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The #BroomstickChallenge was first seen on Monday, Feb. 10. Through a viral tweet. The trend arose from NASA claims of it being the only day out of the year for a broom to stand completely upright.

#BroomstickChallenge educates social media on physics and center of gravity

Story by Evelyn Nelson, Chief Copy Editor
February 12, 2020
In mid-October, presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren bought an outwardly false political advertisement on Facebook as a criticism of Facebook’s policy of running political ads without fact-checking them.

Recent policy changes on Facebook and Twitter spark controversy

Story by Madeline Fuerstenberg, Freelance Writer
November 11, 2019
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, made several claims to cease the production of 2020 political ads on the app. This comes as a response to recent Facebook statements about not moderating political advertisements.

An end to political persuasions

Story by Evelyn Nelson, Chief Copy Editor
November 6, 2019
President Trump hosted a campaign rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Thursday Oct. 10. The rally was hosted in the Target Center and was aimed to present his goals for the 2020 election.

Hate speech in our communities

Story by Evelyn Nelson, Chief Copy Editor
October 16, 2019
Journalists spend years dedicating themselves to reporting the truth — and only the truth. By building credibility of reporting the truth, the public can then trust what the journalist has to say.

Eric Trump fuels the fire in a war against journalism

Story by Rebecca Mennecke
September 11, 2019
Cynical people ruin cinema enjoyment

Cynical people ruin cinema enjoyment

Story by Ryan Huling
April 29, 2019
Steve Buscemi and Sunny-D share similar characteristics in a fan-created, satirical meme.

Social media stunt or cry for help?

Story by Ryan Huling
February 20, 2019
The wildfires in California burn the most acreage in history of the state but this isn’t front page news on Twitter moments.

News on social media has strayed from the important news

Story by Ryan Huling, Staff Writer
November 23, 2018
The Tator

The Tator

Story by Ryan Huling, Staff Writer
September 26, 2018
Alex Jones, T.V. and radio show host and head of InfoWars was permanently banned from Twitter for violating the company’s abusive language policy. Is this censorship?

Alex Jones, social media, and the question of free speech and censorship

Story by Julia Van Allen, Copy Editor
September 13, 2018
NFL players kneel as they continue to protest against racial inequality and police brutality.

The ongoing battle between the NFL and President Trump

Story by Casey Ryan, Staff Writer
October 2, 2017
Ed board

Ed board

Story by Emilee Wentland, Op/Ed Editor
October 2, 2017
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