Author: Jonah Marshall

Posted on: November 23, 2024 Posted by: Jonah Marshall Comments: 0

Bathrooms apparently are more important than the economy

Photo by Jan Kopischke, Student Publications Advisor Republicans start their majority off in the House by going after transgender people. No one should be surprised. Republicans won a slim majority in the House and the Senate this election cycle. That means that their far-right agenda will be more than likely to become reality after former President Donald Trump won the Presidential election. As evidence of their far-right agenda, Nancy Mace…

Posted on: November 7, 2024 Posted by: Jonah Marshall Comments: 0

Everything will be okay; just breathe

How to be okay about the 2024 presidential election results. On Nov. 6, Donald Trump was announced as the winner of the 2024 presidential election beating out Vice President Kamala Harris, winning every blue wall state (Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan) that Harris needed for victory. These results were not what half the country wanted to hear. The next four years are going to be tough. Some of us are going…

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Posted on: November 4, 2024 Posted by: Jonah Marshall Comments: 0

Your vote can end the GOP failures in the House

By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer In the 2022 midterm elections, many pundits predicted that there would be a “red wave” in the House of Representatives. However, after the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June of that year, Democrat voters were highly motivated and sent a strong message at the ballot box. The “red wave” turned out to be more of a trickle, with the Republicans taking a slim majority…

Posted on: October 24, 2024 Posted by: Jonah Marshall Comments: 0

What is the Electoral College and why do we still have it?

By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer The Electoral College was introduced in the Constitution, although the term Electoral College does not appear and is referred to as electors. It involves 538 electors, all 435 house seats plus 100 senate seats, and 3 delegates (Individuals who speaks on behalf of a body) from Washington D.C. The winning Presidential candidate must receive at least 270 electoral votes. James Wilson, associate justice of the…

Posted on: October 10, 2024 Posted by: Jonah Marshall Comments: 0

Project 2025: Blueprint to take America backwards

Graphic by Joseph Parillo, Graphic Designer By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer Background of Project 2025 Project 2025 is a 920-page document written by the conservative organization, The Heritage Foundation. Former president Donald Trump has tried to distance himself from it, but this is yet another one of his lies. Six of his former cabinet secretaries are involved in writing it, along with 140 former Trump staffers who are listed as…

Posted on: October 5, 2024 Posted by: Jonah Marshall Comments: 0

Editorial: America’s death toll from assault weapons should be much lower

Photo by Getty Images By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer “How many times must the cannonballs fly before they’re forever banned? …How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see?…How many deaths will it take ‘til he knows that too many people have died?” The answer may still be Blowin’ in the Wind for some, but face it, thoughts and prayers are not bringing…

Posted on: September 11, 2024 Posted by: Jonah Marshall Comments: 0

Celebrate Constitution Day; register to vote

Graphic by Davian Arvizu, Graphic Designer By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer Background on Constitution Day. Constitution Day is September 17 and it celebrates the signing of the Constitution in 1787 in Philadelphia. The Constitution is made up of 27 amendments, the preamble – which is the introduction to the Constitution – and lays out the ideas written by the founders in the seven articles. Constitution Day came to be a…