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Clinton proves to be front runner for upcoming election

Katie Wilmes February 28, 2014

Although the 2016 election may not necessarily be fresh in the minds of the public, presidential candidates have been planning their campaigns ever since the last election ended. Two of the rumored candidates...

Graphic by Clara Illka

Phone history checks should not require warrant

Melissa Reis February 20, 2014

Recently the United States Supreme Court has agreed to take on two cases that will answer the question of whether a warrant-less search of a cellphone in relation to a person's arrest is unconstitutional....

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Politician in election fraud should be removed from office

Alex Eitzman February 19, 2014

This January, in an election for a seat on a community college board, a middle aged white man won on the pretense that he was black in a largely black area of Houston. He has taken his seat, but is currently...

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For the school board, by the school board

Cassandra Carter February 18, 2014

On Jan. 9, the IDS 834 School Board, in charge of decisions in the Stillwater schools, voted 6-1 to raise their own pay. This is the first pay raise the school board has taken since 1997.  According...

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Severe damage to reputation of Christie

Sam Jacupiak February 17, 2014

“This morning I terminated the employment of Bridget Kelly, effective immediately. I terminated her employment because she lied to me,” stated New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in a press conference...

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Ukrainian government too heavily influenced by Russia

Ryan Longnecker January 30, 2014

In a country where the average person only makes about $7 thousand a year, a declining economy, and a possibly corrupt president, Ukraine had a glimmer of hope and progress. That hope and progress was...

Online sales taxes are unfair

Online sales taxes are unfair

Alex Eder January 30, 2014

Sales taxes that are made on a state by state basis run into many issues with courts, and some have been struck down, such as the case in Illinois. These laws are fought in many states because they let...

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Cleantech should continue to receive funds

January 29, 2014

On January 5th, 2014, 60 Minutes presented a news segment criticizing Cleantech, primarily expressing the issue of the amount of taxpayer money going into the project and the seemingly little gain or profit....

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Support looking grim for capital punishment

Tim Press January 29, 2014

When serious crimes are committed, the emotions of those involved tend to run wild and can sometimes even come off just as aggressive as the transgression at hand. The judgement of the relatives of a murder...

People receiving TANF and SNAP welfare must pass drug tests

People receiving TANF and SNAP welfare must pass drug tests

Cora Sutherland January 28, 2014

The reality is that welfare is an umbrella term covering multiple forms of social assistance subsidies, including Social Security and Medicare. A handful of states require drug testing/screening for social...

Hospital prices hit the roof

Jasmine Hearne January 28, 2014

According to the 2012 census, 46.5 million Americans live below the poverty line. When a single stitch now costs over $500, we risk an increase in untreated serious conditions, illegal purchases of medicines...


Many schools worldwide limit the amount of potentially harmful or distracting websites by blocking them. However, now we are finding web censorship outside of school. Reed said, “I think that the U.S. should stay with little to no web censorship. Censoring the internet the same for everybody in the country is not fair. “

China leads the way towards increased web censorship

Dan Strand January 27, 2014

With an average number of 58 million tweets a day, people all over the world are whipping out their phones and accessing social media every second.  This is one of the many luxuries the world wide web...

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