By Simon Cordes, Assistant Reporter
• April 6, 2023
Starting in 2018, the highly competitive University of Chicago announced its Empower Initiative: a test-optional admissions process. Not long after, and with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many other...
On the evening of Tuesday, February 8, President Biden delivered his second State of the Union Address to the United States Congress. For the first time in his Presidency, Biden was addressing a divided...
Walkathon 2022
In 2022, Mercy and Xavier are renewing an old tradition between the two high schools for a second time this decade. Like last year, Xavier will be hosting Mercy for a fun-filled Walkathon...
As nearly everyone knows, Russia has been at war with Ukraine for over a month now, and while news coverage has largely died down due clearly more important matters, such as a rich person slapping another...
Colonization is the process of a foreign power settling and establish control over a group of people in a certain area. When people think of colonization, most people tend to think of the European nations...
On February 21, 2022, Russian military forces were ordered to enter DPR and LPR regions, both of which are breakaway states located in Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion...
SpongeBob SquarePants is a popular animated TV show that came out in 1999 and has 13 seasons. It shows the life and adventures of a Sponge who lives in the Ocean in a town called Bikini-Bottom. He is a...
The FBI, which stands for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is America's best investigation agency. The agency investigates everything from terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to civil rights...
Today marks one year since a pro-Trump mob breached the US Capitol while protesting the results of the 2020 presidential election. Debate still rages about the particulars of the day: was it a violent...
You've heard it all before: Christmas is more than just giving and receiving presents. While this is true, people do not seem to acknowledge it. A walk through the decorations aisle at any supermarket...
By Luigi Pugliese, Assistant Reporter
• December 9, 2021
Recent times have given us much to fear in terms of illness and the suffering it causes. Luckily, with the advancement of modern medicine, vaccines have given us a way to protect ourselves from...
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