Defamation and Toxicity in the Depp-Heard Trial
On Apr. 11, the defamation trial between the ex-spouses Johnny Depp and Amber Heard began. Footage of the trial and released legal...
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Ashley Torkornoo & Joanna Kreke
- Apr 20, 2022
- 4 min
Do "You Belong Here?"
In Phillip’s Library and Lower McGowan, posters advertising the Sociology Department’s speaker laid crumpled and destroyed in the face of...
Joanna Kreke
- Apr 20, 2022
- 2 min
Oscars 2022: What is and What Ought to Be
On March 26, “Tick, Tick… Boom” was snubbed and also the Academy Awards took place. It was hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda...
Kim Hansen
- Apr 7, 2022
- 3 min
The Churches and the Margins
I’m fascinated by denominational and religious differences. So much so that I wrote a book about them. And as a Baptist teaching at a...
Emmy Jansen
- Apr 7, 2022
- 6 min
Letter from the Student Body President
On April 6, there was supposed to be a lecture given by Hood College professor Dr. Simone Kolysh titled “Everyday Violence: The Public...
Jonathan Newton
- Mar 30, 2022
- 5 min
A Mountaineer Mountaineering
As I complete my Master in Business Administration from Mount St. Mary's, I would like to say that when I left Salisbury University with...
Gabrielle Hendricks
- Mar 30, 2022
- 3 min
"The Batman" Takes Flight
This year’s superhero blockbuster, “The Batman”, is a movie that will go down in DC cinematic history. Despite being action packed, it...
Joanna Kreke
- Mar 30, 2022
- 3 min
"Turning Red" is Turning Heads
Disney’s newest movie “Turning Red” tells the story of a young Asian-Canadian girl as she grows and changes both mentally and physically....
Katherine Stair
- Mar 16, 2022
- 2 min
People's Convoy Tries to Drive Home a Point
On Feb. 23, the “People’s Convoy” started the 11-day drive from California to Washington D.C. to protest the restrictions that are in...
Katherine Stair
- Mar 16, 2022
- 2 min
U.S. Sanctions on Russia
In response to Russia’s invasion and attacks on Ukraine, the United States has imposed a number of sanctions against Russia as a form of...
Gabrielle Hendricks
- Mar 16, 2022
- 3 min
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
In the early morning hours of Feb. 24, Russian forces launched a series of missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. The Russian...
Gabrielle Hendricks
- Feb 23, 2022
- 3 min
The Gray Area of the Texas Book Ban
In recent weeks, schools in Texas have begun rapidly banning books, and a list has been compiled of 850 books to be potentially banned....
Therese Boegel
- Feb 23, 2022
- 2 min
On Lifting the Mask Mandate
On Feb. 14, we all received news that the mask mandate on campus was being lifted, effective immediately. For the first time since 2020,...
Kelly Blanco
- Feb 23, 2022
- 3 min
The Woman's Voice at the Mount
I constantly hear my peers talk about how women on campus feel afraid to speak their minds on abortion and women's rights. We all know...
Gabrielle Hendricks
- Feb 8, 2022
- 2 min
Cold War 2.0
On Jan. 22, the U.S. sent military aid to Ukraine. This was a warning to Russia that the U.S. plans to become fully involved in military...
Gabrielle Hendricks
- Dec 9, 2021
- 3 min
The Fair and Just Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse
On Nov. 19, 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Ill. was found not guilty on two charges of first-degree homicide for fatally...
Jade' Curtis
- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
Opinion on School Boards
School boards, especially those in Pennsylvania, have become an area of violence. These tensions started with the idea of including...
Angelica Tyler
- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
Oxford High School Shooting
Three students were shot and killed and eight others were injured in a school shooting on Nov. 30, at Oxford High school in Detroit,...
Gabrielle Hendricks
- Dec 9, 2021
- 3 min
Elitist Corruption in the Ghislaine Maxwell Trial
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime girlfriend of notorious American financer, Jeffrey Epstein, is on trial for allegedly being an accomplice...
Angelica Tyler
- Nov 18, 2021
- 3 min
Astroworld Takes a Turn for the Worse
Nine people died and hundreds were injured due to people rushing for the stage at Travis Scott's Astroworld music festival in Houston, on...
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