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Millersville D2 Ice Hockey defeats Drexel 5-1

Millersville forward Alden Spotts takes the face off against Drexel’s Aiden Barrett. KATELYN AUTY / SNAPPER Katelyn Auty Head Copy Editor Social Media Editor Associate Sports Editor In an impressive show of skill and teamwork, Millersville D2 Ice Hockey secured a dominant 5-1 victory over Drexel Saturday night. From the start, it seemed like the […]

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Features

Marauder Music’s Concert on the Quad

Breonna Dull Features Editor On Nov. 9, students gathered on the Quad to experience an evening of live music and community hosted by Marauder Music, Millersville University’s student-run music organization. Featured performers included soloists John Evans and Nera, along with the student band “Huh? What?” led by vocalist Kelly Feldman. On this chilly November evening, […]

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Lancaster County Faces Drought Watch Amid Unseasonably Dry Fall

Photo courtesy of GetArchive. A corn filed sits in the middle of a drought. Victor M. Fallas III Staff Writer The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has declared a drought watch for Lancaster County and 34 other counties due to a prolonged period of low rainfall. This advisory calls on residents to voluntarily reduce […]

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Boeing strike concludes and workers come to an agreement

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Boeing 777-200LR flies over a mountain rage. Abigail Manbeck News Editor Recently, some of Boeing’s workers were on a seven-week strike. The largest union that is part of Boeing has now ended the strike and approved the latest contract that was part of the cause of said strike. According to […]

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Opinions

The federal government shouldn’t be the priority

Mark Linker Opinion Editor    When sitting on my couch at 5:30 on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, we have yet to know what the outcome of the 2024 presidential election will be. However, regardless of the results, there’s an undeniable truth that can be taken from this election cycle as a whole. Since 2016, there’s […]

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Twitter users leave platform for alternatives

Jamie Hughes Associate Photography Editor Users of X, formerly known as Twitter, have been predicting the platform’s downfall ever since its takeover by billionaire Elon Musk. But many continued to stick with the popular network. Multiple waves of departures occurred, frequently following a controversial decision by Musk to change something on X, such as more […]

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Six Flags Great Adventure to close world’s tallest roller coaster

Photo courtesy of Flickr. Kingda Ka coaster sitting high in the sky. Michael Keehan Staff Writer On Nov. 14, 2024, the Six Flags Entertainment Corporation released a statement on the future of their 51 properties, including those recently acquired following the merger of Six Flags and Cedar Fair. The company unveiled a more than $1 […]

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Opinions

Donald Trump didn’t win. The Manosphere did.

Michael Keehan Staff Writer      Let me make something clear: Trump supporters are not inherently bigoted. While the last few months have shown very ugly sides of MAGA rhetoric, as I discussed in another piece two months ago about the cat-eating hoax, there are still many reasons one would’ve voted for Trump, and the […]

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Alex Jones loses Infowars for bad behavior

Photo courtesy of Flickr. Alex Jones testifying before a Senate Intelligence committee. Abigail Manbeck News Editor Recently at a bankruptcy auction, Infowars, which was a company owned by Alex Jones, was bought by a satirical news site called The Onion. Jones was no longer able to own Infowars because of the money he owed to […]

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The death of higher education

Mark Linker Opinion Editor    A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about the decline of traditional humanities degrees in universities. This is a shift that has been happening over the past couple of decades with factors such as the increased cost of living, ideological capture of many humanities fields, and free access to […]