(Wikimedia Commons) In 1947, amidst the Cold War, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday Clock to representhow close humanity was to self-destruction. While the clock initially only took into account the threats of nuclear warfare, in 2007, the clock’s overseers factored in other global catastrophes like climate change, political instability, pandemics, and…

(Wikamedia) After a long, grueling season in college football, a winner has been crowned after one of the greatest turnarounds in all of sports. The 2026 College Football National Champion is the Indiana Hoosiers after battling the Miami Hurricanes in a 27-21 contest for the trophy. Yes, you heard that right. After being thought of…

(Pixabay) Whether it is scrolling on Instagram or TikTok, five minutes of scrolling turning into hours of doom scrolling, or when we unhealthily compare ourselves to the perfect, airbrushed snippets of others’ lives, too many of us are tied to our screens. With our substantial amount of daily screen time, why not pick up a…

(Wikimedia) The college football regular season has come to the close and the playoffs are decided, though not without drama. Indiana claimed the number one spot for the first time in program history after beating Ohio State in the Big 10 championship. The Buckeyes are ranked second, followed by Georgia and Texas Tech. These four…

(University of Michigan/Pixabay.com) Michigan football, Coach Sherrone Moore, has been fired after just two seasons with the team after engaging in an affair with his assistant. He was arrested shortly after the firing was announced for allegedly breaking into said assistant’s house and threatening her. It is a bad situation for everyone involved and leads…

The average American teenager spends 7 hours and 22 minutes on their phone per day and is on track to spend over 12 years of their life staring at a screen. Social media sucks hours upon hours of time from our lives. It leeches attention, monetizing it and commodifying it in a cycle that keeps…

(Pixabay) Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals refer to the rights of student-athletes to profit from their personal brand, created through signed endorsements and sponsorships.  Ohio is one of the six remaining states that prohibit high school-level athletes from engaging in NIL. That long-standing precedent, however, last voted on in 2022 and passed by 538…

(Wikamedia) After a brief hiatus to start the year, the round up is back to fill you in on all that’s happening in the world of sports The NBA kicked its season off last week and has been one of the most entertaining starts in recent memory. The biggest story is the gambling scandal that…

Flickr The Mid-Ohio Food Collective, a hunger-relief network in Central Ohio, serves more than 500,000 individuals per year, but with a $5 million dollar loss in state and federal support this year, organizations like MOFC have been forced to lean on volunteers. “We are simply handing out less food at our sites,” said Jeremy Brauning,…

(Izu N./Staff) As the 8:05 bell rings, the hum of student chatter replaces buzzing notifications as 388 cell phones are safely tucked away until 3:20 p.m. A new Ohio law requires each school district, community school, and STEM school to adopt a policy prohibiting cell phone use by students during the instructional day starting on…