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Truist park in Atlanta was suppose to be the home of the 2021 MLB all star game. However, they lost the game after a political decision in the state. Is it fair for a team to lose the right to hold a major event over something they didn't do?

[Photo] Braves lose all-star game over politics, is it fair?

By: Matthew Mendives, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 21, 2021
This is a poster for the Jojo fighting game. It depicts every main character from all 8 parts of the manga

[Photo] Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, the bizzarest there is

By: Colin Thompson, Writer
April 14, 2021
Ever since the first episode was released the Mandalorianhas become one of the most famous TV shows. Is this show worth the hype it gets

[Photo] Is the Mandalorian worth the hype?

By: Matthew Mendives, Co-Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2021
With the third installment just released, it is recommended to watch the first two movies before heading to this third one.

[Photo] To All the Boys P.S. I Still Love You

By: Caitlyn Abreu
March 4, 2021
Displaying as the two split faces are the main actors Kang Ha-neul and Kim Mu-yeol.

[Photo] Plot-twist after plot-twist, Forgotten leaves viewers speechless

By: Christia Assa, Managing Editor
October 22, 2020
The original movie poster the "Orphan" shows a creepy image of Esther.

[Photo] “Orphan” a gory and ludicrous movie

By: Jackie Poznanski, Editor
October 22, 2020
The Simpson's most recent installment of the treehouse of horror series is a good special to watch during halloween

[Photo] Do Simpson’s still got it?, review of 29th installment of tree house of horror series

By: Matthew Mendives, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 22, 2020
A desert is filled with a lot of sand

[Photo] More than one billion people in the world live in deserts

By: Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
June 5, 2020
The "Last Dance" gave us an inside look of the Bulls dynasty of the 90s.

[Photo] “Last Dance” gives the insight on the Bulls’ dynasty, both good and bad

By: Matthew Mendives, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 30, 2020
The New Jersey beaches are a symbol of our state, and will be holding restrictions during this time.

[Photo] Will social distancing rules be followed as Summer begins?

By: Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
May 15, 2020
Baseball games have not been able to be played due to corona virus. Baseball reference has been able to fill the need with their simulation of the season in out of the park baseball 21

[Photo] Baseball reference fills need for baseball with video game simulation

By: Matthew Mendives, Co-Editor-in-Chief
May 8, 2020
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman, politician, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He served as the 25th vice president from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900

[Photo] Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt

April 17, 2020
Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer. He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led Britain to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.

[Photo] Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

April 3, 2020
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree

[Photo] Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. – Helen Keller

March 26, 2020
Woodpeckers beaks can hit into almost every tree

[Photo] A woodpecker pecks a tree at 15 miles an hour

By: Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
March 25, 2020
Jonathon abbreviates is name to John.

[Photo] abbreviate

By: Basma Marghany, Editor
March 18, 2020
Mosquitoes usually come out during the summer months

[Photo] Only Female Mosquitoes bite

By: Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
March 18, 2020
Butterflies have a life span of 12 months

[Photo] Butterflies must warm their wings in the sun before flying

By: Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
March 16, 2020
Looking to build off an MVP campaign, DJ Lemahieu looks to lead the Yankees to their 28th ring

[Photo] Yankees season preview, will the Yankees win their 28th ring in 2020?

By: Matthew Mendives, Co-Editor-in-Chief
March 18, 2020
A teaspoon of water weighs about 0.17 ounces

[Photo] A teaspoon of water contains about 500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms in it

By: Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
March 3, 2020
Van Gogh is generally regarded as the greatest Dutch painter since Rembrandt despite the fact that he did not become famous until after his death. His influence on Expressionism, Fauvism and early abstraction was remarkable and some of his paintings rank among the most expensive ever sold at auction.

[Photo] If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. – Vincent Van Gogh

March 10, 2020
Snakes can live for around nine years

[Photo] Snakes can help predict earthquakes

By: Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
February 28, 2020
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.

