Patrick O’Connell Staff Writer Animals on planes. Putting a confused animal in a pressurized metal tube filled with weird smelling people and launching it thousands of feet in the air. Some call this a bad idea, and for others it is a medical necessity. It sounds strange but, for quite a few people that suffer from PTSD or similar mental disorders, having an emotional support … Continue reading My Emotional Support Rock
Omar A. Obregon-Cuebas Staff Writer The year is 1953. Eisenhower was in his first year of his first term as president of the United States. Nikita Khrushchev was in his first year as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R. The Korean war had ended after three years, and both the United States and the Soviet Union had tested the hydrogen bomb. The … Continue reading Two Minutes to Midnight?
Sarah Grace Goolden Staff Writer The first year of President Donald Trump’s presidency proved to be a whirlwind of accusations and scandals. From firing the FBI director investigating his campaign team, to the recent alleged bribing of an adult movie star, the White House seems to be battling public outrage weekly. Both sides continue to argue their opinion of the president, which means that everyone … Continue reading America is Obsessed with President Donald Trump
Courtney Cordoza Staff Writer On Jan. 23, shots rang out at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky. A 15-year-old male student tragically murdered two students and injured 18. This is a headline we see far too often. This event marks the eleventh school shooting since the beginning of 2018. After every school shooting, questions and concerns arise over gun control and whether or not … Continue reading How to Put an End to Gun Violence
Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer The winter months are in full swing right now, and the chances of getting sick are at their highest. As a precaution, our doctors and medical advisors have always told us to get our flu shots to prevent sickness from spreading. However, the question arises: how effective is the flu shot in preventing sickness? In many cases, we hear about people … Continue reading Do We Need Flu Shots?
Kassandra Travis Staff Writer On midnight of Jan. 20 the government was forced to shut down due to the failure to pass a continuing resolution for the funding of the federal government. The main cause of this shutdown was the result of a bitter and unresolved conflict between the Democratic and Republican parties. Although blame has been thrown at both sides, all parties were responsible … Continue reading Pulling the Governmental Plug
Krysten Heberly Opinions Editor Often after a loss, we seek to find someone to blame it on. It’s difficult to understand the circumstances which led someone to take their own life, and we seek to place blame on the people who were cruel in their lives, and the situations which pushed them to the brink. This is especially true when it comes to bullying. On … Continue reading Teenage Suicide (Don’t Do It)
Brianna Wilson Staff Writer All too often we hear people comment about how awful they think teenagers are. As a future high school English teacher, I know this reality all too well. Whenever I mention my chosen career path, the first thing I hear is, “Why would you want to do that to yourself?” People always talk about how they could never work with teenagers, … Continue reading The Bias Against Teenagers
Jamie Howell Staff Writer Universities are meant to be places where the free exchange of ideas is cherished and encouraged. They are places where young people go to escape the parents and friends whose opinions we’ve grown comfortable with, get strange new haircuts and develop new and perhaps idealistic views of the world. It’s concerning that students, more than any other group, seem to have … Continue reading Free Speech on College Campuses
Sarah Grace Goolden Staff Writer From fighting to get the last book before class starts, to scrounging up hundreds of dollars for a stack of papers that will collect dust, students know the horrors of buying textbooks far too well. Anyone who has attended college has at least once questioned the price of required readings and if they still serve their function in our current … Continue reading Textbook Terrors
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