Category: News
McPherson Alternative Christmas Gift Market to be held virtually
Press release provided “I’ll be home for Christmas,” go the popular carol lyrics, and for one McPherson family, home this Christmas will be a new Habitat for Humanity home. Julia Harper, her daughter and granddaughter will be moving into their new home, the 38th built by the McPherson Area Habitat for Humanity, at 415 E….
Curious Wanderings Of The Internet: Mystery at the Opera House Cracked
By Susanne Cunningham In the 1730s, there were no prepaid tickets and all tickets need to be bought at the door. This caused issues of no guaranteed seatings. Due to this issue, theater managers started to create a ticket called a “check” that was pre-paid. This allowed people to reserve seats as well as the…
A Win for Reed: Bulldogs Win in Honor of Late Coach
By Mia Birkes On Oct. 27, 2021, the men’s Bulldog soccer team played the Ottawa University Braves, triumphing 3-1. It was senior night: the team honored players Sean Thomson, Kody Scholl, Jesus Reyes and Justin Clemons. Before the game began, the crowd at Paul Family Field heard an emotional and heartfelt speech from late coach…
Indigenous Death
By Kenzie Jansonius Over the summer, unmarked graves were discovered at former sites of Indigenous schools in Canada. There were at one time over 130 schools such as these in Canada and 367 in the U.S. The discoveries of over 1,000 bodies of children on the property of these schools in Canada have led to…
Disaster on “Rust” Set
By Tyler Norris What was supposed to be a practice run for an upcoming scene for the new movie “Rust” turned deadly when actor and producer Alec Baldwin fired a loaded prop gun that led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and left director Joel Souza injured. The gun was handed to Baldwin and…
New Supreme Court Term Begins
By Mia Birkes The Supreme Court of the United States started a new term on Oct. 4, 2021. Traditionally, a term for the Supreme Court will last one year and a majority of their decisions will be released in June. The current Supreme Court Justices are Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer, Samuel…
Facebook Whistleblower reveals algorithm secrets
By Tyler Norris Facebook has found itself in deep water with recent claims from a former data scientist at the company. Frances Haugen was an employee at Facebook for nearly two years with prior stints at Google, Yelp and Pinterest. During her time at Facebook, Haugen studied how the social network’s algorithm amplified misinformation. Haugen…
Pandora Papers expose hidden wealth among the rich
By Sean Perez-Gonzalez On Oct. 3, 2021, a large amount of information was published, 2.9 terabytes worth of documents were released for people to see. These are called the Pandora Papers; they expose the world’s strongest and richest of their overseas schemes. It shows them using financial businesses to purchase homes and properties without paying…
Captain Kirk Goes to Space
By Eli Jordan “They used to say that if man was meant to fly, he’d have wings. But he did fly. He discovered he had to,” said Captain James T. Kirk when played by William Shatner in the original “Star Trek” series. Like Captain Kirk said in the late 1960s, Shatner discovered he could fly,…