By Alex Kerravala, Staff Writer On October 21, 2017, all five living ex-presidents — Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama , united in attendance at a hurricane disaster relief concert, in Texas, organising aide for the victims in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Of course, it doesn’t take an astute reader to notice one important … Continue reading One president absent from hurricane relief concert

By Alex Kerravala, Staff Writer As some of you may or may not have heard, the public school district in Biloxi, Mississippi recently banned To Kill a Mockingbird, which is Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel that confronts racism and prejudice. According to the school district’s Vice President Kenny Holloway this is because there is “[s]ome language in the book that makes people uncomfortable.” Now, … Continue reading State known for racism bans anti-racist novel

By Alex Kerravala, Staff Writer As some of you may know, as of Spring 2018, the freshmen hall, Roberts, will be shut down indefinitely. I was able to meet with Lucinda Poudrier of Housing to ask her the questions on all our minds: Why? Where will the first year students go? How immediate was this decision? As it turns out, there has been a slight … Continue reading Roberts shut down: Answering the important questions

By Alex Kerravala, Staff Writer After the tragic events of the shooting in Las Vegas, leaving at least 59 dead and over 500 injured, it wasn’t long before popular news outlooks brought up the shooter. Immediately after the events, outlets like NBC News and Washington Post brought up the killer, who he was, how old, his friends and family, etc. Almost instantly, there were articles … Continue reading Focus on the victims