Kira Dye Lantern Staff Are you hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine(s)? Have you been given conflicting information regarding the safety of the vaccine(s)? Here are the facts. Let’s start by asking: What is VAERS? VAERS stands for Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and is co-managed by two different organizations: the Centers for Disease Control… Continue reading Misinformation about vaccines hurt people
If not me, who? The life of a teenage girl going to college Morgan-Alysse Black Lantern Staff When I first decided to come to Butler, I was nervous and excited all at once. Despite all my worries about what I was leaving behind, I got on a plane on Jan. 17 and jumped. Every time… Continue reading Changing Lenses
Naomi Galindo Lantern Staff Everyone has a hobby, well at least a lot of people do. Some enjoy reading, playing an instrument, collecting stamps, cards and coins. Everyone is different. However, there are a few people who like to stick to more educational hobbies. I am someone who enjoys learning about different subjects. One of… Continue reading Learning languages opens doors
Maya Hall Editor-in-Chief Social media is a significant part of today’s society, and celebrities hold the greatest influence through social media. But some of the ways that they use their online presence can do more harm than good. Many celebrities post edited photos of themselves, and this is proven by the “real” or unedited photos… Continue reading Social media’s standard of beauty is distorted through editing photos, filters
Hayden Cole Lantern Staff 5/5 Lanterns The original release of the live action Justice League in 2017 was, to say the least, disappointing. It fell flat and failed to impress. Granted, it is hard to compete with Marvel. Still, not many people found the film enjoyable–not enough story, not enough action and not enough thought… Continue reading Zach Snyder’s ‘Justice League’ ‘marvels’ audiences: Thrilling, gritty and visually stunning
Maya Hall Editor-in-Chief In the midst of a pandemic, colleges across the country have made different, and difficult, decisions regarding spring break. With spring break being a notoriously popular time to travel, especially for college students, not all colleges went through with a spring break. Butler did take a spring break, but other local colleges such… Continue reading OPINION: Spring break poses threat of Covid cases, beneficial to mental health
Naomi Galindo Lantern Staff Social media has been growing in the past few years, and celebrities and influencers use these platforms to talk to their fans or post pictures about things going on in their daily lives and even to promote any material such as music and movies. Because of the popularity of social media, more people are joining these platforms every day. There… Continue reading OPINION: Don’t cancel someone: Hold them accountable
Annette Berntsen Lantern Staff Well, it is that time of year again – when you wake up unnecessarily more tired than ever and the sun never seems to set. That’s right – Daylight Savings time. Because of its negative effects on health and safety, Kansas should push forward to abolish Daylight Savings. Each year on the second week of March marks… Continue reading OPINION: Take the step: Abolish Daylight Savings
Naomi Galindo Lantern Staff Many documentaries have been released based on Britney Spears life and conservatorship. Most of these have been released on YouTube. Some of these documentaries do go in depth, but some don’t deliver. “Deep Dive” on YouTube is the unofficial documentary that has been the most successful Britney documentary on the platform.… Continue reading New York Times presents “Framing Britney Spears”: Britney Spears and the support to end her conservatorship
Jordan Plowman Editor-in-Chief COVID-19 started appearing in the United States in December last year and people still don’t not wear their masks correctly. I do not know how many chin strap, second earring and nose breather mask wearers I have seen in the last few weeks. It has been several months since mask mandates were… Continue reading What will it take?
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