EssayFebruary 13, 2017<February 13, 2017 Housing for all by Lindsy Wallace I slept through ninth grade U.S. History. The following year, my sophomore government class was a joke. Our teacher was regularly out sick and…
EditorialFebruary 6, 2017<February 6, 2017 Ten things I did instead of writing an editorial about local government by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma “What can we do?” So many people I know are asking this question right now, as the new President of the United States begins…
EssayJanuary 16, 2017<January 15, 2017 Justice for all by Jacob Miller Editor’s Note: The following essay by Jacob Miller won the top prize in a contest for St. Joseph County high school students on the…
EssayJanuary 16, 2017<January 15, 2017 Sunday school lessons by Scott Peterson As a child, I can’t say I enjoyed going to church much. I was a busy little boy, always yearning to be on my…
ThrowbackDecember 22, 2016<December 19, 2016 Being Bethlehem by Jennifer Monroe I. O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet…