I don’t usually have problems with celebrity deaths. I’ll admit that I did cry when I heard Robin Williams died in 2014, but out of all the recent celebrity deaths, the death of David Bowie on Jan. 10 probably was the hardest celebrity death for me to deal with inRead More

Many historical events have taken place at Drake University. They include the annual Drake Relays, which launched the careers of many famous runners, and the campus paper starting the infamous “Paul is Dead” hoax. Drake recently added a new accomplishment to their roster: the site of the second Democratic DebateRead More

One of the most anticipated films of this fall has been “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2,” the final installment of “The Hunger Games” film series. The film, which stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen starts where the last film left off with Katniss waking up in the infirmary ofRead More

The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner was a star-studded event held by the Iowa Democratic Party on Oct. 24 to introduce candidates for the upcoming election cycles. This year was no different when it came to celebrity attendance. Aside from the three Democrats left in the 2016 presidential race, the event was alsoRead More

In late September the United States was visited by one of the most respected and influential spiritual leaders in the world: Pope Francis. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church was originally just going to come to the United States to fulfill a promise to his predecessor, Pope Emeritus BenedictRead More

        This past month, the music industry had something happen that hasn’t happened before. The event was that 80s legend Prince decided to pull all his music off all music streaming services and make it solely available on Jay-Z’s new streaming service TIDAL. Along with this announcement,Read More