Movie Review: Side Effects

NIcole Winters, Reporter
February 20, 2013

Side Effects is a psychological thriller, filled with twists and turns. The plot keeps the audience guessing throughout the movie until the very end. Emily Taylor, played by Rooney Mara, is a highly depressed and even at times suicidal young woman. Her husband has just been released from prison after... Read more »

Suicide: A College Student Killer

Brittany Hinkel, Shift Editor, Cartoonist
September 12, 2012

According to an Injury Prevention article “Suicide and College Students” by the Illinois Department of Public Health, it is estimated that 1,088 college students die by suicide each year. Over the years, the world has developed into an entirely different place. It seems that with all of the distractions... Read more »

Bullying: Stories and Prevention

Britt Young, News Editor
April 5, 2012

In the movie Mean Girls, the school was ruled by the beautiful popular people who bullied everyone that stood in their way.  Even though this movie was fiction there are many truths regarding bullying in real life situations. Bullying is all around us, and it does not stop when high school ends.  Bullying... Read more »