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Photo of the Boston Breakers during the 2017 season courtesy of Mike Gridley/ISI Images.

Boston Breakers folding the NWSL’s fault

Rachael Kriger, Editor In Chief February 19, 2018

The National Women’s Soccer League is officially back to nine teams. On Jan. 28, the Boston Breakers announced that they will not compete further in the league, which is entering its sixth season. The...

#OscarsSoWhite

#OscarsSoWhite

James Rudolph, Opinions Editor February 9, 2018

March 4 marks the 90th annual Academy Awards. This year, movie fans see more nominations for black actors and actresses than we have in the past two years, which helped the Academy of Motion Picture...

Paar: No more celebrity presidents

Sam Paar, Staff Writer February 6, 2018

The 2016 election was bound to be unprecedented either way it swung: to the left was who may be the first female president, and to the right was a man who had never held a position in politics. A year...

Kirkwood: Pirates ownership pushing fans away

Colin Kirkwood, Staff Writer February 6, 2018

Many Pittsburgh Pirates fans knew that this offseason would be a crossroads for the historic franchise nestled along the Allegheny River. The team had the feel of becoming a bit stagnant after coming off...

Photo of President Donald j. Trump in the Oval Office courtesy of Andrew Harnik/Associated Press.

For and Against: Trump’s first year of Presidency discussed

James Rudolph and April Pfrogner January 31, 2018

President Donald Trump has just finished his first year as president of the United States. Opinions editor James Rudolph talks about what failures Trump managed to tank in his first year of office,...

From left to right, top row first, the candidates of U.S. Soccer presidential election: Michael Winograd, Kyle Martino, Paul Caligiuri, Hope Solo, (bottom row, left to right) Eric Wynalda, Kathy Carter, Steve Gans and Carlos Cordeiro.

An in-depth look at the U.S. Soccer election

Rachael Kriger, Editor In Chief January 29, 2018

In three weeks the U.S. Soccer Federation will have a new president at the helm. Sunil Gulati's time in charge is done. There were plenty of positives in Gulati's term three years of presidency, which...

Photo of the 2015 NWSL Champions, FC Kansas City, courtesy of Steve Dykes/Getty Images.

NWSL’s growing pain shown through FC Kansas City

Rachael Kriger, Editor In Chief December 4, 2017

Despite multiple notable players joining the league, a TV network broadcasting their games or the on-the-field success of athletes, the National Women's Soccer League has a huge problem. Money. Money...

Save the Crew: A tale of betrayal in MLS

Save the Crew: A tale of betrayal in MLS

Rachael Kriger, Editor In Chief October 31, 2017

Major League Soccer has shaken up their teams quite a bit over the years. New teams pop up, called expansion clubs, regularly. This year, Minnesota United and Atlanta United were both teams to enter...

Domestic terrorism in America: A larger discussion

Domestic terrorism in America: A larger discussion

Angel Funk, Staff Writer October 18, 2017

Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old American citizen, opened fire on Oct. 1 from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Hotel. The mass shooting has become the deadliest in United States History with the death toll...

Failure to Protect

James Rudolph, Opinions Editor October 18, 2017

On Oct. 9, Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, signed off on repealing President Barrack Obama’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), which heavily regulated greenhouse gas emissions...

Photo of Donald Trump courtesy of the Associated Press.

A Dying Dream

James Rudolph, Opinions Editor October 18, 2017

U.S District Judge William Alsup court ordered the Trump administration to release legal advice and information on its moved to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. They are...

Photo of the U.S. Men's National Team against Trinidad and Tobago courtesy of  John Dorton/U.S. Soccer.

U.S. Soccer, it’s time to clean the house

Rachael Kriger, Editor-In-Chief October 11, 2017

For the first time since 1986, the United States Men’s National Team has been eliminated from the World Cup. The shocking 2-1 loss in Trinidad and Tobago, along with wins by Panama and Honduras, put...

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