Student Run Newspaper for McPherson College
By Armond McCray After years of talking and speculation, Wichita has finally joined the wave of putting together a citizens’ review board. The citizens’ review board will provide the Wichita Police Department and council input regarding racial and biased-based policing issues. It will replace the existing City Manager Review Board. The board will also assist…
By Deiah Curtis HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!! Too bad it’s the day he died. Holidays come around every season, we dress up, sing certain songs, and wear specific colors, but do we ever know why? St. Patrick’s (or Patty’s) Day has become a celebration all around the world including countries like America, Australia, Argentina, Brazil,…
By Tomi Simmons March fourteenth marked the one month tragedy of the Parkland High School mass shooting. In response to this, many schools decided to perform a walkout as a protest to gun violences at ten am. Although there were many protests, school walkouts, and memorials at ten am; McPherson College held a memorial for…
By: Emmy Goering Over the past nine years, Nigeria has faced repeated horrors as the militant Islamic terrorist organization, Boko Haram, wreaked havoc on the Northeast region. The organization, whose name literally translates to “Western education is forbidden,” regularly kidnaps innocent victims to join their cause. Girls and young women are taken as wives, forced…
By: Armond McCray The time has come again, the month of madness that everyone looks forward to, March Madness that is. March Madness is the month that holds the annual NCAA college basketball championship tournament. The tournament features sixty-eight D1 (division-one) teams. The 68 teams are divided into four regions and organized into a single-elimination…
By Kody Bowden For every college student, spring break is the week ís break that everyone needs. Counted down from the day the semester begins, this magical week gives us all the stress relief we need to push through the last months of the semester. While many flock to the beaches either in Texas or…
By: Emmy Goering The McPherson College Theater department presented their final show of the school year, “Far Away” by Caryl Churchill, on April 13th at 7:30pm in Mingenback Theatre. Although the play was only thirty minutes long, a large cast of 34 presented the show on the secondary stage in Mingenback Theatre. The play consisted…
By: Deiah Curtis And the American government is back at it again, shutting down for the second time in three weeks, but technically, only for 5 hours. Leaders in Congress had come up with a new deal that would fund the government through March 23 and would also allow them to set up a 2-year-budget…
By: Deiah Curtis Even though he’s not the famous star that waved a magic wand and saved Hogwarts countless times, David Radcliff is using his passion and love of people and the planet all over the globe. Radcliff is director of the organization “New Community Project”, a foundation that has already changed millions of lives…
By Emmy Goering Coffee is much more than a caffeinated beverage to McPherson College alum Nick Unruh; it’s his passion and his business. Nick first began his journey into the world of coffee while employed at The Well, a small coffee shop located in downtown McPherson. Although Nick enjoyed his work there, he was lukewarm…