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Coronavirus Update: Stay-at-Home order [3/21 8:00 a.m.]

Coronavirus Update: “Stay-at-Home” order [3/21 8:00 a.m.]

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Mar 21, 2020

Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker issued a statewide stay-at-home order on Friday, March 20, which will begin at 5:00 pm on Saturday, March 21 and will remain in effect until the end of the day on Tuesday, April 7. Pritzker also announced that all Illinois schools will now remain closed until April...

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College Board announces AP testing revamp

College Board announces AP testing revamp

Mantra Dave, Staff Writer
Mar 20, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the College Board has announced a revamp of Advanced Placement (AP) testing. Keeping in line with recommendations for social distancing, there will be no in-person AP testing for the 2019-20 school year. Instead, students will have the opportunity to test online. Tests will...

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Coronavirus Update: Local impact and Illinoiss response [3/20 2:35 p.m.]

Coronavirus Update: Local impact and Illinois’s response [3/20 2:35 p.m.]

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Mar 20, 2020

The McLean County Health Department confirmed McLean County’s first case of coronavirus on Thursday, March 19. The man in his 70s with “no history of travel or exposure” is currently being treated for the virus at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Bloomington, according to WGLT.  While preventative...

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The limited selection of fresh meat products available at Walmart served as an inconvenience for many customers.

Coronavirus impacts grocers shelves [photo gallery]

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Mar 20, 2020

On Thursday, March 19, McLean County Health Department Administrator Jessica McKnight reported the county's first case of COVID-19. The man, in his 70s, is in good condition and being treated in isolation at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal. Before this report, the impact of Coronavirus could...

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Fresh off the Press: Episode Two - Teacher shortage crisis [podcast]

Fresh off the Press: Episode Two – Teacher shortage crisis [podcast]

Shae Simmons and Evie Snoeyink sit down with Mrs. Jennifer Renchen from the ISU college of Arts and Sciences to discuss the recent teacher shortage crisis.
Shae Simmons and Evie Snoeyink
Jan 30, 2020
Shae Simmons and Evie Snoeyink sit down with Mrs. Jennifer Renchen from the ISU college of Arts and Sciences to discuss the recent teacher shortage crisis.
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In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, thousands of tons of waste materials are gathered by ocean currents. The mix of floating objects and sinking dense debris create a vortex of waste that poses risks for wildlife.

Lunch and Learn challenges students to rethink recycling

Gwendolyn Fieweger, Kacie Twyford and Mac Jensen
Nov 22, 2019

Mrs. Elisabeth Reed, the director of the Illinois State University’s Office of Sustainability, spoke to students about what happens to items that are donated, thrown away or recycled during Thursday, November 14’s Lunch and Learn. Reed focused on examining “our current consumption habits”...

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ACT acts on policy; announces change

ACT acts on policy; announces change

Mantra Dave, Staff Writer
Nov 18, 2019

A new policy will allow students to retake individual portions of the ACT starting September 2020. Currently, students must complete all four subject sections: English, Math, Reading, and Science - in one sitting, which can have an adverse effect on subscores of later sections. The ACT is a national...

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Apple CEO Tim Cook addresses the audience as the company took a field trip away from the site of its traditional announcements - heading to Chicagos Lane Tech High School - inviting members of the student media along. 

The focus of the days announcements was Apples renewed push into the classroom, aiming to blend technology and the liberal arts.

Apple unveils new educational products, pricing

Evie Snoeyink, Editor in Chief
Mar 28, 2018

Innovationation and excitement: two words that describe the 2018 Apple educational product launch held Tuesday at Chicago's Lane Tech High School.  “People with passion change the world,” said Tim Cook, Apple CEO, during his opening speech. It was made clear to spectators of this momentous...

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Members of the Step Team seen kneeling during the national anthem.

Taking a knee: Students kneel during the national anthem

Nate Brown, Staff Reporter
Oct 29, 2017

The kneeling of NFL players during the national anthem has sparked controversy across the country and this act of protest has spread beyond the National Football League. This once localized form of protest has spread from NFL teams, to other major sports, with regular Americans  joining the...

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Mexico retracts aid for Harvey victims

Series of natural disasters in September force Mexico to reconsider aid offered to U.S. after Hurricane Harvey
Keyairah Sinclair, Associate Editor
Oct 3, 2017

An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.1 tore through Mexico’s southern cities Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco claiming 95 lives and injuring 300, September 7. An estimated 1.5 million people were affected by the earthquake, with 41,000 homes damaged While still analyzing the damage from the quake, the country...

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Students denounce immigration ban to LaHood

Students denounce immigration ban to LaHood

Melissa Schill, Editor in Chief
Feb 13, 2017

Over 50 NCHS students gathered at Congressman Darin LaHood’s office to express their disapproval of the immigration ban after school on Thursday, February 2. President Trump signed the executive order on January 27, 2017, suspending entry into America for 90 days for immigrants from Iraq, Syria,...

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2016 Presidential Race: Party Nomination Predictions

2016 Presidential Race: Party Nomination Predictions

Lydia Ochs, Staff Reporter
May 11, 2016

Delegate counts courtesy of the Associated Press.   Super Delegates are unelected DNC delegates that select a candidate to support, they are free to support any candidate and change their vote up until the convention in July.

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Bernie Sanders, candidate for the Democratic nomination for President, speaks on March 4, 2016 morning inside the Vadalabene Center on the campus of SIUE in Edwardsville, Ill. (Derik Holtmann/Belleville News-Democrat/TNS)

Illinois primary determines Democratic delegates

Lydia Ochs, Staff Reporter
Mar 14, 2016

Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders upset front-runner Hillary Clinton in Michigan’s primary election on March 5 by earning 7 more delegates. Polling in Michigan gave Clinton an 11 point lead in the weeks prior to the primary, however Sanders was able to capture 49.8% of the vote, 1.5% more than Clinton....

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The Millennial President

The Millennial President

How the new generation can change the 2016 vote
Rachel Leman, Staff Reporter
Jan 23, 2016

Since the Baby Boomers started to vote consistently in the 1990s, that traditionally conservative population has had a controlling stake over the politics of America. The Baby Boomers' vote has resulted in a Republican controlled Congress for the majority of the last two decades. Yet, President Barack...

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New pop artist exciting critics

New pop artist exciting critics

Kate Meulemans, Staff Reporter
Oct 21, 2015

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