Student Run Newspaper for McPherson College
By: Daryn J. Stack Tensions between the United States and its closest trading partners are rising. Since the beginning of his presidency, President Donald Trump has threatened Mexico and Canada with a 25% tariff on all goods sold within the United States. Trump has similarly chosen to apply a 15% tariff on all Chinese goods,…
By: Claire McCullough President Donald Trump has only been President again for three months and his presidency has already sparked many controversies and contentions. However, none have had such an international impact as Trump and his Vice President, JD Vance’s, televised meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the 28th of February. According to Zelenskyy…
By: Lucy Bowman Every spring, a certain buzz fills the air in anticipation of the upcoming theater season. This year, details regarding the theater season will be announced in the Spectator! Jd. Bowman, Professor of Theatre at McPherson College, shares that the 2025-2026 season will be the college’s first “mysterious season.” It will consist of four…
By: Daryn J. Stack Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is known for saying, “There is not a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would ever become the 51st state.” However, as tensions between the United States and Canada continue to escalate, that snowball seems more likely than previously imagined. WEXIT, the Western Canadian separatist…
By: Cameron Moore Ramadan for 2025 began around February 28th and is expected to last for 29 to 30 days, ending around March 30th. So, what exactly is Ramadan, and why is it celebrated worldwide? Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Its beginning is marked by the sighting of the crescent moon,…
By: Blake Storts In October 1995, in Franklin County, Kansas, Albert J. Daniels set out for a typical fall hunt of whitetail. The area he was set up in wasn’t for producing big bucks but in a county near Franklin County was where the old state record was harvested. In an interview about the hunt,…
By: Aidan Montoya In what I’d call one of the worst airplane crashes of a generation, an astounding 67 people were killed in a plane crash on Jan. 29 over the Potomac River in Washington, DC. An American Airlines flight originating out of Wichita, Kansas collided with a mid-air army helicopter, killing everyone on both…
By: Tayton Ornelas For as long as people have known, interterm was well known here on the McPherson College campus. Students would return from winter break in the first week of January and take a three-week class, concluding in the last week of January. An entire semester of a course was condensed in just three…
by Kaycee Carter On February 4, teachers in the McPherson USD 418 school district received an email requesting that they remove all copies of “Flight of the Puffin” by Ann Braden from their classrooms. Specifically, the email stated, “this book should remain in adult hands until further feedback.” This is the first time a book…
By DJ Stack As of today, President Donald Trump has made his pics for the key cabinet positions public that will help him in his second term and shape his administration with a mix of loyalists, controversial individuals, and conservative figures. Among the most notable and controversial picks, is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the…