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Our President is a demagogue like Zaphod Beeblebrox

Our President is a demagogue like Zaphod Beeblebrox

Elliot Askari Rabe, South Student and Guest Writer December 7, 2016

On the night of the election one month ago, me and many other Democrats were gathered in front of T.Vs at homes, restaurants, and ….other locations with T.Vs. We were constantly checking our phones,...

Impact > Intent

Impact > Intent

Elly Luknic, South Student and Guest Writer December 6, 2016

I am writing this on december 5th, with 45 days until trumps inauguration. While the shock has faded, it's still very hard for me to accept that America could elect such a man to office, a man who has...

It woke up a lot of Americans

It woke up a lot of Americans

Mia Swanson, Staff Writer December 4, 2016

When Donald Trump was first announced there was an overflow of feeling. There was fear, anger, and lots of confusion. So much had been accomplished in the past eight years and this election truly felt...

When you sleep early on the night we fell

When you sleep early on the night we fell

James Warren, Staff Writer December 4, 2016

I slept early on the night everyone's feelings of hope crumbled into the hands of someone who spray tanned themselves way too much. I woke up on the day our atmosphere felt nasty and  thick with sadness...

Students have power too

Students have power too

Livia Lund, Features Editor December 2, 2016

When the tape of Billy Bush having “locker-room talk” with Donald Trump came out, my brother was ecstatic. “It’s impossible for him to win now, Livi. Nobody comes back from that.” That day feels...

Please try and listen

Please try and listen

Luca Raffo-Simoes, Staff Writer December 1, 2016

Dear President Elect Donald Trump, I’m sure you are aware of the immense fear that you have made much of America feel but I want you to take a step back and realize what you are going to be doing...

I will strike back a thousand times harder

I will strike back a thousand times harder

Kalley Kegg, South Student and Guest Writer November 30, 2016

#notmypresident This will be a very hard transition from Obama - who has such grace and utmost class, sterling character, high intelligence, and dignity to a lying hypercritical tv reality star who...

They couldnt let a woman run this country

They couldn’t let a woman run this country

Leticia Ramirez Estrada, Staff Writer November 29, 2016

Finding out that Donald Trump would be USA’s 45th president hit me hard. I was shocked and confused and a little surprised. I was confused as to why people had voted for him in the first place, i felt...

What were we expecting?

What were we expecting?

Henry Holcomb, South Student and Guest Writer November 28, 2016

People shame their fellow neighbors for voting third party when they themselves voted for Clinton as opposed to Sanders in the Democratic Primaries. At this point I have lost all faith in the Democratic...

The 2016 election: You cant always get what you want

The 2016 election: “You can’t always get what you want”

Tannen Holt, Staff Writer November 27, 2016

After a particularly stressing election season, we’ve finally reached the end of the road. And I don’t just mean in terms of the election. I mean mentally... *pauses and enters in a fit of rage and...

The South community is willing and ready to help

The South community is willing and ready to help

Samara Adam, Staff Writer November 26, 2016

Around the time of the election, I was talking with some people who hated both candidates equally, but for whatever reason they decided they would rather see Trump in office than Hillary. Their reasons...

My texts were all in caps

My texts were all in caps

Madeline Mahoney, Staff Writer November 25, 2016

Dear United States of America, The 45th President of the United States is Donald Trump, yet Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. Trump only won because of an outdated system that he himself once condemned....

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