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The Mirror

Senior Andrew Farrar checks his fantasy line up ahead of week fourteen of the NFL season.
Fantasy football has saved the NFL in St. Louis
Drew Whitaker, News Editor • December 7, 2022

St. Louis is truly the ultimate sports city with the fan favorite 11-time world series-winning Cardinals, the 2019 Stanley Cup Champion Blues,...

Schools such as Harvard, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of North Carolina have voiced their support for using race as a factor in college admissions.
Why race should be considered in college admissions
Henry Anyimadu, Multimedia Specialist • December 1, 2022

With Harvard College´s win against the Students for Fair Admissions on Nov. 17, the question of using race in deciding college admissions is...

Dogs are far superior pets than Cats.
Dogs are better than cats
John Mills , Entertainment Editor • November 30, 2022

This debate has gone on for quite a long time, and it’s time to put an end to it. Dogs are better than cats. First off, dogs are loyal and...

Our dependence on cars spells the end for our environment
Our dependence on cars spells the end for our environment
Colby Quinn, Features Editor • November 25, 2022

In 1939, at the New York World’s Fair, a new world was revealed. Industrial Designer Norman Bel Geddes and General Motors created Futurama:...

Fighting should be taught to children in schools
Fighting should be taught to children in schools
Clark Chamberlin, Opinions Editor • November 23, 2022

The streets were dark. He knows he’s in danger. Looking around him, he could see nothing but shadow him. All around him, there could be anything...

A rescued sea turtle is being wheeled into the Sick Bay at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center after receiving a massage.
Turtles will save us if we let them
Clark Chamberlin October 4, 2022

Sea turtles are (probably) the best thing known to man. In addition to being some of the most majestic, beautiful, and adorable creatures...

Clark Chamberlin 24 plays Plants vs. Zombies on the Steam Deck.
The biggest thing to happen to computers in decades is in my hands.
Clark Chamberlin, Staff Writer • September 14, 2022

After a long 13-month wait, I finally received the greatest lump of plastics and silicon I’ve ever laid eyes on. In just one week, this 1.5...

The staff tackles the debate on whether or not we should allow the government to intrude on our privacy for securitys sake.
Privacy vs. National Security
May 9, 2022

With more and more personal information floating around, the question remains what is too much? In the name of national security, the answer...

Nuclear power’s reputation is radiated by the past, but it is splitting prejudices, and just may be at the forefront of the future’s energy.
The power of the future is (nu)clear
Colby Quinn, Staff Writer • May 9, 2022

It is April 26, 1986; the clock shows 1:22 AM in Pripyat, Ukraine. Soviet control of Ukraine’s Northernmost nuclear power plant has reached...

These are some of the books that have been banned or challenged somewhere in the United States in the last 20 years.
Banning books stunts personal and spiritual growth
Colby Quinn, Staff Writer • April 15, 2022

Ray Bradbury’s 1953 masterpiece Fahrenheit 451 tells a story of a dystopian society in which firemen, who start fires rather than put them...

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