Carlie Pracht Lantern Staff When to start decorating for Christmas is something that many people have strong opinions one some people like to start decorating as soon as Halloween is over, while some people wait until a few weeks before Christmas. Some stores even start putting out Christmas decorations as early as August. Personally, I… Continue reading Thanksgiving matters, folks
Amanda Smith Lantern Staff As I look around me, I notice that nearly everyone I know, regardless of gender, has some sort of piercing or tattoo. Whether that piercing on the ear, nose or lip and the tattoo on the forearm, neck or ankle, these are just a couple ways that society chooses to express… Continue reading An ongoing debate: Bring individuality into the workplace
Caelin Bragg Lantern Staff Math is considered the big, scary boogeyman of school. Just saying its name sparks fear into students around the country. But math gets an unfair rap from a fundamental misunderstanding of what it actually is. I should make it clear before I move on, none of what I’m about to say… Continue reading Math isn’t the problem, the system is
Student Sports Media On Saturday, Nov. 2, the Butler Student Sports Media program covered three games in three states in one day. Butler Grizzlies sports are at their peak during the beginning of November. Football is on the downhill side; volleyball is getting ready for their playoff games; cross country is headed to nationals and… Continue reading Three sports, three states: One day
Jacob Minter Reporting I Student The Butler Community College softball team is more than just an ordinary junior college softball team. Just on their home page on the Butler Athletics website, their exclusiveness shows. Headlines scroll across the page listing all sorts of different achievements and stories just from the past year. Despite many… Continue reading New field for the softball team
Lexi Letterman Lantern Staff Because of social media, we are exposed to more information than previous generations, along with a platform to express our opinions. Through news and political happenings that are discovered through these mediums, we are bound to come across someone who has an opinion that we disagree with. It is easy to… Continue reading Face the fight, don’t just post about it
Jordan Plowman Lantern Staff Specialized conferences help involve and introduce new ideas for everyone attending. Kansas School Press Association (KSPA) and Journalism Education Association (JEA) conferences, organizations that Kansas public schools are apart of, teach the basics of InDesign and how to evolve their knowledge in photography. Meanwhile, the College Media Association (CMA) advances student… Continue reading Conferences help make knowledge flow
Maddison Farris Lantern Staff You will not run into many journalism, English, media or Mass Communications enthusiasts who are not familiar with the First Amendment, which reads as, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or… Continue reading “Freedom” of speech
Lexi Letterman Lantern Staff While scrolling through Google for costume ideas and a general idea of trends this year, I found a picture of a man wearing a neck brace in a wheelchair while wearing a superman costume. I found the reference to Christopher Reeves’ accident that left him a paraplegic classless and offensive. The… Continue reading Wear compassion this Halloween
Dear “Misplaced blame…” et al, “There’s a revolting piece of casuistry sometimes offered on this point”, “It comes from a clutch of hysterical cynical virgins, who’ve already betrayed their charge, in the children of their own church!” Christopher Hitchens 2009 – Is the Catholic church a force for good in the World? A warning to… Continue reading Letter to the Editor
