Student Run Newspaper for McPherson College
By Kenzie Jansonius Months ago, Texas enacted one of the most oppressive abortion laws that this country has seen since the passing of Roe v. Wade. The law, which was passed in May, 2021 and went into effect Sept. 1, holds that any pregnancy, including in cases of rape and incest, cannot be aborted if…
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…
By: Kenzie Jansonius Eight people were killed in a high school near São Paulo, Brazil after the nation’s second school shooting since 2011. Although the nation’s murder rates are sky high in comparison to other countries, school shootings are relatively uncommon. The two attackers, both former students of the school, opened fire on students during…
By: Kenzie Jansonius A series of vandalisms and attacks have led French President Macron to declare that anti-Semitism is at its worst in the country since World War II. The nation has seen a 74% rise in anti-Semitic acts from 2017 to 2018. In 2019 alone, a cemetery has been vandalized with swastikas, a tree…
By Kenzie Jansonius George Pell, a cardinal from Australia who served as an advisor to Pope Francis and the chief financial officer for the Vatican, was found guilty and sentenced to six years in prison for the molestation of two young boys after Sunday Mass in 1996. The 77-year-old is the first bishop to be…
By Kenzie Jansonius Many internet hoaxes have wormed their way into our lives, but none quite so prevalently as that of Momo. Originally, Momo was nothing more than a half woman, half statue made by Japanese artist Keisuke Aiso. However, the statue was later transformed into something more. False reports of kids being frightened into…
By: Kenzie Jansonius The State of the Union address made by President Donald Trump started on a bipartisan note, but as he continued to speak, things became more divisive. Even as he asked for unity between Republicans and Democrats, he cast the latter as obstructionists who wanted nothing more than to see the jobs of Americans…
By: Kenzie Jansonius Twenty-nine suspects in conjunction to the brutal murders of seven children have been arrested in the Njombe region of Tanzania. The death toll continues to rise as more bodies are uncovered. Early reports show that the children were kidnapped and killed so that body parts, primarily their lungs and genitalia, could be harvested…
By: Kenzie Jansonius 67-year-old serial killer Bruce McArthur pled guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder on January 29th. The landscaper and part-time mall Santa Claus was caught red handed in January of last year when Toronto police went to his home to arrest him and found a man tied to his bed. After releasing…