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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...
Emmy Jansen
Apr 7, 20226 min read
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...
Jonathan Newton
Mar 30, 20225 min read
"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...
Gabrielle Hendricks
Mar 30, 20223 min read
"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....
Joanna Kreke
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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...
Katherine Stair
Mar 16, 20222 min read
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
Mar 16, 20223 min read
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....
Gabrielle Hendricks
Feb 23, 20223 min read
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,...
Therese Boegel
Feb 23, 20222 min read
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...
Kelly Blanco
Feb 23, 20223 min read
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
Feb 8, 20222 min read
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...
Gabrielle Hendricks
Dec 9, 20213 min read
Opinion on School Boards
School boards, especially those in Pennsylvania, have become an area of violence. These tensions started with the idea of including...
Jade' Curtis
Dec 9, 20212 min read
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,...
Angelica Tyler
Dec 9, 20212 min read
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...
Gabrielle Hendricks
Dec 9, 20213 min read
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...
Angelica Tyler
Nov 18, 20213 min read
Racist Chants and Logos in Sports
Racism is ingrained in American society, and sadly, people are now realizing that their previous actions were racist. During the World...
Jade' Curtis
Nov 18, 20212 min read
O Brave New Verse
The Meta and Metaverse initiative was announced at the end of June this year by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. His vision was ambitious....
Ashley Torkornoo
Nov 18, 20212 min read
Virginia in The Cross Fire
In a close race, Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia Governor election. He beat incumbent Terry McAuliffe by 67,294 votes. What made the...
Ashley Torkornoo
Nov 18, 20212 min read
U.N. Climate Change Conference: COP26 or FLOP26?
The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) was another unsuccessful attempt of getting the world to coordinate on helping...
Gabrielle Hendricks
Nov 18, 20214 min read
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