From the Desk of Claire O’Reilly, Editor in Chief
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m sitting at my kitchen table in Eisenhower 208B, my head is pounding and my stomach is so empty that I am in physical pain. My energy level is at zero, and I’m staring at a plate of chocolate cupcakes smothered in chocolate frosting. After five minutes, I cave......
From the Desk of Angelina Dohre, Photo Editor
Reading Time: 3 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Photo Editor What happens when your parents are suddenly forced to leave the country? This is what I found myself asking as I sat in the kitchen, staring at my breakfast in shock after hearing the news. About a year ago, my parents sat my brother and......
‘Shut up and dribble’? Nah
Reading Time: 2 minutesQUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor During the NBA All-Star weekend, LeBron James and Kevin Durant were bombarded with questions about their response to Fox News’ Laura Ingraham’s “shut up and dribble” comments. In an interview with ESPN’s Cari Champion, James said, “We are at a watershed moment in this......
From the Desk of Brandon Safe, Copy Editor
Reading Time: 3 minutes Brandon Safe Copy Editor There are unfortunate, societal expectations for every race, every gender, every nationality and for any artificial grouping of people into categories. Of course, there are societal expectations for men, and for many people this is an issue. For me the primary issue is meat.......
Trump’s budget betrays his base and bolsters the uber-rich
Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Many, if not most, of my relatives are fiscal conservatives. Oftentimes, the label is tacked on to a sentence announcing their conservative lean in an apologetic or conciliatory way — like ‘I’m a conservative, but a fiscal conservative, so if you want to marry a......
OPINION – Dan Orzechowski
Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor Apparently MLK’s dream was to own a Dodge Ram. After the company spent upward of $5 million for a 30-second time slot in the country’s highest rated event on television, more than 100 million people heard the words of one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s......
From the Desk of Travis LeFevre, Managing Editor
Reading Time: 2 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE Managing Editor I guess you could say that I have something of an obsession with video games. Ever since I sneaked behind my mom’s back and played “Halo 3” on my brother’s Xbox 360, I was hooked. I finally got around to owning my own Xbox 360,......
A Presidential Paradox: Trump uses first State of The Union to deepen divides
Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer In the aftermath of Trump’s slurred, rambling, self-congratulatory State of The Union address, there’s going to be a lot of debate over whether or not he was “presidential.” Certainly his frequent applause at his own lines was unusual for a State of The Union address,......
A journalist’s critique of a consumer’s critique
Reading Time: 3 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE Managing Editor About two weeks ago, The Leader received a letter from a self proclaimed prophet and authorized Bible historian known as Ebenezer. It is essentially a wall of words titled “Conduct Unbecoming For a World Leader: A Consumer’s critique of the U.S. movie industry.” He goes......