Convictions clash under the big top

“Both sides of the spectrum were on display this weekend, each battling to make their voices loudest. Mitch Goldsmith, social relations and policy freshman and events coordinator for Students Promoting Animal Rights, or SPAR, said the circus is an old-fashioned tradition that promotes animal cruelty. Goldsmith said the government agrees. Royal Hanneford, he said, has previously been cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for several offenses.” - The State News