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Starbucks controversy stirs debate

Megan Behnke, Staff Writer May 1, 2018

On April 12, a Philadelphia Starbucks came under scrutiny after an employee called the police on two black men who refused to leave the café after using the restroom without having purchased any drinks....

NFL Cheerleaders are treated unfairly

Megan Behnke, Staff Writer April 17, 2018

In recent years, there have been controversies involving NFL cheerleaders getting unequal pay or being treated unfairly based on gender. This trend shows just how little progress has been made in gaining...

How can CPR stop guns? Santorum’s comments on gun violence protests are way off the mark

Melyna Acosta, Staff Writer April 17, 2018

CPR cannot save someone who is bleeding to death from an AR-15 wound. This, unfortunately, is not something that falls under common sense for everyone, even former Republican senators. Rick Santorum,...

Can you really boycott Facebook, Google and Apple?

Megan Binkley, Opinions Editor April 17, 2018

Over the last few weeks, a number of articles and opinion pieces have popped up about growing antipathy toward Facebook, Google, Apple, and big tech in general. Facebook, already on a downward trend...

Celebrate Tolkien Reading Day

Megan Binkley, Opinions Editor April 4, 2018

In the early 1930s, a fellow at Pembroke College was grading papers. He found a blank sheet of paper and, on impulse, he wrote the following sentence: “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” What...

To prank, or not to prank? That is the question

Alison Malek, Staff Writer April 4, 2018

Breaking News! Your classes will be cancelled tomorrow due to emergency drills required by … drum roll please … April Fools! Every April 1st is deemed a day where it’s OK to prank another person....

UW-Stevens Point turns its back on humanities majors

Dylan Martin, Graphic Designer April 4, 2018

Perhaps you’ve heard about the latest proposal from the UW school in Stevens Point. After all, it has been grabbing the unassuming central-Wisconsin town some national attention, including making headlines...

Say Goodbye to Toys ‘R’ Us

Megan Behnke, Staff Writer April 4, 2018

After filing for bankruptcy in September 2017, 69-year-old toy giant, Toys ‘R’ Us, is officially closing all of its U.S. stores, including Babies ‘R’ Us. According to Business Insider, “The longer...

Students now leading the conversation: School shottings lead to rise in student activism

Megan Behnke, Staff Writer March 20, 2018

After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida that took the lives of 17 people, many students have been speaking up about gun control, trying to change both state and national gun laws. Florida students...

Speaker Ryan, we want real action

Megan Binkley, Opinions Editor March 20, 2018

It’s 7 a.m., and I’m pulling out of my parent’s driveway to head across town to campus, still thinking about the recent shooting in Parkland. My dad waves from our kitchen window. As I drive away,...

Do video games hurt people?

Andrew Kicmol, Staff Writer March 20, 2018

After the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting on Valentines Day, President Trump was quick to draw correlations between violent videogames and the rising rates of school gun violence. As someone who has...

My day as Wolfie was enlightening

Adrienne Oliva, Editor in Chief February 27, 2018

Do you know how much the Student Senate had to do in order to get me to dress as Wolfie WolfPack? Absolutely nothing. They asked me as a joke and I immediately said yes. My life philosophy is...

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