Griffin Sendek | Photo Editor 01/16/19 Award season is upon us once again, meaning it is the annual time of the year when everyone bickers over who among the most famous movie stars and entertainers do and don’t win little gold statues. The Oscars, as of the last few years, have yet to fail to be the dumbest and most controversy-filled of all the award … Continue reading Oscar nominees rife with strange choices and poor diversity
Salena Moran & Evan Penrod | Staff Writers 03/27/19 Following the success of his thriller Get Out (2017), director Jordan Peele’s sophomore film Us (2019) debuts an original horror story combining the best of slasher movies with a deeper psychological twist. Us begins with the backstory of Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) and her traumatizing experience as a child who gets lost while on a family … Continue reading Peele’s second thriller Us exceeds high expectations
03/14/2019 By Ollie Gratzinger | Opinions Editor As time goes on, it gets harder and harder to find any redeeming qualities in the cesspool that is Fox News. From accusations of editorializing news stories with a right-wing twist to alleged sexual harassment, the network’s bigwigs face a list of controversies that could span a country mile. Now, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson is adding even more … Continue reading Tucker Carlson drama demonstrates Fox News’ true colors once more
03/14/2019 By Alexander Wolfe | Staff Columnist The resolution introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) has been the subject of national media curiosity for some time since its introduction on Feb. 7. Fancying my own ability to sift through complex economic and political language, I took the time to read the 15-page document to discover that it contains none of … Continue reading Green New Deal a good start, but lacks funding, alienates moderates
02/21/2019 By Ollie Gratzinger | Opinions Editor The good news: There isn’t going to be another government shutdown. At least, not right now. The bad news: Trump plans to issue a national emergency to build a wall along the U.S./Mexico border. Since the National Emergencies Act was passed in 1976, 58 national emergencies have been declared. Usually, they’re in response to things like a pandemic, … Continue reading There are more pressing national emergencies than Trump’s wall
02/21/2019 By Alyse Kaminski | Staff Columnist Although we are only two months into 2019, I can already tell you what my wish for 2020 is: for a woman to win the presidential election. I hoped for the same thing in 2016. I wasn’t necessarily hoping for it to be Hillary Clinton, but I wanted the 45th president to be a woman. Early on in … Continue reading As election year nears, is U.S. ready for female president?
02/07/2019 By Alyse Kaminski | Staff Columnist I think it goes without saying that the 2020 presidential election will be the most important we will see in our lifetimes so far. No matter which way you lean, the issues that are going to be debated and the consequences of the outcome will have an immense effect on the country and the whole world. Democrats especially … Continue reading Stay informed: Speculations for the 2020 Democratic nominee
01/17/2019 By Zoe Stratos | Staff Columnist On Dec. 22, the government commenced a partial shutdown after the president and the Democrats’ disagreement over new spending legislation to be passed on Dec. 21. The $5.7 billion wall to be constructed along the southern border of the U.S. was the star of the show. Sticking to the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, the shutdown has now … Continue reading Government shutdown drags on, doing more harm than good
10/11/2018 By Alyse Kaminski | Staff Columnist Last Tuesday, President Trump claimed that, “it is a very scary time for young men in America.” He also made the comment that, “you can be guilty of something you may not be guilty of,” and that this is a huge problem that goes beyond what happened with Brett Kavanaugh. I do not agree with President Trump on … Continue reading Men are not the ones most endangered by U.S. society
04/05/2018 By Eddie Zakreski | Contributor The Second Amendment reads, “A well regulated Militia (sic), being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” This is one of the most controversial sentences in the Constitution. The language establishes that the right of the people to keep and bear arms is dependent … Continue reading The Second Amendment should be reevaluated
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