Remember the last time you downloaded a phone application or created a new account on a website? Often it is too time consuming to sort through old emails, attempting to remember their passwords and then waiting to receive an email for verification. So instead, we click that blue button spelling out “Sign in with Facebook.” […]
Midterm elections are coming up in states across the country. Voters will be electing new senators, governors and representatives. Experts are predicting race outcomes in certain states, but in swing states like Ohio and Florida the races are too close to predict. Both of these states will elect representatives, governors and one senator. In Congress […]
Though the new year brought new beginnings, the stock market has since fluctuated in performance and stability. Since January, the Dow Jones Industrial average fell has fallen by 1.9 percent. The decrease in the market has been going on since Jan. 26. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index has fallen this January as well. The […]
A beloved band that was a part of many of our middle school years is back on the charts. Three Days Grace is back three years after their last album to bring the population a brand-new album, titled “Outsider,” released on March 9. After the tour of their 2015 release “Human” ended, the Canadian rock […]
In December of last year, House and Senate Republicans passed the final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. When the House originally produced their version of the bill, it was met with much controversy. As a result, the Senate made many revisions. Before the Senate made these revisions, President Bill Greer had sent […]
David Francisco touched the hearts of millions on the “7American Idol” season 16 premiere. However, it was not his singing that broke so many hearts; it was his story. Francisco is a Knoxville, Tenn., native where he graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in electrical engineering. After graduation, he decided to travel […]
The U.S. and 94 other nations gathered in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, this Feb. 9-25 to compete in 102 different events within 15 different sports. These sports ranged from tricky alpine skiing to intense speed skating, the classic biathlon to the unique sport of curling. In total, there were 2,914 athletes competing, 242 of which […]
Most students I recently surveyed have no idea what FERPA is, or have even really heard of it. FERPA is The Family Educational Right and Privacy Act. There are four parts to this act. Once a student is 18 years old and/or attending college, he or she becomes an “eligible student,” and all rights formerly […]
“You’re telling me that a king of a third world country is running around in a catsuit?” Yes, I am, but the new Black Panther isn’t just that. This movie is a fresh take on the Marvel hero Black Panther, and how his story fits with the rest of Marvel’s cinematic universe. Set after the […]
On Feb. 20, President Donald Trump proposed a regulatory ban on devices that “turn weapons into machine guns.” After the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the U.S. government has worked to revamp legalities revolving around bump stocks and other “full auto” gun modifications. Bump stocks, or bump fire stocks, are a modification for a semi-automatic rifle. […]