Stephanie Lingenfelter
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Kyle Rittenhouse trial provides no justice
On Nov. 19, justice was not served. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17 years old at the time, shot and killed two people and injured another after traveling from his home in Antioch, Illinois to Kenosha, Wisconsin on Aug. 25. This was when protests against police brutality were occurring and there was much civil unrest. In the trial, […]
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Daylight saving time is unnecessary in today’s world
We fell back for Daylight Saving Time (DST) on November 7 and with that, went my motivation. The combination of cold weather and the sunset at 5 p.m. leaves me in a state of constant tiredness that I can’t seem to escape. DST was enacted in the U.S. in 1918 to save energy. The goal […]
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Commercialism ruins the holiday season
October is over and that means it is officially the holiday season. Many have already put their Christmas trees up and the stores have switched their spooky orange and black displays to bright red and green for the holiday season, completely forgetting that Thanksgiving exists. While I personally wait to put up Christmas decor and […]
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Stop judging people for liking basic things
It’s finally fall and that means it is officially pumpkin spice season. Fall is the time the “basic” girl reaches her prime with sweaters, leggings, Uggs and pumpkin spice everything. However, this year, let’s not judge people for liking basic things. For something to even become basic, it has to first be popular. Pumpkin spice […]
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Stop spending all our money on defense
The U.S. has plenty of problems that need to be addressed, yet we are not able to solve said problems because we are spending our entire budget on the military. Having a large defense budget is necessary; however, the U.S. goes above necessity and into excessive spending with our budget. According to the Office of […]
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Women’s rights on the decline a year after RBG’s death
One year ago, the world lost a legend, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG). RBG lost her battle to metastatic pancreatic cancer on Sept. 18, 2020, at the age of 87. She worked on the Supreme Court until the day she died. RGB was a women’s rights advocate responsible for women being able to […]
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