COURTNEY SMITHSTAFF WRITER This past February, Scouts BSA, formerly known as Boy Scouts of America, inaugurated a class of nearly 1,000 females into the National Eagle Scout Association. The Eagle Scout ranking is the highest ranking in the Scouts BSA program. This is the first inaugural class to include females since the organization’s founding in... Continue Reading →
The importance of celebrities
HADEN GROSSSTAFF WRITER According to Brady United, roughly 316 people are shot everyday in the United States. Of these 316, on Feb 25, was Ryan Fischer, Lady Gaga’s dog walker. Fischer sustained a bullet wound to the chest and was met with millions of Instagram comments expressing sympathy. Fellow celebs called him a hero, telling... Continue Reading →
Host of The Bachelor under fire for racism
JORDYN BRADLEYSPORTS EDITOR Chris Harrison, the host and face of ABC’s The Bachelor franchise, is under fire following racist comments he made regarding a contestant on this season of The Bachelor. Harrison, who has hosted the show and its spinoffs since the start of the franchise, was in an interview with the show’s first black... Continue Reading →
Oops! I made a movement
HADEN GROSSSTAFF WRITER For 90’s brats and 2000’s babies, American pop star Britney Spears was an icon. She sang songs that were hip, wore cloths that were killer and dated all the hunky celebs. For many young girls, Brittany represented a strong female role model, who controlled her life and looked good doing it. For... Continue Reading →
Writing home from Russia, a historical outlook
WADE FULLERTONSTAFF WRITER Map of Allied operations in Archangel, Russia [Left]. American rifleman, Russian rifle. Defending the critical rail junction at “Verst 466” with the 339th Infantry Regiment, Sept. 24, 1918 [Right]. The AEF – American Expeditionary Force – had decisively defeated the German Army on the Western Front on Nov. 11, 1918. The Great... Continue Reading →
The Era of Understanding
HADEN GROSSSTAFF WRITER Living in the time on a pandemic, we as people cling fervently onto normalcy. We pray that change will come, and we will resume a life that is devoid of social distance. Many have had to put their life on hold as the world heals. Graduations were cancelled, schools were vacant and... Continue Reading →
We’re all Conspiracy Theorists
ATULYA DORA-LASKEYSTAFF WRITER You do not believe in conspiracy theories. The idea that powerful people would ever secretly conspire to maintain or strengthen their power is simply preposterous to you. America is experiencing a whirlwind of misinformation right now, and a clear line must be drawn between educated citizens and paranoid crazies. You do not... Continue Reading →
The tweet that broke the camel’s back
ARYAAN S. MISRASTAFF WRITER “I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter” – Jack Dorsey This was taken from a Twitter thread (ironically enough) tweeted by the cofounder of Twitter regarding their decision to remove President Trump from Twitter. That is a lot of ‘Twitter’ for one sentence,... Continue Reading →
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