Perpetrator claims if Trump can do it so can he…
Jessica Maguire, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
On October 21, a passenger on SouthWest flight 5421 from Houston, Texas to Albuquerque, New Mexico was arrested after groping a woman. Bruce Alexander, a 49 year old Florida resident, was detained after landing in Albuquerque because he touched a woman’s right breast twice while she was sleeping. T...
Rae Carruth’s early release shows the imbalance in the criminal justice system
Hailey Deitelbaum, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
Rae Carruth, a former Carolina Panther, was released from prison after serving just 17 years for conspiracy to commit the murder of Cherica Adams, his pregnant girlfriend. In 1999, Adams, girlfriend of Rae Carruth, was shot 4 times in her car. Adams was pregnant at the times. A month later, the ...
Haunted attractions are a scam
Faith Arcuri, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
With Halloween right around the corner, get out your popcorn and get ready as everyone goes to the theaters and haunted houses. Halloween is the time for scares and thrills, but the scares are often taken way too far. Haunted house enthusiast James Yochin was stabbed by what was thought to be a ...
West deserves praise for his Ugandan donation
Kevin DeSouza, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
Kanye West, an American rapper who has received 92 awards, 21 Grammy awards and won best male artist back in 2004 went east to Africa, bearing gifts. He and wife, Kim Kardashian, flew toto Uganda to donate hundreds of pairs of Yeezys, his signature shoe to the country’s orphans. Kanye has been in ...
Meek Mill speaks out about racial bias in the criminal justice system
Hannah Torres, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
On November 27, 2018, rapper Meek Mill has spoke out in The New York Times op-ed about how he thinks the criminal justice system is broken and deals with people of color differently and unjustly. Recently Meek Mill served 5 months in prison after violating probation for popping a wheelie on a mo...
Superhero movies – give them a chance
Mohammad Khan, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
Movies and cartoons have been adapting comic books since the early 1940’s with short Superman and Batman serials to also serve as a series being used to serve as propaganda for the war. In the many decades after, superhero movies have adapted to become something common in mainstream media but at the...
Harvard University reveals their racist selection method for prospective students
Jillian Potter, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
It’s the time of year when we will begin to select and apply for college, yet Harvard has not made themselves out to be the best university after exposing they were exposed that they judge application SAT scores based on their own racism and sexism. A dean at Harvard University states that students of African-Ame...
Who is protecting our police officers?
Justin Dinis, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
Terrence Carraway (52), a 30-year-old veteran of the Florence Police Department, was shot and killed in South Carolina during a standoff that had begun hours earlier on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. Among him were six other injured law enforcement officers, Travis Scott (34), Brian Hart (40), Scott Wi...
IHOb? Really? Who thought this was a good idea?
Matthew Polek, Senior Reporter
June 12, 2018
International House of Pan- Nope. Not anymore. IHOP has changed its name to IHOb, well at least temporarily. When first announced many speculated, the b would stand for breakfast, some even thought brunch, but they were all wrong. It stands for burgers! A place known for its breakfast, and more spec...
Naugatuck High School should bring back visible school IDs
Victor Cardoso, Senior Reporter
June 11, 2018
Today, many schools are looking for a way to boost their security. Across the United States, due to recent events, members of a school’s community are looking for a way to make the school environment safer. Whether it’s arming teachers, changing the gun laws for stricter access, or hiring more guards, ...
Is it time to legalize marijuana in Connecticut?
Kelly Dwyer, Staff Writer
June 6, 2018
The legalization of marijuana has passed in a lot of states, including Colorado and Washington D.C, two of the first states to legalize marijuana. Connecticut needs to follow suit. Seeing as in other New England states governments have chosen to allow people to purchase and use marijuana, Connecticut...
Barr deserved to be fired
Jade Langlois, Editor
June 1, 2018
The show “Roseanne” was recently canceled after the hit star, Roseanne Barr, sent a racist tweet. "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," ABC said in a statement released to the press. Barr tweeted the nig...
Jayda Costa, Staff Reporter
October 13, 2020 • 1 Comment
Army soldier, Vanessa Guillen, was murdered in April after being sexually harassed at Fort Hood Army Base by fellow soldier Aaron David Robinson. Vanessa Guillen, a 20...
Merveille Kaja, Staff Reporter
October 12, 2020 • No Comments
Over the past decade, the main concern of Turkish policy has been the crisis in the Middle East and North Africa, which include threats from different terrorist groups. Ankara,...
Boris’ 10 pm curfew backfires?
October 12, 2020
On Wednesday, September 9th 2020, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson initiated a nationwide curfew as a result of a large spike in coronavirus cases. Coronavirus cases have been on the rise over the past...
Back to school in Connecticut is tested by global pandemic
October 12, 2020
Back to school is normally a period of the fall where students find themselves excited to be back in school, see their friends, and resume their education. But, this past year has been anything but normal....
Magawa, the mine-detecting rat, awarded prestigious animal award
October 12, 2020
Magawa, the mine-detecting rat, was honored with a PDSA Gold Medal, an award that honors animal heroes, in Cambodia on September 25th, 2020. Magawa is a 5 year old rodent who was trained by the...
Kadrisha Bizati, Staff Reporter
May 17, 2019 • No Comments
Last week was the first Monday of May, which means the Met Gala happened. The theme this year was Camp: Notes on Fashion. Many celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian,...
Justin Dinis, Staff Reporter
May 7, 2019 • 1 Comment
*This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of the final season of the television series, Game of Thrones, which first aired on April 14, 2019.* The long-awaited...
Hailey Almonte, Staff Reporter
March 12, 2020
Women’s History Month is a time to look back at how women have changed the world for the better. For many years women have done amazing things and women continue to reform...
Alivia Stonier, Staff Reporter
March 12, 2020
William Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell, otherwise known as Billie Eilish, an eighteen year old singer known for her soft vocals and anti-pop sound, broke into the music scene...
Nailah Lewis, Staff Reporter
March 10, 2020
Today in the U.S. over 250,000 juveniles are incarcerated as adults every year. This number is significantly larger than any other country in the world. With so many...
Teacher wages are too low in this country
March 10, 2020
Let’s celebrate “Big Eyes” artist, Margaret Keane
March 4, 2020
For Black History Month, we celebrate Josh Jacobs
February 11, 2020