aid to subsidize the cost of their education. According to NAFSA, as of 2014, the US hosts approximately 886,052 international students, who contribute $26.8 billion dollars to the economy and support almost 340,000 jobs. [1] A high quality education, a world-renowned degree, and an opportunity to study outside of their home country are not the only reasons for which students from across the world decide to pursue their dreams in the US. Many of these students hope to receive job offers here after their graduation and eventually establish their roots in the “land of dreams.”  Warning: This post discusses sexual violence.
By Suaida Firoze Suaida Firoze is a senior at Clark University studying Economics and Business Management. As of 2014, the number of domestic workers in Bangladesh has soared to approximately 2 million. Many of these workers are women and children. [1] In Bangladesh, it is quite common for middle-class households to include servants who perform all of the household chores, which include cooking, cleaning, shopping, hand washing laundry, and answering every demand of the homeowner. Growing up in Bangladesh, my family was privileged enough to have a servant to help with domestic work. With two working parents, my siblings and I would agree that our servants were far more than their title implies We considered them a part of the family, and so always treated them fairly. However, this sentiment is absent within most households in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. The master-servant relationship, a modern-day manifestation of the master-slave relationship, is deeply ingrained in the history and culture of many South Asian regions. The strict class system that divides individuals based on their monthly income perpetuates the sense of omnipotence so many of these employers feel in relation to their servants. |
