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Music festival season is hallmark of summer

WARPED TOUR – Pierce the Veil performed during the 2015 Warped Tour. This music festival is held annually in Nashville. It’s almost that time of year again. School is about to let out, students are about to pack up and go home; others are planning the trip of a lifetime. It’s […]

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Campus safety relies on personal security

What were you doing at 9:30 Sunday night? Were you grabbing a snack out of the nearest vending machine before heading back to your room? Maybe you were with friends, cherishing the last few moments of the weekend before surrendering to sleep and Monday morning. Perhaps you were even studying, […]

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Nine-year-old reporter challenges status quo

A 9-year-old girl in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, is a reporter who runs her own newspaper called the Orange Street News. Hilde Kate Lysiak received a tip about a murder in her town, confirmed it with police then did some journalism and investigation. She interviewed neighbors and gathered other information before publishing […]

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Clinical depression: The unacknowledged enemy of the college student

RECOVERY – Tankersley (second from left) is on the road to recovery, thanks in part to the counseling services provided by Tech's Counseling Center. Ah, spring. The sun is shining, the temperatures are remotely higher than before and the amount of depressive episodes I face will hopefully decrease now that the weather is […]

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Parking fee debate sparks conversation on campus

Once again, I am trekking through campus in the dark, alone. Paranoia keeps my feet swift and my mind sharp. The rain pelts my face; the wind wrestles with my useless umbrella. I am trudging to my car, cursing commuter life and keeping an eye out for thugs lurking behind […]

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European attacks dominate the media field

THE FACE OF GRIEF – Friends and relatives of the victims of the Iraqi suicide bombing on March 25 mourn their lost loved ones.  Last week I wrote an editorial praising the triumph in Brussels, Belgium at the capture of ISIS terrorist Salah Abdeslam. The morning that article was published, […]

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Reminder to appreciate the art of cosplay

COUNTRY KITTY – College student Christie Craig has been cosplaying for three years and now creates her own costumes. This one is her original design. Seeing someone in cosplay can be startling at first, but after you think about the time and effort it took to make their costume, you […]

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International cooperation is needed to defeat global threats

SUSPECT IN CUSTODY – Salah Abdeslam was named by Belgium authorities as "the most wanted man in Europe." Last Friday marked a day of triumph for the people of France. Salah Abdeslam, a suspected ISIS terrorist involved in the Paris attack of November 2015, was captured after a raid on his hideout in Brussels, […]

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College students can make America great once again

TRIUMPHANT – March's primary elections revealed the Republican front-runner as Donald Trump. The Super Tuesday Primaries in the South recently came to an end with Hilary Clinton winning 1614 delegates to lead the Democratic Party and Trump taking 678 delegates to lead the Republican Party. Bernie Sanders fell short of Clinton […]

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DiCaprio wins first Oscar, Rock speaks about diversity

Here’s the thing, I don’t care who won the Academy Award for Best Cinematographer, and I really don’t care what designer Jennifer Lawrence wore on the red carpet. However, Leonardo DiCaprio won the Academy Award for Best Actor, in case you didn’t know, and I care about that. One shining […]