The Draft: A lottery you want to lose?
The United States Conscription, also known as the draft, is a forced military enrollment that all young men must enter...
Politics
To meme or not to meme
2020 started off with a bang---rumors of World War III. The United States killed Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani on...
The good news from this year
It’s been a hard year for many people. Things seem more chaotic than they’ve been in a long time: political...
SRO increase approved in spite of community dissent
During the 2018-2019 school year, then-Urbana Superintendent Donald Owen was removed from his position as Urbana School District Superintendent in...
A feminist reading of Halloween (2018)
Slashers have a bit of a bad name. The idea that horror movies exist only to promote sex and violence...
A Q&A With Student Climate Activist Isaac Gewirth
The Climate Strike on September 20th, now two weeks ago, brought the issue of climate change to the forefront of...
Joe Biden: Candidacy and Overview
Joe Biden is the current frontrunner for the 2020 Democratic Nomination for the U.S. Presidency. He is a moderate with...
Do police in schools really keep us safe?
After a highly-publicized rash of fights spread across Urbana Middle School and Urbana High School during the 2018-2019 school year,...
Editorial: Politicians Won’t Solve Climate Change
Earlier this year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill committing Illinois to substantially decrease its carbon footprint by 2025, in...
Restorative Justice and the Racial Discipline Gap
It’s an open secret by now that Urbana schools have pretty severe racial disparities in discipline. Of course, this is...
