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Silencing Support

Ohio’s House Bill 8, while maintaining parental rights, jeopardizes the safety and well-being of LGBTQ+ students.

Grace Callahan, Editor in Chief • May 17, 2025

On Jan. 9, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law House Bill 8, also known as the “Parents’ Bill of Rights.” The bill becomes effective on April 9. The basics are that it requires schools to allow...

People or Puppets?

Social media has been utilized to manipulate audiences and their opinions without proper education behind the topics due to fake news.

Elizabeth Vernon, Staff Writer • May 17, 2025

Puppets are models of people or animals that can be moved and manipulated by strings, wands, or simply one’s hand. Dated back to the 5th century B.C., puppets were essential to Ancient Greek theater....

“I, too, am America”

Overrepresentation in America has started to acclimate itself toward social norms in American society.

Caden Powels, Staff Writer • May 16, 2025

According to the website article “Fiveable”, overrepresentation is a word that pertains to the phenomenon where individuals from minority groups are disproportionately represented in certain areas,...

Homeless by Design

The policies of the Reagan administration in the 1980s played a major role in shaping housing issues that still impact homelessness today.

Joselyn Duff, Opinion Editor • May 16, 2025

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s 2022 annual homeless assessment reported that 582,462 people in America were experiencing homelessness on a single night in January...

Assimilating to America

Immigration in the U.S. has been beneficial for both the people in this country and those coming to it.

Sydney Alderman, Business Manager • May 16, 2025

The United States of America is widely known as a “melting pot” country. The metaphor of a “melting pot” describes countries or societies that consist of many different cultures and people coming...

Trumps effects on student loans

With new actions by the president, student loans are evolving and changing.

Mia Huelskamp, Opinion Editor • May 16, 2025

With millions of young adults graduating this year, and the majority heading off to college, one of the main concerns that interrupts all the excitement is money. Incoming college students need at least...

Love For Sale

The monetization of the holiday originally about love has caused it to change form. Valentine’s Day now is solely about generic cards, flowers, and chocolates.

Annabelle McCarty, Culture Associate Editor • May 16, 2025

When thinking of Valentine’s Day, what comes to mind? Flowers? Heart-shaped boxes of chocolates? Balloons and teddy bears? Expensive jewelry? At some point, society forgot that Valentine’s Day is not...

Banning for the Buzz

The temporary TikTok ban leading to an anticlimactic blackout issued in the United States was a propagandist Public Relations stunt to raise President Donald Trump’s approval ratings.

Sydney Alderman, Business Manager • May 8, 2025

On Jan. 19, 2025, around 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, TikTok was permanently banned in the United States... for roughly sixteen hours. If someone opened up TikTok during the short ban, a box would...

A Moral Minefield

Embryonic stem cell research can save lives, however there are an abundance of ethical concerns regarding the explorative research.

Elizabeth Vernon, Staff Writer • May 1, 2025

Preparing for a slow start to my morning, I plodded into my Honors English 10 class. Today, however, I was pleasantly surprised. All East Honors English 10 classes participated in an introductory debate...

The Terror of Tariffs

President Trump’s proposed tariffs could do more harm than good to the U.S. economy.

Ashley Skinner, In-Depth Editor • April 10, 2025

Politicians are notorious for disagreeing with the general public, professionals, and each other. When it comes to economics they are no different; they blame the bad times on the other party, and take...

Editorial Cartoon: Science Ethics

Elizabeth Vernon, Staff Writer • April 3, 2025

Staff Editorial: Developing into Decline

The editorial board voted 13-0 that social media is negatively affecting youth.

Spark Staff • March 27, 2025

Due to the recent events of the TikTok ban in the U.S., news groups and organizations everywhere are covering how the company's users will be affected by a “new version” of the app. However, what people...