Maya Hall Editor-in-Chief Lori Winningham is currently the vice president of Academics and has been since 2016, but she is now moving on from the position to get back into teaching. Throughout her career, she has done many things for the college. Winningham has a hefty amount of education, a bachelor of science in mathematics… Continue reading From air force to dean to VPA, Winningham has made an exceptional career
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
Maya Hall Editor-in-Chief Godzilla vs. Kong is a sequel to both Godzilla: King of the Monsters, released in 2019, and Kong: Skull Island, released in 2017. It was released on Wednesday, March 31 to HBO Max and to theaters. The film features Rebecca Hall, Alexander Skarsgärd, Millie Bobby Brown and Kaylee Hottle. What is interesting… Continue reading ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ provides an epic fight between two epic monsters
Maya Hall Editor-in-Chief Tom Nevill, a Springfield, Illinois, native, was the third of three candidates invited by the college to meet with employees at an open forum in El Dorado on Friday, April 23. President Kim Krull first introduced Nevill, then went on to list his qualifications and achievements before having him come up to the… Continue reading Employees invited to VPA open forum: Nevill speaks of the importance of IT, digital learning, supporting students through technology
Maya Hall Editor-in-Chief On August 31, 2009, when The Walt Disney Company announced a deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment and then finally merging in December of 2009, the two have been correlating together ever since. With Disney’s new streaming platform, Disney+, it was expected that Marvel material, old and new, would be included: It sure… Continue reading ‘WandaVision’ provides Marvel fans with exciting new content
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
Maya Hall Editor-in-Chief Jaime Sharp is the college’s health director, and her job comes with a lot of responsibility. Not only does she work for the El Dorado and Andover campuses, but she also does work outside of the school for the county and local hospital. “As the health director, I oversee our health clinics… Continue reading College health director excels through trying times
Maya Hall Editor-in-Chief On Wednesday, Jan. 13, the House of Representatives impeached former president Donald Trump. In the vote, 10 republicans voted for his impeachment along with all democrat representatives. This was Trump’s second impeachment, the first happened on Dec. 18, 2019. Orion Yoesle, assistant professor of political science, provides some information on the first and… Continue reading Senate acquits Trump: Vote falls short
Maya Hall Editor-in-Chief In current news, the topic of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment is prominently being covered. The impeachment process still continues while he is no longer in office. One must understand the impeachment process as a whole in order to understand how this affects Trump and the United States. According to Google,… Continue reading Butler instructor breaks down impeachment process
Maya Hall Editor-in-Chief For some college students, finding jobs and internships that connect with their major can be tough, but Handshake is there to directly aid in that. Aletra Chaney-Profit, director of career services, leads the work with the platform and gives insight into what Handshake does and what she hopes it will achieve. “In… Continue reading New platform connects students to job opportunities
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