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Second major Trump government shutdown

December 11, 2025December 11, 2025adminLeave a Comment on Second major Trump government shutdown

By Johnathon Shaffer / Sports Editor The US federal government was shut down for a record amount of time (43 days), surpassing the 35-day record of the most recent shutdown before it. Both of these have been under President Donald Trump, in largely different situations. For an in depth description of why, see page 2. […]

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New Pal is changing, and so is its logo

December 11, 2025adminLeave a Comment on New Pal is changing, and so is its logo

By Lilly Buist / Editor-in-chief There is something to be said about history. A business from another town won’t know it, but in the current town logo, I know that the featured cross at the top of the skyline belongs to the New Palestine United Church. The proposed New Palestine logo destroys our entire history, […]

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Biohazardous Bathrooms

November 6, 2025November 6, 2025adminLeave a Comment on Biohazardous Bathrooms

By Shelly Stock / Entertainment editor For female students, using the restroom is anything but relieving. The state of our stalls not only causes health concerns, but poorly represents our student body as a whole.  The first issue is the constant lack of handwashing materials. At least one week out of every month, one of […]

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AI is not your friend

November 6, 2025November 6, 2025adminLeave a Comment on AI is not your friend

Written by Pax Bilinski / News & Opinion editor and Lydia Styf / Staff writer In this day and age, artificial intelligence is extremely prevalent in schools and our lives whether we like it or not. Many students use AI to complete homework or to start their essays for them. Some even use it as […]

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They took the cracker and the barrel

September 23, 2025adminLeave a Comment on They took the cracker and the barrel

By Johnathon Shaffer / Sports Editor Cracker Barrel announced a redesign of its logo on Aug. 19. The company started from the classic logo with the iconic “Uncle Herschel” sitting on a chair, with his arm resting upon the iconic barrel. The company moved on to a logo of a modularly designed, minimalist hexagonal logo […]

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Epstein files: Epstein, Trump, and more

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025adminLeave a Comment on Epstein files: Epstein, Trump, and more

By Johnathon Shaffer / Sports Editor Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking on July 6, 2019. The indictment accused Epstein of running a trafficking ring that involved dozens of underaged girls, and took place at his mansions in New York and Florida, as well as […]

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Free speech under pressure

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025adminLeave a Comment on Free speech under pressure

By Pax Bilinski / News & Opinion editor and Sam Neidlinger / Staff writer Flag burning has always been a part of American history. Union soldiers burned the flag during the Civil War. Anti-Vietnam war protestors burned the flag in front of a state house in Boston. Similarly, protestors in 2002 burned the flag to […]

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