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OPINION: I promise I have friends

Chloe Robertson, Opinion Writer September 1, 2023

I’ve never felt more alone than when I was sitting in my dorm room after my mom dropped me off at college. My roommate was getting dinner with her parents while I sat on our scratchy navy-blue carpet,...

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OPINION: Donald Trump’s Day of Reckoning

Jackson Small, Opinion Writer August 31, 2023

For the first time ever in American history, a former president has been indicted on criminal charges.  Donald Trump, the television star turned pseudo-politician, is facing 91 felony charges across...

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OPINION: Celebrities were never role models

Faith Fistler, Opinion Writer August 29, 2023

“I would like to be an inspiration for people instead of a role model because I make mistakes just like everybody else,” Britney Spears said in a 2002 interview with Oprah Winfrey.  While we view...

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OPINION: American classrooms are a battlefield for the LGBTQ+ community

Aden Graves, Opinion Writer August 28, 2023

As LGBTQ+ students and staff across the country are returning to schools this year, they’re entering a harsh reality.  They aren’t safe from being who they are.  This year, there have been...

Random rants with Annemarie: Have parasocial relationships gone too far?

Annemarie Karabinus, Opinion Writer August 25, 2023

“Oh my gawdddd I love Harry Styles so much. I know his blood type, where he was born and his entire family's names. We are TOTALLY meant to be together.” “Girl you DON’T know Taylor Swift’s...

OPINION: We shouldn’t have to be afraid to go to school

Destiny Torres, Opinion Writer August 23, 2023

I was 12 years old when the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting took the lives of 20 students and six educators. That was the age I knew things were going to change forever, though I didn’t understand.   All...

Annemarie, her boyfriend and the band after Queen Nation performed for Mentor Rocks free concert series.

OPINION: There’s nothing quite like free concerts in the summer

Annemarie Karabinus, Opinion Writer August 21, 2023

Summer. Live music, free events and a carefree attitude. This is what summer is all about.  This summer, I went to a concert put on by Mentor Rocks, a free concert series during the summer hosted...

Democrats will keep control of the Senate, CNN projects

Eric Bradner, CNN November 12, 2022

(CNN) -- Democrats will keep their narrow Senate majority for the next two years, CNN projects, after victories in close contests in Nevada and Arizona. The party defied the historical trend of midterm...

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Polls close in key state where Trump’s election deniers top the ticket

Maeve Reston and Stephen Collinson, CNN November 8, 2022

(CNN) -- Polls are closed in Arizona, where all four GOP nominees at the top of the ticket -- for governor, Senate, attorney general and secretary of state -- have echoed former President Donald Trump's...

January 6 committee announces it has sent a subpoena to former President Donald Trump

January 6 committee announces it has sent a subpoena to former President Donald Trump

(CNN) -- The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol announced on Friday that the panel has officially sent a subpoena to former President Donald Trump as it...

A man looks at his bedroom after the winds of Hurricane Fiona tore the roof off his house in Loiza, Puerto Rico, on Sunday.

Hurricane Fiona causing ‘catastrophic’ flooding in Puerto Rico as the territory remains without power

Dakin Andone, Haley Brink and Melissa Alonso, CNN September 18, 2022

(CNN) -- Hurricane Fiona made landfall along the extreme southwestern coast of Puerto Rico, near Punta Tocon, at 3:20 p.m. ET Sunday with winds of 85 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The...

Grammy-winning R&B star R. Kelly leaves the Cook County courthouse after a hearing on multiple counts of criminal sexual abuse case, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. March 22, 2019. Jurors in the Chicago federal trial for R. Kelly and two of his former associates have reached a verdict, Kelly's attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, told CNN.

R. Kelly convicted of multiple child pornography and enticement charges, acquitted on others

Sonia Moghe, CNN September 14, 2022

(CNN) -- R. Kelly was convicted of multiple child pornography charges at a Chicago federal trial and acquitted on others, according to the Chicago Tribune. Kelly was convicted on three of four child...

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