John Vanetti, Contributing Columnist
• March 19, 2021
From the dreary, wet concrete outside the Best Buy electronics store on Shelbyville Road, I could feel my face slowly lit by neon. Inside, a haven from the rainy darkness awaited.
The doors opened at...
Should college be free?
To say the least, the cost of attending a four-year college or university is significant, and many students can be shackled by income restraints that force them to accrue...
COVID-19 has been the main news throughout 2020, but are Americans disciplined enough to remove the disease from our lives? Even as cases go up, behavior gets relaxed. At this rate, the virus is going...
It was like any other school day. The bell rings, hallways fill, lockers slam, and a rush to first block. In class, you continue to hear the term “COVID-19,” which had been talked about all week around...
"In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative: fight, flee - or laugh." -- Robert Orben
Sometimes...
"When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters -- one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity." -- John F. Kennedy
I feel this quote involves my everyday...
"There's always an opportunity with crisis. Just as it forces an individual to look inside himself, it forces a company to reexamine its policies and practices." -- crisis manager Judy Smith
When...
Picture a room full of more than 1,000 people locking their arms behind each other’s backs.
A sudden, simple sway overtakes the crowd, and like a wave, the lyrics of the Rocks' Alma Mater move...
Imagine walking through the halls your first day of high school -- just a tiny freshman unsure what you're doing. I finally found my locker, and I know all I have to do is open it, and the rest of...
It’s been three and a half years of morning routines. Once again, I dress for school, putting on my regular school khaki pants, a buttoned-down dress shirt and a tie. As I grab some breakfast and...
Gus Boyer, Contributing Columnist
• March 28, 2020
Clang….Clang….. An old church bell, hoisted up by worn-out rope into the towering heights of the second story chapel -- a great monument above the tattered sheet metal and concrete houses that...
Nick Huls, Contributing Columnist
• March 19, 2020
We live in a time where immigration policy is dictated by sound bites. While towering walls and garrisons of troops provide tantalizing tag lines on campaign advertisements and in stump speeches, they...
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