By: Macy Dennon Editor-in-Chief The United States Government issued the first-ever fine for space junk. Space junk is discarded items floating in the atmosphere including, old satellites and useless parts of spacecraft. […]
Dennon Gives Space Update
Ukraine Situation Worsens As War Stretches On
By: Lucy Panicacci News Editor Over the past month, Ukrainians struggled through numerous attacks and funding issues in their war with Russia. On Oct. 5, Ukraine suffered one of the deadliest attacks […]
Israel Declares War After Hamas Attack
By: Dana Hathaway Public Relations Manager On Oct. 7, 2023, the military Islamist group Hamas carried out a surprise dawn attack on Israel, sparking a declaration of war from Israel’s President Benjamin […]
Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan
By: Bridie Beamish National/World Editor On Oct. 7, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck 25 miles west of Herat, a city in the western province in Afghanistan. More than 90 percent of those […]
Armita Geravand Dies After Encounter With Iran Morality Police
By: Nessa Purdy Opinion Editor On Oct. 1, 16 year-old Armita Geravand collapsed after entering a metro train in Tehran. Geravand was allegedly violating the compulsory nation-wide hijab rules.According to a Kurdish […]
Floods Decimate Libya
By: Jordan Park and Kloe Adams Local and Humor Editors On Sept. 10, torrential rains from tropical storm Daniel overwhelmed dams near the coastal city of Derna, Libya, causing catastrophic damage and […]
Mexico Decriminalizes Abortion
By: Nadia Liu Editor-in-Chief In a decision that builds on a previous ruling that allowed abortions on a state-by-state basis, Mexico’s supreme court unanimously ruled to decriminalize abortion on a federal level […]
Leader of Russian Military Group Dies in Plane Crash
By: Lucy Panicacci News Editor On Aug. 23, Yevgeny Prigozhin — leader of the Russian military group Wagner — along with Wagner’s founder Dmitri Utkin and top Wagner lieutenants died in a […]
Gingers Gather during Redhead Days
By: Isabella Langner and Jane Wilde Public Relations Manager and Culture Editor At the annual Redhead Days festival this August, red is not just a hair color, it’s an identity. Every year, […]
Military Seizes Power in Gabon
By: Owen Fugit Editorial Editor Gabon is the latest victim in a string of coups sweeping Africa. On Aug. 30, the military arrested the newly reelected president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, […]
Dennon Provides a Space Update
By: Macy Dennon Editor-in-Chief K2-18: On Sept. 11, Nature Astronomy announced that the James Webb Space Telescope made yet another discovery, and this one could lead to the finding of extraterrestrial life. […]
China Puts iPhone Ban in Place
By: Katie Nelson Media Production Editor China has reportedly banned iPhones for local government workers and state-owned companies on Wednesday, Sept. 6. The Chinese government has now forbidden iPhone device usage in […]
Japan Powerplant Malfunctions
By: Sam Gruetter Sports Editor In March of 2011, a 9.0 magnitude Earthquake struck Japan, causing a tsunami and resulting in the malfunction of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) power plants cooling […]
Earthquake Strikes Morocco
By: Megan Hastings Center Editor On Sept. 8, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Morocco, marking the deadliest earthquake the country has experienced in 60 years. The original death toll was believed to […]
School Shooting in Serbia Kills Eight
Saya Alvares Sports Editor At the beginning of the school day on May 4, 2023, a 13-year old unnamed shooter shot and killed eight students and a security guard at Vladislav Ribnikar […]