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Profile: KU junior Abbey Hearn balances her basketball, academic and social life

Named PSAC Rookie of the Year for 2021-2022 season By Zoey Reifinger Abbey Hearn, a junior forward on the KU Women’s Basketball Team from Lewes, Delaware, ended her regular season averaging 10.8 points per game. Hearn’s love for the game began when she started competitively playing basketball in grade school.  She said, “Due to my […]

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Profile: CA Danny Gonzalez loves helping people

Schuylkill Hall resident active in three clubs By Paula Guarderas Danny Xavier Gonzalez, or “Macho” to his family members, is a sophomore from Reading, PA in his first year working as a CA at Schuykill Hall. His main tasks are to enforce guidelines and be a resource for the residents. Danny decided to become a […]

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Profile: Athletics senior writer Dana O’Neil speaks on her journey to becoming a writer

Former ESPN reporter discusses two of her books and celebrity interviews By Sophia Stefanowski Dana O’Neil, senior writer for The Athletic and former reporter for ESPN, has written three books and interviewed one of the world’s greatest stars, Michael Jordan, though it wasn’t an easy feat.  At the time, Michael Jordan was playing minor league […]

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Profile: KU Rugby National Championship MVP wants to work in US Embassy

Georgian native pursuing majors in political science and public administration By Molly Kutz KU junior Mate Kvirikashvili’s diligent nature has led him to pursue degrees in political science and public administration, with minors in economics and international studies. He plans to obtain a master’s degree in international relations, with the ultimate goal of becoming a […]

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Profile: Senior psychology major uses extracurriculars to develop professional skills

Allison Beecher leads through her love of dance and color guard By Kaitlyn Resline From an outsider’s observations, there are few commonalities between dance, color guard and psychology. For senior psych major Allison Beecher, her extracurricular involvement at KU has helped her develop professional skills.  After meeting Dr. James Jackson on Accepted Students Day, Beecher […]

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NHL trade deadline predictions

What happens with Patrick Kane? By Conor Doherty On March 3 at 12 p.m. EST, all trades in the National Hockey League will come to a stop. With about four weeks left until the deadline and the major domino falling when Bo Horvat was shipped from Vancouver to the Island, let’s take a look at […]

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Groundhog Day: Predicting the weather, dead or alive

The trials and tribulations of America’s furry forecasters By Zoë W Berken On Feb. 2, Americans across the country turn off the weather channel and look to another source for winter weather predictions: groundhogs. Rooted in German and Celtic tradition, a legend evolved claiming that if a hibernating animal cast a shadow on the second […]

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Books that can change your perspective

By Fern Theobaldo  At the end of last semester, one of my friends introduced me to Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, activist, teacher, poet, and author. She showed me two of his books, “How to Love,” and “How to See,” but there are several others that I have been reading over the break, […]

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HOT TAKE | Finance is STEM

By Katherine Lovelidge Business majors are the Nickelback of college campuses. At times, people like to make fun of them for no apparent reason.  Actually, that’s not even true.  They’re only at college to party. They didn’t know what other major to choose. Their courses are ridiculously easy.  Reasons are had. Good reasons are not.  […]

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Blood moon and lunar eclipse occur in November

By Fern Theobaldo  A total lunar eclipse occurred on Nov. 8 across North America, the Pacific, Australia and Asia. It will not happen again until March 14, 2025.  The eclipse was visible from any clear night sky in the areas mentioned above. According to NASA, the eclipse began at 5:17 a.m. EST and ended at […]