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 to birth the next generation...
By Tyler Dunn
The McPherson Softball team is on their way towards a season like no other; starting the year off with wins at the Cowtown Classic. Despite injuries, the team has managed to battle many teams that they have played; if they don’t win they learn. When asked the difference between this year and last, Sophomore Jasmine Curiel says...
By Toni Snyder
The McPherson College Choir held its first concert of the semester on March 12th, 2018. This concert was peculiar as it was held in collaboration with the McPherson High School Choir and also incorporated the McPherson College band director, Kyle Hopkins. The College performed a total of six songs, two of which were sung with the High...
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 "bracket". Each year millions of...
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 Florida, other simply go home...
By Logan Hartman
Felix Cervantes is a member of the track and field team, cross country team, and will be graduating in May with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science.
Cervantes was born in Michocan, Mexico and moved to Salinas, California when he was a child. Growing up, Cervantes enjoyed playing soccer but because of injuries decided to stop playing soccer...
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 of three scenes and a...
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 plan that would add hundreds of...
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 worldwide and opened the gates...
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 about coffee at best, until...
