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Sports

The Culture behind Sports Betting

By Zach Viera
- Tuesday, September 15, 2026

People have bet on the outcomes of sports for a long time, first getting standardized pay in 1867 with the Pari-Mutuel System. People would put money on a certain player getting a goal or a horse winning a race, and then depending on their track record, the payout would be...

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NYC Government Pushes Hard Against Artificial Intelligence

By Caitlyn Taylor
- Tuesday, September 15, 2026

The conversation around artificial intelligence has surged in New York City as the Mamdani administration pushes to ban AI in the city’s public schools through middle school for the 2026-2027 school year. “Children need teachers and human connection to learn and grow. They need to develop skills alongside their peers,...

Politics

Why Did We Reduce the FDA’s Budget?

By Zach Viera
- Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Over 2025 and 2026 the FDA has lost millions of dollars in their budget and thousands of employees in a move to cut costs thanks to Robert F. Kennedy and the Trump Administration. Thanks to these budget cuts there are now significantly fewer people checking the quality of the food...

Sports

Should an Athlete’s Private Life be Completely Separate From Their Career?

By Kelsey Iffert
- Monday, September 14, 2026

Everyone who loves sports likes to get into the lives of their favorite athletes. But when is it too much and borderline stalkerish? I mean, if an athlete posts on social media about something like a marriage, engagement, or even the arrival of a baby, they have the right to,...

Politics

Should Someone Who Lies to Protect a Murderer Face Criminal Charges?

By Kelsey Iffert
- Monday, September 14, 2026

Anyone who is willing to lie and protect a murderer and could potentially be the reason the murderer kills again should definitely be charged, and not just as an accomplice; they should be facing charges of tampering with evidence, compromising an investigation, and lying to police or investigators. There is...

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Remembering the Hero Search-and-Rescue Dogs of 9/11, 25 Years Later

By Kelsey Iffert
- Monday, September 14, 2026

Robert Schenell remembers being the first member of the New York Police Department’s K-9 Unit on the scene when the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept 11, 2001. Seventeen minutes later, Schenelle watched a second plane crash into the WTC’s South Tower. Schenelle...

Theater

The Negative Stigma Around Being A “Theatre Kid”

By KorDale Jackson-Powell
- Friday, September 11, 2026

Nowadays high school isn’t as black and white as you would have seen in movies a few decades ago. In most high schools nowadays, the “nerdy” kids aren’t being shoved into lockers and the “jocks” aren’t all douchebags. But from this era of overdramatized high school cliches, there is one...