Irie Brown, Co-Editor-in-Chief
• September 23, 2025
When school seems hard with projects, homework, studying, and sports the time used for personal enjoyment shrinks. Though school has not been in session for too long, I found myself unable to do the things...
A couple of weeks ago, the popular social media app TikTok went dark in the United States for 14 hours. The only thing left was a strange message stating the company was working closely with Donald Trump...
The world of sports has always faced backlash for the names associated with sports teams. Normally, this backlash is a result of racially offensive mascots, names, slogans, and/or brands, which often encourage...
For most of history, the sporting world has remained separate from politics. The Greeks would pause wars to allow athletes to travel and play in the Olympic games. King Henry VIII of England settled his...
When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they aimed to create a functional government that gave citizens the power to elect the president and their representatives into office. They wanted to...
Political parties began to take shape in the mid-to-late 1700s with the Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party. The two groups differed fundamentally in their ideas about how much power the...
With August here, students are returning to school to continue their studies. ACTs, SATs, and assignments occupy their minds. Imagine walking into school and having your phone taken because it is visible...
The rankings of the snowball stands are the staff writer's opinions only.
Third Place: The Spicy Nacho
Spicy Nacho is more of a big concession stand. It has everything from hotdogs to snowballs. If...
Sometimes the issues that are the most widely talked about aren’t the most important ones. Likewise, some issues that are vastly important don’t receive enough attention. For example, when I pitched...
Maddy Snyder, Co-Editor-in-Chief
• January 31, 2024
The compensation of teachers in our country is something that everyone talks about, but no one does anything to fix it. As a teacher’s daughter, I grew up watching my mom work incredibly hard and never...
Maddy Snyder, Co-Editor-in-Chief
• October 6, 2023
On Monday, October 2, late-night TV shows returned to the air after a 148-day hiatus, the longest interruption to American film and television since the COVID-19 shutdown.
Rewind to five months ago...
In June 2018, Louisiana’s democratic governor, John Bel Edwards, passed a law requiring “In God We Trust” signs to be hanged in all public schools. Recently, he passed another law, further strengthening...
