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Disaster in Turkey and Syria

Disaster in Turkey and Syria

Written by Meda Bliudziute, A & E editor February 20, 2023

Citizens in Turkey and Syria are left in shock after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the town of Gaziantep on February 6, 2023, toppling buildings and killing tens of thousands of people. The earthquake’s...

Tragedy Strikes at Michigan State University

Tragedy Strikes at Michigan State University

Written by McKenna Orrico, News Editor, Editor-in-chief February 14, 2023

Students and parents around the country watch in terror as another University experienced a shooting that claimed the life of three students and injured a reported five more. On the night of Monday, February...

Celsius Class Action Lawsuit

Celsius Class Action Lawsuit

Written by Abigail Worker, News Editor February 13, 2023

The beloved drink, Celsius, has been scrutinized recently by society due to false advertising. The drink company settled a class-action lawsuit over the ingredients in the Celsius drink and powder. Celsius...

Emergency Plane Landing On I-355

Emergency Plane Landing On I-355

Written by Abigail Worker, News Editor January 27, 2023

A small plane made a safe, emergency landing on hectic I-355 in Bolingbrook on Tuesday the 10th. At about 2pm on that Tuesday, a Bolingbrook fire unit was sent to I-355 close to Boughton Road for a plane...

Civil Disobedience in China

Civil Disobedience in China

Written by McKenna Orrico, News Editor, Editor-in-chief December 19, 2022

Citizens all over China have taken to the streets to fight the country’s ‘zero-COVID’ policy. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the country’s inhabitants have been subjected to China’s ultra-strict...

Floral tributes are placed in memory of the victims after a mass shooting at the Club Q gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., November 20, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt

Gender Sensitivity in the Colorado Shooting

Written by Zoey Foss, News Editor December 8, 2022

Five minutes to midnight, gunshots split through a club in Colorado Springs. For six minutes more, patrons struggled for their lives as the shooter continued firing. Unfortunately, shootings like this...

Devastations Of Monsoon Rains In Pakistan

Devastations Of Monsoon Rains In Pakistan

Written by Abigail Worker, News Editor November 28, 2022

  Currently in Pakistan, over one-third of the country is underwater. Due to the major increase in climate weather which is causing a deterioration in Pakistan’s climate-about 33 million people,...

The Fifteenth Prime Minister Of Great Britain

The Fifteenth Prime Minister Of Great Britain

Written by Abigail Worker, A & E editor September 15, 2022

For the seventy years Queen Elizabeth the II has reigned over Great Britain, during which she has seen fourteen Prime Ministers come and go. On September 6th, the Queen appointed her fifteenth and final...

Queen Elizabeth passes away at age 96

Queen Elizabeth passes away at age 96

Written by Georgia Dykstra, News Editor September 8, 2022

Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor has died at age 96 on Thursday, September 8, 2022. She took control after her father, King George VI, died in 1952. She served England for 70 years, having 4 children...

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