By: KAYLYNN SAMPLES (Gainesville, Ga.) – Former President and First Lady, Bill and Hillary Clinton are grandparents. Their daughter Chelsea gave birth to her first child on Friday. September 26th. A beautiful healthy baby girl they named Charlotte. Chelsea Clinton announced the news on Twitter and Facebook early Saturday, saying she and husband Marc Mezvinsky are […]
Archives for September 29, 2014
NCAA D1 vs. NAIA
By: ALLIE SMITH (Gainesville, Ga.) – There are many controversies regarding collegiate sports. Throughout the different divisions and conferences you have a different set of rules and athletes are treated differently. You can see it from the perspective of a NCAA D1 football player compared to NAIA volleyball players. NCAA D1 kicker for the University […]
University of Alabama Receives Sorority Death Threat
By: OLIVIA VARNSON (Gainesville, Ga.) – Sorority members at the University of Alabama received a scare Sunday, Sept. 21, when a comment on a YouTube video surfaced. The comment was made by an “Authur Pendragon,” a presumed alias, and described a “day of retribution,” where minorities would prevail over “those who think they are superior.” Many believe the […]
Miss America Admits: ‘Yes, I hazed’
By: JORDAN PITTMAN (Gainesville, Ga.) – Kira Kasantev, better known as Miss America 2013, recently announced this passed Tuesday Sept. 23 that she was involved in a hazing situation with her sorority on the campus of her Long Island college. As a result of the scandal, higher officials of the sorority called for her forced removal from the […]
Cobb County Toddler Death
By: KHANDIS PLUNKETT The mother of the Cobb county toddler who died after being left a hot car for hours this summer, Leanna Harris, has taken and passed a polygraph test. The test was not court-sanctioned. Her attorney, Lawrence Zimmerman, told reporters that the test was issued by a former law enforcement officer with decades […]