Student Run Newspaper for McPherson College
By Aidan Montoya Captain America: Brave New World The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) newest movie is called ‘Captain America: Brave New World’. While some would say it is a breath of fresh air with a familiar name for the movie franchise, it is definitely not the same as the original Captain America movies. The freshly…
By Maxwell Brucks Having a nickname with the word “great” in it usually means that a player is good at their sport. But for hockey, it is specifically reserved for the best of the best—the elite. On Sunday, April 6, 2025, “The Great One” (Wayne Gretzky) was passed on the all-time goals list by “The…
By Enya Fierens A first date is always nerve-wrecking. Meeting someone new under the right circumstances can be the difference between a second date or never seeing them again. To find the kind of person that matches your personality, it is important to find a first date that makes you both feel comfortable, but also…
By Maxwell Brucks One of the biggest events at McPherson College, which has usually always been on the weekend of McPherson’s All Schools Day, has now been moved to April 26th. With McPherson College getting rid of interterm, campus blowout would now be the weekend of graduation. This required tough decisions on whether to move…
By: Daryn J Stack LOS ANGELES – California officials are facing backlash as accusations of mismanagement of the palisades fires, which have left thousands of acres of land scorched and forced large numbers of evacuations across loge Angeles county. The critics mean arguments are that there was inadequate preventative measures, slow response times, and even…
By: Enya Fierens Southeast Asia was shaken up by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday, March. The epicenter was located in Myanmar, more specifically Mandalay. This is the country’s second largest city. The catastrophe caused massive amounts of destruction across this part of Asia, even reaching all the way to Bangkok, which is 600 miles…
By: Cesar Lopez Dec. 15, 2024, we saw the matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions. Both teams had an outstanding record for the season, as beforehand the Lions went 12-1 only losing to the Buccaneers earlier in the season. However, Dan Campbell was able to recoup and blow past his competition. The…
By: Tayton Ornelas Wednesday Dec. 4, Manhattan will be lit up as the Rockefeller Christmas tree is lit for the first time this holiday season. Today.com reports that the tree consists of 50,000 multicolored lights which are all multicolored. The tree has a height of 74 feet and a width of 43 feet. The Rockefeller tree is…
By: Maxwell Brucks As the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments come up, plus The Masters and Opening Day, I wanted to go over my top ten sports days of the year. For a general basis of how I came to this conclusion, I want to say that single event days will be lower than…
By: Vanessa Hofer If in ‘Gossip Girl’, ‘Ice Princess’, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, or ‘Harriet the Spy’, the majority of Gen Z knows Michelle Trachtenberg from at least one TV show or movie. Most students from McPherson College said that even though they didn’t recognize her name, they have seen her on the TV screen…