If you have been active on the internet for the past few weeks or so, you have likely heard about rapper Kanye West’s social media rampage. West, who now goes by Ye, is most known for being a top...

Growing up, I was constantly surrounded by my beautiful Slavic culture, by sweet pierogi and old folk tales. Seeing what has unfolded in Eastern Europe over the past couple of months, my half-Ukrainian...

Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Rob Manfred announced the implementation of a designated hitter in the National League on Thursday, Feb. 10. This upset many fans, including myself. A designated...

Terrified -- that’s the way I felt when agonizing over whether to tell my parents I was gay.  Unsure of what to say and scared they would never see me the same way again, my only comfort in these...

From a young age, I realized there weren’t too many people in the media that looked like me. So, I had to hold on to the representation I had, even if that character or experience was unlike me.  Black...

When I took the ACT test for the first time, I stared at the clock and watched the minutes pass by.  My foot was tapping excessively, my hands were shaking and I worried about transferring over answers...

With the first semester now behind us, we can take a moment to reflect on one important issue: finals. How many classes are still doing finals? It is up to whether or not finals are still important...

The debate over schools continuing a mask mandate has once again become a controversial issue with the filing of a lawsuit by the Missouri Attorney General. The lawsuit claims that mask mandates infringe...

When it comes to the right to hold a firearm, there are people for it, there are people against it and there are those who don't care. Personally, I think it is hard to form an opinion on such a serious...

It’s the final stretch before winter break. Teachers are cramming in last-minute lessons and students are studying for big tests.  But, when I leave school on Tuesday, Dec. 21 for break, I will not...