Mia Castro, Editor-in-Chief
March 24, 2025
University-wide DEI cuts”, “The DEI candidate”, “Dismantle DEI Act”, “Affirmative Action”. It’s all enough to make your head spin. In today’s turbulent...
Argyrenia Pipinos, Lifestyle Editor
March 24, 2025
Rows of cages stacked on top of each other, the stench of filth thick in the air, eyes peering out from rusted bars—this is the hidden world of puppy mills. Dogs live in...
Mahdis Riazikhah, Co-Opinions Editor
March 24, 2025
I have always been a quiet person, often blending in the background of a noisy room. People might perceive me as shy, distant, or uninterested, but the truth is that my mind...
March 24, 2025
Imagine waking up to the news that the U.S. Department of Education no longer exists. No federal oversight of public schools. No Pell Grants. No regulations on student loans....
Mia Castro, Editor-in-Chief
February 7, 2025
Riiing! The 8 AM morning bell rings and your class slowly quiets. The last hallway stragglers exhaustingly mope into first period, dragging their feet to start another long...
Katelyn Judd, Co-Front Page Editor
February 7, 2025
If had a dollar for every time I have been asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I would be the richest person in Nebraska. On the other hand, if I had a...
February 7, 2025
Just as students were riding off the high from winter break, they went to their 1st-hour class and were met with a new rule: a phone rule. Specifically, a revised, even more...
Sarah Robey, Online Editor
February 7, 2025
It’s the day after a test. We anxiously wait at the beginning of class for our teacher to hand back our tests. After we have just barely received our scores, I can already...
Argyrenia Pipinos, Lifestyle Editor
December 16, 2024
The sound of gunfire echoed in a neighborhood this August, leaving an innocent Uber driver dead. The shooters weren’t hardened criminals but children as young as 11, who...
Mira Mukherjee, In-Depth Editor
December 16, 2024
A few years ago, my parents were told their children would not amount to anything. Hosting a dinner one Saturday night, they had planned on an evening of relaxation; but during...
Mia Castro, Editor-in-Cheif
September 25, 2024
The evening sun lowers over Allen Burrell Jr.’s cap, his eyes squinting against the falling amber light. The sour smell of hot plastic turf fills Burrell’s nostrils as...