Ashley Krause, Copy Editor
February 15, 2018
Filed under Opinion
While I have been fortunate enough to not encounter sexual assault, many other people have been less fortunate. Recently, there has been a media frenzy surrounding the trial of Larry Nassar, the man who has been convicted of ...
Melina Much, Staff Writer
February 15, 2018
Filed under Opinion
On Monday, Feb. 5, the U.S. stock market stumbled, causing the largest drop on record for the Dow Jones industrial average (Dow) and the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index (S & P 500). The Dow fell more than 1,000 po...
Joshua Hardee, Staff Writer
February 15, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Last semester, I was taking a full load, which included a physics class, calculus class and a four-hour lab. I only had ten-minute breaks between each, and because of the exhaustion I was feeling, I came to an important realization.
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Jacob Suggs, Staff Writer
February 15, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Michael Gracey’s new musical, “The Greatest Showman,” is both a literal and metaphorical crowd pleaser. On one hand, it’s a fantastic biopic about the life of P.T. Barnum, and tells the incredible story of the curious i...
Sara Porter, Assistant Editor
February 15, 2018
Filed under Opinion
We all remember the moment in health class when our teacher stood up and announced the topic of discussion for the day would be sex. I remember the girls behind me snickering. The uncomfortable tension in the air was so thick ...
Sarah Jones, Assistant Editor
February 15, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Growing up, one of my favorite things about school was lunch. It’s a toss-up between pizza day and chicken ring day as to which day was the best. I’ve never had pizza that tasted like delicious cardboard anywhere other than my...
Jacob Suggs, Staff Writer
January 18, 2018
Filed under Reviews
It’s been two years since “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” shocked the world by both reinventing the franchise and reminding almost everyone why they fell in love with “Star Wars” to begin with. Director J.J. Abrams c...
Melina Much, Staff Writer
January 18, 2018
Filed under Opinion
It’s hard not to like Oprah, or at a minimum not acknowledge all the amazing things she has overcome in her personal life and the successes she has had in her career. She is a billionaire media mogul that has successfully revolutionize...
Harrison Smith, Sports Writer
January 18, 2018
Filed under Opinion
For a small, state-supported liberal arts college in the Pee Dee area of South Carolina, FMU holds an incredibly diverse student population. From the exchange students that spend only a year here to some of the athletes that spend th...
Sara Porter, Assistant Editor
January 18, 2018
Filed under Opinion
I started thrifting, or shopping in thrift stores, after I went on a weekend shopping trip that left me unsatisfied, self-conscious and bored. For a while, I was feeling like my style, body-type and personality were not syncin...
Sarah Jones, Assistant Editor
January 18, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Imagine you are sitting in class listening to your professor talk about the lesson they spent hours preparing for. They ask a question to the class clearly waiting for an answer from you or one of your classmates. You nervously...
Ashley Krause, Copy Editor
January 18, 2018
Filed under Opinion
What is happening? There are these white, dusty flakes coming out of the sky. The temperature is less than 60 degrees. Am I going to freeze? We need to go inside. Is the world ending? I don’t know. But, what I do know is th...