Best V-Day Candy
Tynan Shahidi, Reporter
February 16, 2018
The most loving day of the year is coming upon us very soon, many boyfriends and girlfriends are out getting gifts such as jewelry, clothes or anything to make their girls day. The obvious answer for any girls wishes would be to get them sweet treats for Valentines Day. Ranking the top treats avai...
A Love Letter to Skim Milk
Sonja Paulson, Profiles Editor
February 13, 2018
Skim milk, Ever since I was born, you’ve been there for me. Every cookie that needed to be dipped, every bowl of cereal, every lunch and dinner, you were there by my side. I can always count on you to be there for me when I’m dying of thirst. So many people misjudge you. They say you lack fla...
Stay on the Side of Love
Thomas DeLay, Reporter
February 13, 2018
“I don’t think that we are free in this country,” lawyer and civil rights activist Bryan Stevenson’s words seem to echo off of the walls of the Great Hall in the Iowa State Memorial Union. Some people in the crowd nod and grimace an affirmative others shift uncomfortably in their seats l...
A Dollar No More
Queen Victoria, Opinion Editor
December 18, 2017
It had been several month since the first whispers of a new movie theatre. Day after day as I was taking the salon’s trash out I would try to peer beyond the brown deli paper that covered the glass doors. Then one night, to my excitement, a poster topped the paper announcing the open house and grand...
I Hate Anime
Dane Dorius, Weeb In Denial
December 14, 2017
I hate anime. I certainly like some, but the medium on average is trash pandering to lonely otaku and pedophiles. The industry underpays everybody within it, and even the voice actors (who’re paid a kingly sum in comparison to the animators) go through terrible abuse- some report being in the rec...
Why Students Don’t Read Anymore
Selaam Dollisso and Lisa Cochran
November 16, 2017
Senior Caroline Paxton eagerly flips to the next page of her classic novel. A single light flickers above her, intermittently dancing onto the pages. Paxton, a bibliophile, is already invested in the plot of this novel and disregards the light. Sadly, Paxton and her love of the written word are both an...
I don’t cheat anymore
Queen Victoria, Opinion Editor
October 18, 2017
I suppose it all started years ago when I was a freshman at Ames High School. The perils of my personal life were nothing compared to the consequences for cheating. I won’t go into much depth, but it was a difficult time for me. I can’t quite remember the first time I cheated on something. It wa...
The conclusion of the matter
Skip Stevens, The Reporter
May 22, 2017
I will start by stating that it is in my very nature to rejoice and be glad. I need not elaborate the cause for these sentiments other than to simply say that life is, in itself, very good. However, it is apparent to me, and those closest to me, that my continued bliss has been pitif...
The real reason people dislike Donald Trump
Sam Stuve, Reporter
May 3, 2017
There are many reasons why people may or may not hate Donald Trump. That is why 54% of americans disapprove of what he is doing (according to NBC News and The Wall Street Journal). There are many reasons why people may hate one another. This should go without saying, but both of the presidential ca...
How ordering food online has changed my life
Tifany Chu, Opinion Editor
April 25, 2017
In today’s very irritating world, you already start the day off feeling like god is testing you. You have to get to class on time (the horror), turn homework in on time (the horror) and then deal with many underclassmen who don’t seem to understand that school hallway is not a runway. Finally, you w...
Jonathan Watt, Opinion Editor
May 30, 2019 • No Comments
Seventy-one percent of Americans, in a recent survey from CATO, say that political correctness ”...silence[s] discussions society needs to have.” In today’s political...
Jonathan Watt, Opinion Editor
May 30, 2019 • No Comments
Between the time it’s taken me to start writing this and the time I actually started writing this, I’ve scrolled through 6 Spotify playlists and watched a total of 33...
Lucas Bleyle, Co-Editor in Chief
May 17, 2019 • No Comments
After four years of writing for the WEB, my time to write a senior column is here. It’s my time to write about me. For all my articles up until this point (minus two opinion...
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Seth Bequette, Academics & Arts Editor
March 14, 2019 • No Comments
I’m a bit late for the tea party that is M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Eastrail 177 Trilogy’, though to be fair the first film of this triple play was two years before...
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Get caught up in the Spider Verse
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