April 18 Issue
A New Era of Business in the Post-Pandemic Economy By Ryan Hanley and Aiden Messett – Staff Writers Despite the highly apparent misfortunes that the pandemic has brought upon society, it is always beneficial, although difficult, to look on the bright side. If there is one thing that history has taught us, it is that […]
Business: The Future of a Decentralized Network By Aiden Messett and Taylor Chiesa – Staff Writers When one thinks of cryptocurrency, perhaps the first image that comes to mind is the proverbial bitcoin or even a poorly pixelated picture of a monkey NFT. However, the exuberances displayed by participants of the 2021 crypto craze have […]
Climate Change Activism Inspires a New Club at the U By Edward Fargis – Staff Writer This summer, our planet had managed to break numerous records. No, not the fun records you read about in the Guinness Book, but records of heat. Everywhere from California to Cornwall, record heat has been recorded, with a new […]
Ever-Growing Tower Of Student Loan Debt By Aiden Messet and James Murray | Staff Writers There is unlikely to be a single college student in our entire country who is not irked by the amount of debt they will soon find themselves in upon graduation. Student loan forgiveness has been a hot political topic of […]
Scranton Dubbed Allergy Capital Of The United States By Jackson Feiner | Staff Writer SCRANTON – Spring is in the air. It’s getting warmer, the days are getting longer, the flowers are coming in and the leaves are returning to the trees. For those of us with seasonal allergies, this can be the worst time of the […]
Eric Smith: Who is he and what did he do? Isabella Barberio | Staff Writer Eric Smith was just 13 years old when he murdered 4-year-old Derrick Robie in Savona, New York. His story made national headlines and the jury unanimously found Smith guilty of second-degree murder. After luring Robie into the Steuben County woods, […]
Scranton Student and Partners Create ‘All In One’ College Social Media App ‘FuzeMee’ By: Phil Rauch | Editor in Chief SCRANTON, PA-University of Scranton sophomore Patrick Kelly has teamed up with friends Jon Krouse (Wake Forest), David Graham (Ohio State), and Chris Tsetsekos (Tufts) to create college social media app called “FuzeMee.” The main goal […]
Dependent Students Appeal to Parents for Stimulus Assistance by James Leonard | Staff Writer SCRANTON — Students across campus are lobbying for stimulus checks from their parents. With the American Rescue Plan now in effect and stimulus checks being distributed across the country, college-age adults whose parents or caretakers filed them as dependents are not […]
The Pandemic Perk You’ll Miss: Cheaper Gas by Ann Siock | Staff Writer SCRANTON — Gas prices have been rising at their fastest rate since 2017 following the storm that hit the midwestern and southern states in late February. Chair of the Department of Economics and Finance at the University Iordanis Petsas, Ph.D., said this […]