Author: Raegan Turner

By Raegan Turner I Staff WriterStudents in participating organizations for this semester’s Steppin’ Out were involved in indoor service projects due to inclement weather on April 13. Those assigned to outdoor volunteer sites were rescheduled for this past Saturday.Twice a year, thousands of students participate in the Steppin’ Out program to spend the day volunteering in the Waco community.Gilberts, Ill. junior Talia Surges was one of the volunteers who happened to be serving indoors during Steppin’ Out before changes were made due to weather. She spent the morning with her fellow members of Kappa Alpha Theta at Shepherd’s Heart Food…

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By Raegan Turner | Staff WriterPresident Donald Trump has been attempting to make good on his campaign promise to construct a border wall between the United States and Mexico since his election, but the only thing that has been built so far is partisan hostility. The most recent proof of this began at midnight on Dec. 21, 2018 and has become the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. As a result, funding has stopped for multiple federal departments, including the Department of Education, Department of the Interior, the FDA and NASA. Unfortunately, this means the employees of affected agencies have…

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By Will Weissert | Associated PressWith the arrival of Election Day, many voters across the country were on edge about the possible outcomes. Tensions regarding this year’s U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke have been especially high. Polling numbers of the two candidates were close, making the news that reports of changing votes have surfaced from several districts of the Lone Star State even more intense. “The Hart eSlate machines are not malfunctioning, the problems being reported are a result of user error — usually voters hitting a button or using the…

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