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The Hidden Depths of the Dark Web

The Hidden Depths of the Dark Web

Liv Meier, Staff Writer November 21, 2017

Fake passports. Social security numbers. Prostitutes. Drugs. Hitmen. Welcome to the dark web - enter if you dare. Or as long as you have downloaded anonymity software. A common misconception with...

Hello To My Heritage

Hello To My Heritage

Abigail Smith, Staff Writer May 14, 2017

Blonde hair and blue eyes. Three sets of them. That is all you see if you are looking at a photo of my sisters and I, with three faces that mirror each other almost exactly. Oh, and when we’re sleeping...don’t...

The Tinder Tales

The Tinder Tales

Weronika Raczek and Kayla Simas April 6, 2017

A young woman sits on her dorm bed with her phone in one hand as the screen light on her phone brightens up the room. She opens Tinder and stares at a profile picture for a good minute before deciding...

Fifteen Years Later, 9/11 Victims Still Surviving

Fifteen Years Later, 9/11 Victims Still Surviving

Laine Griffin, Associate Editor September 11, 2016

January 2002, he went on his first flight since surviving Sept. 11. Brian and his wife, Cyndi, were scheduled to take a vacation to Puerto Rico. The night before their flight, Brian attempted to back...

Sleep Deprivation and Caffeine, Every College Students Enemy

Sleep Deprivation and Caffeine, Every College Students Enemy

Weronika Raczek and Kayla Simas May 14, 2016

Being a college student allows one to do two out of these three things: study, have a social life, or go to sleep. Sometimes, sleep is never the answer for most college students. According to an...

The Challenges Of Black Hair

The Challenges Of Black Hair

T. Parisha, Staff Writter May 6, 2016

Black women in America have been brain washed for years into thinking that their natural hair is not beautiful because it is not straight like other race's hair. Feeling that they have bad hair, black...

Anxiety and Depression Is a Real Issue

Anxiety and Depression Is a Real Issue

Christine Cassolino and Faith Rodriguez May 5, 2016

It’s growing deep within the pit of your stomach.  Clawing its way up, constricting around airways, consuming every nerve.  Your chest tightens, leaving no room for your lungs to expand. Your heart...

Teen Pregnancy: From Shame to Success

Teen Pregnancy: From Shame to Success

Shantal Marshall and Tanasia Patterson April 18, 2016

“You will never amount to anything,” her mother yelled. “How could you be so stupid?” her father asked. “You think you are ready to be a parent, Chrissy? You think it is easy caring for...

Feds Want a Bite Out of Apple

Feds Want a Bite Out of Apple

Ihsani Jackson and Naomi Osuji April 17, 2016

Apple, known for it’s air-tight encryption and making some of the most secure technical devices on the planet. Apple users have been known to store personal information their phones from everything like...

Black Lives Matter: What College Students Really Think

Black Lives Matter: What College Students Really Think

Naomi Osuji, News Editor December 17, 2015

Sandra Bland. Tamir Rice. Freddie Gray. Laquan McDonald. Matthew Ajibade. Natasha McKenna. Tanisha Anderson. Dontre Hamilton. These are some of the names of the African Americans who were killed by police...

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