Student Run Newspaper for McPherson College
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: 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 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…
By: Emmy Goering Just a few weeks ago, six other students and I traveled to the African country of Rwanda with Dr. Herb Smith as part of our interterm class. We met several times prior to the trip to learn about the country we’d be visiting, and I was shocked by its violent history….
By: Emmy Goering On the afternoon of February 14, 2018, a 19-year-old former student entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida with an AR-15-style semi-automatic weapon and several magazines of ammunition. Shortly after, students began dying. Although the school had practiced a fire drill earlier in the day, the fire alarm had reportedly…