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'24 Election Preview

’24 Election Preview

Adam Edwards, Editor November 4, 2024

November 5th, 2024 marks election day here in the United States, with the race for the White House being a deadlocked contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump,...

No Study Hall Leaves Cheerleaders in Academic Confusion

No Study Hall Leaves Cheerleaders in Academic Confusion

Zefaniah Hickman, Staff September 30, 2024

At the start of the 2024-2025 school year, students involved in dance and cheerleading no longer have an option for an athletic study hall during the football season. Students that are in athletic study...

Moscow Terrorist Attack

Moscow Terrorist Attack

Estevan Medel Morales, Staff April 22, 2024

On March 20, 2024, a group of 4 gunmen entered Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia with automatic rifles, killing 137 people and leaving about 180 injured. After they finished shooting, the gunmen used...

An Overview of the Bill to Ban TikTok

Sophie Nixon-Gasyna, Editor April 22, 2024

      On March 13th, a bill that could ban the popular social media app, TikTok, was passed by the House of Representatives with a 352-65 vote. The bill states that if the company behind TikTok, ByteDance,...

Kansas City Chiefs Strong

Kansas City Chiefs Strong

Hailey Wenzel, Staff March 25, 2024

On February 11th, 2024 the Kansas City Chiefs won their fourth Super Bowl in Las Vegas. To celebrate their victory the team and their fans held a parade just near the Union Station in Missouri. The...

Petition to Remove Unit 4 Superintendent Puts Multiple Controversies Into the Spotlight

Petition to Remove Unit 4 Superintendent Puts Multiple Controversies Into the Spotlight

Adam Edwards, Editor March 25, 2024

After months of controversy surrounding transportation woes and district response to September’s shooting at Booker T. Washington STEM Academy in Northeast Champaign, the emergence of one petition on...

Iranian-Backed Militant Group, Houthis, Attacks Commercial Shipping in the Red Sea

Iranian-Backed Militant Group, Houthis, Attacks Commercial Shipping in the Red Sea

Estevan Medel Morales, Staff March 25, 2024

On October 19, 2023, the Iranian-backed Houthi Movement launched missiles and drones towards Israel. This was followed by the Houthis seizing cargo ships in the Red Sea from November onwards. They claimed...

GOP Primaries

GOP Primaries

Jack Levitan, Editor February 20, 2024

The GOP (Grand Old Party) primaries are in full swing and started on January 15, 2024, at the Iowa Caucuses. The candidates for this year's primaries are Nikki Haley and Donald Trump. By the end...

What is 5-Star? Central Navigates New Hall Pass App

What is 5-Star? Central Navigates New Hall Pass App

Adam Edwards, Staff February 20, 2024

When Champaign Central students returned from winter break in early January, they were greeted with news of a new app called 5-Star which would be implemented the next week, with students entering...

What Does Trump’s Large Win in the Iowa Caucus Mean for the Rest of the Election?

What Does Trump’s Large Win in the Iowa Caucus Mean for the Rest of the Election?

Darwyn Sly, Staff February 20, 2024

For the 2024 election, the Republican Iowa Caucus voting occurred on January 15th. With 99% of the results tallied, Donald Trump had 51% of the vote, which according to CBS “is the largest margin...

Trump’s Disqualification Trial

Bincy Lawrence, Staff November 27, 2023

Former U.S. President, Donald Trump, is undergoing a trial to determine whether the 14th Amendment's “insurrectionist ban” applies to him, possibly making him unable to be on Colorado’s presidential...

Israeli-Hamas War Has Trapped Many

Israeli-Hamas War Has Trapped Many

Estevan Medel-Morales, Staff November 27, 2023

On October 7, 2023, a militant group called Hamas launched an assault on southern Israel; Gunmen killed more than 1,400 people, injured about 3,300, and took about 200 as hostages according to CNN....

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