In the last century, the Kennedy family has become one of the most well-known families in American politics. If you look anywhere after 1945, there’s almost undoubtedly a Kennedy wedged somewhere within...
Don’t want to watch the Super Bowl? Try the Puppy Bowl. This funny and adorable show that airs annually on Animal Planet includes lots of puppies running around on a mini football field scoring touchdowns...
Ouija Boards. A classic sleepover pastime. Talking to the dead. The planchette moved seemingly by itself to answer questions asked. But people don’t understand the dangers. All they see is a fun way...
On January 3rd, 2026, Operation “Absolute Resolve,” a military mission to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro was executed.
When Maduro and his wife were captured and brought to the U.S.,...
Most people, when discussing suicide, take a very somber tone. Someone ending their own life is almost universally considered a tragedy—almost. Not totally universal, because out there in the world is...
If you have a single friend who is a Seattle Seahawks fan, you’ve likely heard the tale of Super Bowl 49. In a game the Seattle Seahawks by all accounts should have won, the team made an ill advised...
The Twin Cities have been in the news non-stop this month, as Operation Metro Surge—an initiative kicked off by unsubstantiated reports of daycare fraud—has resulted in countless disappearances and...
The 28 Days Later franchise has, over time, become an “apocalypse movie” standard. After three movies, all almost exclusively about random people within a post-apocalyptic United Kingdom, many people...
In light of course selection season, here are some AP courses I would recommend that aren’t too difficult, can be useful for your future, and/or contain interesting material!
AP Government...
In early January, the acting director of the CDC complied with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s demands to alter the U.S. childhood immunization schedule despite a lack...
When you hear about a hot new horror movie set in Hawaii, featuring a cast of conventionally attractive 20-somethings, you probably don’t think that the villain will be a rabid chimp.
If you did expect...
Hey Spartans!
I’m Amalia Weix, your Co-Editor-in-Chief, here to welcome you to the second half of the school year. Final grades should be in, so leave the old semester behind and get ready to start...