Student Run Newspaper for McPherson College
By: Tate Ornelas Starting on Nov 7, Starbucks will stop charging for milk alternatives. This includes soy, coconut, oat and almond milk. Milk alternatives add 70 to 80 cents to the total cost of the drink. Those who are lactose intolerant or plant-based food advocates have been fighting for this for years. Vox wrote an article on…
By: Tate Orneals On Jan 1. of 2025, the food tax in Kansas will be at 0%. An article written by the NYC Food Policy discusses the food tax in Kansas has been on the decrease since 2023. In just one year the food tax went from 6.5% to 4%. This bill is believed to help those…
By: Tate Ornelas Hurricane Milton was named the second most intense storm to ever hit the gulf coast, behind Hurricane Rita in 2005. Hurricane Milton hit Florida directly, only a short time after Hurricane Helene made its way through the United States. Before becoming a Hurricane on Oct 7, Milton was a tropical disturbance in…
By: Tate Ornelas Over the weekend, Hurricane Oscar made landfall. It had a very slim chance of going from a tropical disturbance to a hurricane, but it beat the odds and reached hurricane strength. CBS News reported that Hurricane Oscar hit Great Iguana Island and continued to move along to hit parts of Cuba later that night. Unfortunately, the…
By Tayton Ornelas Hurricane Milton was named the second most intense storm to ever hit the gulf coast, behind Hurricane Rita in 2005. Hurricane Milton hit Florida directly, only a short time after Hurricane Helene made its way through the United States. Before becoming a Hurricane on Oct 7, Milton was a tropical disturbance in…
By Tate Ornelas Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida on Sept. 26. Since this day, the death toll continues to rise across the United States. According to an article written by AP news titled “Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continues,” this is the deadliest hurricane to…