Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
January 13, 2017
Filed under Opinion
Write down the day you were born. Then, add 75 years to it and write down that date. In between those two dates, pen a long, solid dash. This is your life.
In these days, you’ll go to school, get a job, maybe marry and have...
Anna Jackson, Staff Writer
January 12, 2017
Filed under Opinion
As we are on the cusp of a new semester, we have just experienced one year fold into another. Last year, 2016, is now so “last year.” With the new year, many people say comes a new them. Of course, the new year would not be...
Rachel Droze, Editor-in-Chief
January 12, 2017
Filed under Opinion
I love Christmas. I always have. I love the excitement of Christmas morning when Santa’s cookies have a bite missing and there’s something special waiting under the tree. I love the guaranteed time with my family that is hard...
Rebekah Davis, Copy Editor
January 12, 2017
Filed under Opinion
Everyone faces the post-holiday binge eating blues. The extra roll we had during Thanksgiving or Christmas often turns into an extra fat roll. We look at how many pounds the turkey or ham was, and we step on the scale to see how...
Leah Power, Staff Writer
November 19, 2016
Filed under Opinion
As I sit in front of my computer screen, for the first time, words seem to have failed me. With graduation on the horizon, I can’t help but feel these last five years of lessons, memories, smiles, tears and life wash over me....
Anna Jackson, Staff Writer
November 19, 2016
Filed under Reviews
I have not had the opportunity to crack a book that has not been related directly to class since August. For two and a half months, every page has been assigned reading. The Pee Dee Fiction and Poetry Festival pushed me to read...
Kylie Cracknell, Staff Writer
November 19, 2016
Filed under Opinion
Predicting the outcome of elections is something that not only professionals in the world of politics dabble in, but it’s something everyone talks about. This year has been one of the most unpredictable in political history....
Leah Power, Staff Writer
November 19, 2016
Filed under Opinion
During my time in college, I have had the experience of meeting multiple professors who have played key roles in the shaping of my life. Some taught me academic tools, some taught me life lessons and some taught me about the harsh...
Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
November 19, 2016
Filed under Opinion
The past week has shown just how disunified our nation and our campus is after everyone heard the results of this presidential election.
I’ve had several interactions with fellow students, professors and community members...
Catherine Hyman, Copy Editor
November 19, 2016
Filed under Opinion
The prevalence of bullying in high schools around the country is a widely recognized issue. Unfortunately, bullying doesn’t always end when we think it does.
Bullying, especially cyberbullying, is a problem that affects many...
Leah Power, Staff Writer
October 30, 2016
Filed under Opinion
In the age of the importance of political correctness, where every person is openly offended for one reason or another, I have attempted to build up a thick skin towards the insensitive jokes, stereotypes, cultural appropriation...
Anna Jackson, Staff Writer
October 30, 2016
Filed under Reviews
In Barnes and Noble this summer, I picked up “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs. The outside cover intrigued me as it was a little girl with a strange crown on her head, and her feet were a few...