The Snapper
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sevan Sinton Associate News Editor Bernard “Bernie” Sanders was born on Sept. 4, 1941 in Brooklyn, to Jewish-Polish parents Eli and Dorothy Sanders. His father, Eli, found modest work as a paint salesman, managing to sparingly provide for his two sons, Larry and Bernie. “It’s not that we were poor, but [there was […]
Michael Keehan Staff Writer Are you a human living in the year 2024? If so, there is a high likelihood, especially in the U.S., that you frequently use the internet. As much as older folks complain about how kids are always on “those darn phones,” it’s undeniable personal technology is a necessity these […]
Jake Long Associate Opinion Editor As students, we spend the majority of our time learning in and out of the classroom the necessary skills that will impact our future success in the industries of our desire. Learning begins from the moment we are born and is instantly full of wonder and possibility. We […]
Mark Linker Opinion Editor The modern world, specifically capitalism, has alleviated many scarcity problems that characterized the pre-modern world. This is a great good that has lifted millions of individuals from poverty and starvation. Getting mass supply at a cheap cost to as many people as possible in a lot of ways brings […]
Mark Linker Opinion Editor There are a few ways one can analyze through the lens of psychology. The most widely used method is through the individual landscape. Behaviorism and psychoanalysis are two of the most common branches of psychology that aim at treating the individual when in a therapeutic setting. Nevertheless, humans are social […]
Jake Long Associate Opinion Editor Art is an ever-changing medium of personal expression. Art is an attempt to capture a moment and idolize the moment forever. Art hangs from our walls and blasts in our ears. Art carries us on the road and keeps us comfortable sitting or lying in our homes. The […]
Michael Keehan Staff Writer If you’ve seen or heard about the debate, you’ve probably heard former president Donald Trump’s claim about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio eating cats and geese. Obviously, it’s false, and a single search can debunk this multiple times. But to Springfield’s residents, it’s unsurprising this big lie appeared, and even […]