CHELSEA FABER STAFF WRITER Unbearable heat and less than desirable weather patterns have forced Qatar to begin seemingly bizarre practices to stay cool: air conditioning the outside. With temperatures exceeding 115 degrees Fahrenheit, being able to comfortably enjoy outdoor spaces has become challenging. Outdoor malls, stadiums, as well as sidewalks are now being air conditioned... Continue Reading →
COURTNEY SMITH STAFF WRITER Last Friday, two NASA astronauts made history by partaking in the first ever all-female spacewalk. The team of Christina Koch and Jessica Meir embarked on a mission to replace lithium-ion batteries for a solar power system located at the space station after a recent failure of a power controller. Koch and... Continue Reading →
BAILEY LANGBO DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Parkrose High School, in Portland, Oregon, received a massive scare when Angel Granados-Diaz, 18, walked into a classroom with a loaded shotgun on May 17. Granados-Diaz entered the school in a black trench coat and disappeared into a classroom, where he reportedly was going to commit suicide. Investigators say that Diaz... Continue Reading →
CHELSEA FABER STAFF WRITER Graphic by MEREK ALAM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) announced last week that there would be a formal impeachment inquiry investigating any illegal actions taken by the Trump Administration after a whistleblower report was made public. Interest from curious Americans has led many to ask, how does the impeachment process work?... Continue Reading →
TREY NICHOLS COPY EDITOR Graphic by MEREK ALAM There has been a lot of talk about the climate in the news lately, and there have been protests across the world; however, without large changes across the globe, I don’t think there will be much headway. People have been organizing climate strikes around the world, and... Continue Reading →
CHELSEA FABER STAFF WRITER Photo by Emma Grossbauer Michigan grown soybeans have been ordered by state officials to be destroyed after discovering a portion of the crop had been grown on contaminated land. These beans were grown in an area that contained soils dredged from the Kalamazoo River Superfund site. The Kalamazoo river has its... Continue Reading →
BAILEY LANGBO STAFF WRITER Michigan’s state budget has recently been cause for concern as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state lawmakers have continuously disagreed over the issue. Agreeing on the budget, which is supposed to be set in place on Oct. 1, would prevent the partial government shutdown and possibly stop roughly 30,000 state employees from... Continue Reading →
TREY NICHOLS COPY EDITOR Photo by Emma Grossbauer Nestle, the largest food and beverage food conglomeration in the United States, has been extracting groundwater from Michigan, and people are not happy about it. In July of last year, there was a zoning dispute between Osceola Township and Nestle Waters North America. Nestle wanted to build... Continue Reading →
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