• Serial killer media and portrayals: Does it need to be stopped?

      Madison Meeks Editor-in-chief Mvm7037@psu.edu   It’s 2023 and now it is time to talk about a concept that is serious: the portrayal of serial killers in media and serial killer media as a whole. This leads along the lines of documentaries, television shows and movies about serial killers and even the portrayal of the disgusting…

    • After nearly three decades, one of the eight Happy Face Killer victims is identified

      Madison Meeks Editor-in-Chief mvm7037@psu.edu OKALOOSA, FLORIDA – Investigators have identified an eighth victim of the serial killer Keith Jesperson, who is known as ‘Happy Face’ killer who was at large in the 1990s. According to Fox News, on Tuesday, the Okaloosa sheriff’s department announced that they have identified one of the victims as 34 year…

    • Police stop man at traffic stop to find plans for mass shooting

      PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – On the evening of September 18, authorities stopped Henry Horton IV, 19, on the road for a traffic stop. What they found in his car was stated to be super disturbing.  The police had found four written threats that Horton had made in his car on the night of the traffic…

    • University of Idaho massacre: report claims survivors were awake and texting during rampage

      MOSCOW, IDAHO – 4 a.m. on the morning of November 13, 2022 was the time that everything changed for the college town of Moscow, Idaho, home of the University of Idaho. Four students at an off-campus house were murdered in the early morning hours. Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Moger, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chaplin had lost…

    • RFK declares independence from the Democratic Party

      Chase Burdick  Science & Business Editor  cxb1345@psu.edu    PHILADELPHIA, PA – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a speech at the National Constitution Center on Oct. 9 that he was dropping out of the Democratic primary race. He will be running for president in the 2024 election as an Independent. This departure from the Democratic…

    • Serial killer media and portrayals: Does it need to be stopped?

      Madison Meeks Editor-in-chief Mvm7037@psu.edu   It’s 2023 and now it is time to talk about a concept that is serious: the portrayal of serial killers in media and serial killer media as a whole. This leads along the lines of documentaries, television shows and movies about serial killers and even the portrayal of the disgusting…

    • After nearly three decades, one of the eight Happy Face Killer victims is identified

      Madison Meeks Editor-in-Chief mvm7037@psu.edu OKALOOSA, FLORIDA – Investigators have identified an eighth victim of the serial killer Keith Jesperson, who is known as ‘Happy Face’ killer who was at large in the 1990s. According to Fox News, on Tuesday, the Okaloosa sheriff’s department announced that they have identified one of the victims as 34 year…

    • Police stop man at traffic stop to find plans for mass shooting

      PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – On the evening of September 18, authorities stopped Henry Horton IV, 19, on the road for a traffic stop. What they found in his car was stated to be super disturbing.  The police had found four written threats that Horton had made in his car on the night of the traffic…

    • University of Idaho massacre: report claims survivors were awake and texting during rampage

      MOSCOW, IDAHO – 4 a.m. on the morning of November 13, 2022 was the time that everything changed for the college town of Moscow, Idaho, home of the University of Idaho. Four students at an off-campus house were murdered in the early morning hours. Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Moger, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chaplin had lost…

    • RFK declares independence from the Democratic Party

      Chase Burdick  Science & Business Editor  cxb1345@psu.edu    PHILADELPHIA, PA – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a speech at the National Constitution Center on Oct. 9 that he was dropping out of the Democratic primary race. He will be running for president in the 2024 election as an Independent. This departure from the Democratic…

    • Serial killer media and portrayals: Does it need to be stopped?

