Discrimination in the Aviation Industry

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BY SUMMER CRANDALL Air travel is rebounding, airlines are hiring, and the demand for pilots is rising. But one statistic in aviation has remained largely unchanged: women remain significantly underrepresented in the cockpit. Women make up about 6 percent of airline pilots worldwide, according to the International Society […]

Review: Satisfactory

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BY AUSTIN MUGGY An ADHD dream I recently played a game called “Satisfactory” , an indie game that was released in late 2024. It’s a factory game that took over my life for a month (for better or worse) and it changed my outlook on life.  Gameplay 9/10 […]

Girls’ Soccer Preview

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BY MASON SMITH As the sun rises on Truman High School, the girls’ soccer team is back on the field preparing for what could be a memorable season. With the team being mainly upperclassmen the expectations are high. The leadership of the upperclassman gives a plethora of opportunities […]

Truman Baseball Preview

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BY MASON SMITH The Truman baseball team has officially finished their first week of practice and has high hopes for this upcoming season. The Patriots are coming off a very successful season that included finishing over .500, winning a conference title, and a fantastic victory over Lees Summit […]

War Sparks Inflation Concerns

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BY SUMMER CRANDALL We’ve all seen gas prices fluctuate over the past decades. One year, filling up your tank feels routine. Next, it feels like a setback. But with renewed tensions in the Middle East, particularly involving the United States and Iran, many Americans are asking the same […]

The Importance of Voting

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BY SUMMER CRANDALL We’ve all heard the person who doesn’t want to get involved in political conversations because of controversy, along with many who don’t vote. The saying “your vote doesn’t matter” has been said much more in recent years and actually acted upon.  Ahealthierdemocracy says In the […]

Opinion: ICE on the Wrong Path

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BY SUMMER CRANDALL One of the most disturbing consequences of recent ICE actions is the case of Renee Good, an American citizen whose death exposes how dangerously blurred the limits of federal power have become. An agency tasked with enforcing civil immigration law should never be in a […]

Surviving Finals

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BY SUMMER CRANDALL As the semester wraps up, students face the yearly double whammy, finals week colliding with grade deadlines. It’s a chaotic mix of determination, panic, and attempting to remember everything we learned since August. The halls are quieter than usual, filled with students holding review packets […]