[Photo] Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas A. Edison

March 2, 2020
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

[Photo] When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. – Helen Keller

February 20, 2020
These white blood cells move throughout your eye when you look at the sky

[Photo] When you look up at the blue sky and see white dots flying around, you’re actually seeing your own white blood cells

By: Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
February 20, 2020
Nelson Mandela was a social rights activist, politician and philanthropist who became South Africa's first black president from 1994 to 1999. After becoming involved in the anti-apartheid movement in his 20s, Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942.

[Photo] A winner is a dreamer who never gives up. – Nelson Mandela

February 6, 2020
Mark Twain, was a major American writer from Missouri. His stories and novels are famous for their humor, vivid details, and memorable characters. His best-known works are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both classics in American literature.

[Photo] Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. – Mark Twain

February 4, 2020
In 2019, New Jersey has made some very critical improvements to help the state of New Jersey

[Photo] New Jersey’s laws in 2019 are advancing by the years

By: Anayah Qayyum, Reporter
January 31, 2020
Monopoly was invented in 1935

[Photo] The British royal family isn’t allowed to play Monopoly

By: Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
January 23, 2020
Blocking the road, Native Americans protest no DAPL.

[Photo] Empowering social justice movements started in the 2010’s

By: Christia Assa, Managing Editor
January 26, 2020
Albert Einstein was a German-American physicist and probably the most well-known scientist of the 20th century.

[Photo] “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” –Albert Einstein

By: Anayah Qayyum, Reporter
January 17, 2020
Astronauts are trained to be space professionals

[Photo] Astronauts in space can’t tell if their bladders are full

By: Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
January 7, 2020
Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics

[Photo] Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. – Stephen Hawking

December 17, 2019
These researchers help pandas in captivity

[Photo] Panda researchers have to wear panda costumes to work with cubs

By: Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
December 13, 2019
The House of representatives is comprised of 535 members .

[Photo] Comprise

By: Basma Marghany, Editor
October 18, 2019
220px-Bohemian_Rhapsody_poster

[Photo] Bohemian Rhapsody will rock you

By: Zachary Pereira, Spring Editor and Reporter
November 15, 2018
The show was so popular, it went on for 7 seasons.

[Photo] Behind the scene of Boy Meets World

By: Megan Anderson, Senior manager of Entertainment and Social Media
October 11, 2018
Nearing the battle, U.S. troops approach Omaha beach in Normandy France

[Photo] Allied Forces prepare for D-Day

June 5, 2018
Released in 1977, Star wars still remains a major hit with fans of all ages.

[Photo] Star Wars opens in theatres

May 25, 2018
There's more to mental health than what meets the eye.

[Photo] We need to talk about mental health

By: Arianna Hernandez, spring reporter
May 30, 2018
Meeting in the middle, Presidents of the Union pacific and Central Pacific railways meet in Utah to form the Transcontinental railroad

[Photo] Transcontinental railroad complete

May 10, 2018
A famed war hero, Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States.

[Photo] Ulysses S. Grant is born

April 27, 2018
Charging ahead, Confederate troops push in the famous Pickett's charge during the Battle of Gettysburg.

[Photo] The start of the Civil War

April 12, 2018
Getting back into foreign affairs, The Marshall plan provided aid to European Nations

[Photo] President Truman signs the Marshall plan

April 3, 2018
One of the greatest scientists of his time, Albert Einstein used his great mind to change the way people viewed the world.

[Photo] Albert Einstein is born

March 14, 2018
Patented in 1876, the telephone has improved communication for decades.

[Photo] Alexander Graham Bell patenst the telephone

March 7, 2018
With the arrival of the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, it is 23rd time athletes will have competed in Winter events starting in 1921.

[Photo] The Winter Olympic sports that no one tends to talks about

By: Zachary Pereira, Spring Editor and Reporter
February 23, 2018
Muhammad Ali poses for a photograph.

[Photo] Remembering the heartbreaking celebrity deaths of 2016

By: Frankie Brock, Editor in Chief
January 6, 2017
Did you know that neonatal nurses do not need to be certified, only licensed?

[Photo] First Premature Baby to be Incubated

September 7, 2016
Statue of Liberty2

[Photo] Statue of Liberty Arrives in the United States

By: Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor
June 17, 2016
America's first roller coaster, the Switchback Railway, designed by LaMarcus Thompson.

