Student Run Newspaper for McPherson College
By Eli Jordan On a young team, Brandt Johnson stands out as one of the few seniors of the Bulldog football team. Johnson is a two-year starter, but he has found reps in at least two games per year since his freshman season. To start his senior campaign, Johnson has recorded 120 receiving yards in…
By Eli Jordan When watching McPherson College Volleyball one person is hard to not notice making plays on the court is Bailey Avila. Avila spent two years at Frank Phillips College before transferring to McPherson prior to the 2021 season. Since joining the Bulldogs, Avila has played in every game. As a defensive specialist, Avila…
By Meghan Morris Traveling across counties and oceans all in the pursuit to play the game they love. Student athletes from all over the world have left everything they know and love behind in order to come to America to play sports. The process to get to an American College as an International player is…
By Dymond McElrath & Natalia Ahrens At the end of last spring semester, the McPherson College community suffered a great loss. Jireh Tooala-Leaupepetele, a sophomore psychology major and football player, died in a single car accident on his way home to San Bernardino, California, on May 18, 2022. Jireh was a member of the McPherson…
By Toby Leffew Do you feel like the world is moving too fast? Do you feel like you can’t focus, or get anything done? Are you having a hard time pulling a Nike and “just doing it”? Don’t worry, I got you. College is a busy, hectic nightmare. You’ve got myriad things to…
By Israel Acosta For the return of cars corner this year, I decided the best way to kick it off is with something of a hometown story here in McPherson. This 1926 Model T belongs to Matt Mahan, a senior in the Automotive Restoration program, and it is the very car that introduced him to…
By Dymond McElrath Being a college student comes with a plethora of different challenges–physically, mentally and emotionally. Finding the appropriate balance between attending class, work, schoolwork, athletic practices/games and extracurricular activities while keeping a level head and calm mind can quickly become stressful; especially for students who have never been on their own before or…
By Philip Schieffelin On Sept. 1, sports betting was soft launched in the state of Kansas. Just a week later, on Sept. 8 it was fully launched with Kansas’s four state casinos partnering with online sportsbooks and six sportsbook mobile device applications available to those who wanted to place a wager. Kansas law does require…
By Philip Schieffelin On Sept. 8, 2022 Queen Elizabeth II died of old age at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She was the longest reigning monarch of Great Britain, surpassing Queen Victoria for number of years on the throne by seven years. She leaves four children, King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince…
By Brianna Powers President Biden has announced a three-part plan to give America’s working families and students more breathing room as they recover from the strains associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan provides targeted debt relief as part of a broader effort to alleviate the burden of rising college costs and make the student…