Well, this is it. After seven years, 67 newspapers and what feels like no less than 8 billion bylines, I have made it to the finish line. Admittedly, I have fantasized about this very moment. The moment when I type my last sentence, turn in one last article and export layout for the final time. … Continue reading
Protests have ravaged the city of Hong Kong since June, with increasingly violent friction festering between rebels and police. The protests, sparked by a bill that would allow criminals within the city of Hong Kong to be extradited to mainland China for trial, have no signs of slowing after five months of demonstration. Though Hong … Continue reading
1. Shooting outside of Walmart in Oklahoma According to “NBC News,” three people died outside a Walmart in Duncan, Oklahoma, the morning of Nov. 18. A handgun was found at the scene of the crime. A man and woman were killed inside their car. The shooter then turned his handgun on himself, reported the Duncan … Continue reading
I can’t say I have a lot of work experience. I’ve held different full-time jobs for the past four summers and a part-time job before that, but compared to almost anyone with more life experience than I, that’s nothing. However, I have come to understand facts about the workplace and myself through the experiences I … Continue reading
Last Thursday, Nov. 14, Santa Clarita, Calif. High School students were left helpless and scared as one of their fellow students opened fire with a .45-caliber pistol. The site is one that has become very familiar to students across America as this shooting served as the 44th school-shooting in the last 46 weeks, according to … Continue reading
A little over a week ago, on Nov. 7, The New York Times published an opinion video of professional American distance runner, Mary Cain, titled “I was the fastest girl in America, until I joined Nike.” Cain, once the 2014 World Junior Champion in the 3000 meter event, started her downfall as a runner when … Continue reading
God, Fred Rogers was great. I’m not going to pretend that Rogers played a big part in my childhood, at least at an age where I can remember it. When most people think of Rogers, they think of his iconic television program, “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.” They think of the opening theme song, “Won’t You Be … Continue reading
1. Hong Kong sees most violent day of riots in three months The Hong Kong riots are not anywhere to being done, as Nov. 11 saw the most violent day the city has seen since August. While blocking public transit, a 21-year-old protestor was shot by a policeman with two rounds, according to CNN. In … Continue reading
As painful and troubling as it is to admit, mass shootings have become commonplace in American culture. Dozens of innocent Americans are slaughtered consistently in the places where we have typically felt the safest: schools, churches, movie theatres and shopping malls. As AR-15s and school shootings have been accepted as ‘just another part of modern … Continue reading
Most people who keep track of current news understand that articles are never truly objective by the contemporary understanding of the word. Keeping the content of an article factual and without opinion is only a small aspect of this understanding of objectivity. Even if a story doesn’t have the writer’s opinion represented in it, the … Continue reading