The flag as designed by Betsy Ross.

[Photo] Congress Adopts the Stars and Stripes

By: Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor
June 14, 2016
Border Patrol officer reads the Miranda Rights to a suspected criminal.

[Photo] The Miranda Rights Are Established

By: Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor
June 13, 2016
Ronald Reagan2

[Photo] Reagan Nominated for Governor of California

By: Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor
June 7, 2016
American troops approach Omaha Beach - this beach had some of the heaviest casualties of the whole invasion.

[Photo] D-Day

By: Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor
June 6, 2016
Babe Ruth in 1922

[Photo] Babe Ruth Retires

By: Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor
June 2, 2016
CNN Newsroom

[Photo] CNN Launches

By: Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor
June 1, 2016
Ben Franklin with Kite

[Photo] Benjamin Franklin Flies Kite

By: Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor
June 10, 2016
Equal_Rights_Now_National_Equality_March_Washington_DC_2009_4006527887

[Photo] Do you believe in equal rights for women?

By: Kaitlyn Ferreira, Spring Reporter
June 14, 2016
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.

[Photo] Golden Gate Bridge Opens

By: Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor
May 27, 2016
While throwing their caps into the air, students celebrate their graduation.

[Photo] Learn all about what you need to graduate

By: Kaitlyn Ferreira, Spring Reporter
June 7, 2016
Jan. 29

[Photo] 1936

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
January 29, 2016
Jan. 28

[Photo] 1915

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
January 28, 2016
Jan. 27

[Photo] 1973

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
January 27, 2016
IJshockeyteam tijdens Olympische Winterspelen. Chamonix, 1924.

[Photo] 1924

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
January 25, 2016
Jan. 22

[Photo] 1973

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
January 22, 2016
Jan. 21

[Photo] 1977

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
January 21, 2016
Jan. 5

[Photo] 1933

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
January 5, 2016
Being proud of who she is, Caitlyn Jenner appears on the cover of Vanity Fair

[Photo] 2015 in Review

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
January 20, 2016
Dec. 31

[Photo] 1972

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 31, 2015
Dec. 30

[Photo] 1816

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 30, 2015
Dec. 29

[Photo] 1808

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 29, 2015
Dec. 25

[Photo] 1914

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 25, 2015
Dec. 24

[Photo] 1814

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 24, 2015
Dec. 23

[Photo] 1783

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 23, 2015
Dec. 22

[Photo] 1989

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 22, 2015
Dec. 21

[Photo] 1945

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 21, 2015
Dec. 18

[Photo] 1865

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 18, 2015
Dec. 16

[Photo] 1775

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 16, 2015
Dec. 10

[Photo] 1898

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 10, 2015
Dec. 9

[Photo] 1992

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 9, 2015
Dec. 2

[Photo] 1823

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 2, 2015
Nov. 24

[Photo] 1993

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
November 24, 2015
Thanksgiving_grace_1942

[Photo] 1941

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
November 26, 2015
Nov. 18

[Photo] 2006

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
November 18, 2015
Nov. 17

[Photo] 1558

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
November 17, 2015
Nov. 16

[Photo] 1959

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
November 16, 2015
Nov. 13

[Photo] 1982

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
November 13, 2015
Nov. 5

[Photo] 1940

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
November 5, 2015
Nov. 5

[Photo] 1933

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
October 5, 2015
Nov. 4

[Photo] 1928

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
November 4, 2015
Nov. 3

[Photo] 1903

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
November 3, 2015
Oct. 30

[Photo] 1918

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
October 30, 2015
Oct. 28

[Photo] 1965

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
October 28, 2015
Oct. 27

[Photo] 1858

By: Stephanie Kontra, Fall Editor and Reporter
October 27, 2015
Oct. 8

Angelina_Jolie_Global_Summit_2014

[Photo] 1975

By: Paige Nonnenmacher, Spring Reporter and Editor
June 4, 2015
Pete_Wentz_Oct_2014_(cropped)

[Photo] 1979

By: Paige Nonnenmacher, Spring Reporter and Editor
June 5, 2015
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