KARA DENIKE STAFF WRITER Last week, many students walked through Mac Mall to find a group of people with a jumbo beach ball asking those passing by to sign the ball with dry erase markers. They did not provide any information as to who they were or why they were doing this at first, and... Continue Reading →
Zuckerberg vs AOC
ATULYA DORA-LASKEY STAFF WRITER There are an innumerable amount of unhealthy activities that one can do on social media, and I frequently do all of them, frequently at the same time. So it shouldn’t be taken lightly when I say that my most favorite––and most damaging––activity is reading the replies to any post by Congresswoman... Continue Reading →
Both sides of the table
ATULYA DORA-LASKEY STAFF WRITER Graphic by MEREK ALAM At the Democratic Debate last Tuesday, candidates faced a simple final question. Instead of devoting time to hearing the candidates plans to address the world melting or perhaps asking how they plan on housing millions of homeless people across the country, CNN anchor and debate moderator Anderson... Continue Reading →
Impeachment inquiry: what to know
SYNDEY BOSSIDIS STAFF WRITER Graphic by MEREK ALAM On Sept. 24, 2019, Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, announced the start to the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. This comes in response to a whistleblower account of a phone call between Trump and the president of Ukraine, Vlodymyr Zelensky, back in July. In this... Continue Reading →
Our press isn’t free
ATULYA DORA-LASKEY STAFF WRITER Graphic by MEREK ALAM On December 15th, 1791, The United States of America ratified the first 10 amendments to our constitution. The first amendment enshrined a right to a free press, one that could not be threatened or controlled by the government. What 18th century America couldn’t have foreseen were the... Continue Reading →
Colt stops manufacturing AR-15s
BAILEY LANGBO STAFF WRITER Graphic by MEREK ALAM Gun control has been on the forefront of minds across the country ever since shootings and other massacres have seen a rise in frequency. Many companies have limited sales of high powered guns and rifles. Walmart will no longer sell handguns and certain types of ammunition that... Continue Reading →
Controversy over Ukraine
KAELYN WOJTYLKO STAFF WRITER Everyone has different opinions about President Donald Trump, on-campus and off. Lately, there has been a controversy going around involving President Trump and the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky. “It’s important to remember Crimea, which is part of Ukraine which was given to them by Stalin which is populated by ethnic Russia,”... Continue Reading →
Pence’s Mackinac Island motorcade
EMILY HENDERSON STAFF WRITER Photo by EMMA GROSSBAUER Last Saturday, Vice President Mike Pence rode from an airport on Mackinac Island to the Grand Hotel using an eight-car caravan, breaking a century old tradition. Mackinac Island has not allowed cars, except for emergency vehicles, to be driven on the island for over a century to... Continue Reading →
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