      Madison Meeks Editor-in-chief Mvm7037@psu.edu   It’s 2023 and now it is time to talk about a concept that is serious: the portrayal of serial killers in media and serial killer media as a whole. This leads along the lines of documentaries, television shows and movies about serial killers and even the portrayal of the disgusting…

    • After nearly three decades, one of the eight Happy Face Killer victims is identified

      Madison Meeks Editor-in-Chief mvm7037@psu.edu OKALOOSA, FLORIDA – Investigators have identified an eighth victim of the serial killer Keith Jesperson, who is known as ‘Happy Face’ killer who was at large in the 1990s. According to Fox News, on Tuesday, the Okaloosa sheriff’s department announced that they have identified one of the victims as 34 year…

    • Police stop man at traffic stop to find plans for mass shooting

      PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – On the evening of September 18, authorities stopped Henry Horton IV, 19, on the road for a traffic stop. What they found in his car was stated to be super disturbing.  The police had found four written threats that Horton had made in his car on the night of the traffic…

    • University of Idaho massacre: report claims survivors were awake and texting during rampage

      MOSCOW, IDAHO – 4 a.m. on the morning of November 13, 2022 was the time that everything changed for the college town of Moscow, Idaho, home of the University of Idaho. Four students at an off-campus house were murdered in the early morning hours. Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Moger, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chaplin had lost…

    • RFK declares independence from the Democratic Party

      Chase Burdick  Science & Business Editor  cxb1345@psu.edu    PHILADELPHIA, PA – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a speech at the National Constitution Center on Oct. 9 that he was dropping out of the Democratic primary race. He will be running for president in the 2024 election as an Independent. This departure from the Democratic…

    • Serial killer media and portrayals: Does it need to be stopped?

      Madison Meeks Editor-in-chief Mvm7037@psu.edu   It’s 2023 and now it is time to talk about a concept that is serious: the portrayal of serial killers in media and serial killer media as a whole. This leads along the lines of documentaries, television shows and movies about serial killers and even the portrayal of the disgusting…

    • After nearly three decades, one of the eight Happy Face Killer victims is identified

      Madison Meeks Editor-in-Chief mvm7037@psu.edu OKALOOSA, FLORIDA – Investigators have identified an eighth victim of the serial killer Keith Jesperson, who is known as ‘Happy Face’ killer who was at large in the 1990s. According to Fox News, on Tuesday, the Okaloosa sheriff’s department announced that they have identified one of the victims as 34 year…

    • Police stop man at traffic stop to find plans for mass shooting

      PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – On the evening of September 18, authorities stopped Henry Horton IV, 19, on the road for a traffic stop. What they found in his car was stated to be super disturbing.  The police had found four written threats that Horton had made in his car on the night of the traffic…

    • University of Idaho massacre: report claims survivors were awake and texting during rampage

      MOSCOW, IDAHO – 4 a.m. on the morning of November 13, 2022 was the time that everything changed for the college town of Moscow, Idaho, home of the University of Idaho. Four students at an off-campus house were murdered in the early morning hours. Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Moger, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chaplin had lost…

    • RFK declares independence from the Democratic Party

      Chase Burdick  Science & Business Editor  cxb1345@psu.edu    PHILADELPHIA, PA – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a speech at the National Constitution Center on Oct. 9 that he was dropping out of the Democratic primary race. He will be running for president in the 2024 election as an Independent. This departure from the Democratic…

    • Serial killer media and portrayals: Does it need to be stopped?

      Madison Meeks Editor-in-chief Mvm7037@psu.edu   It’s 2023 and now it is time to talk about a concept that is serious: the portrayal of serial killers in media and serial killer media as a whole. This leads along the lines of documentaries, television shows and movies about serial killers and even the portrayal of the disgusting…

    • After nearly three decades, one of the eight Happy Face Killer victims is identified

      Madison Meeks Editor-in-Chief mvm7037@psu.edu OKALOOSA, FLORIDA – Investigators have identified an eighth victim of the serial killer Keith Jesperson, who is known as ‘Happy Face’ killer who was at large in the 1990s. According to Fox News, on Tuesday, the Okaloosa sheriff’s department announced that they have identified one of the victims as 34 year…

    • Police stop man at traffic stop to find plans for mass shooting

      PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – On the evening of September 18, authorities stopped Henry Horton IV, 19, on the road for a traffic stop. What they found in his car was stated to be super disturbing.  The police had found four written threats that Horton had made in his car on the night of the traffic…

    • University of Idaho massacre: report claims survivors were awake and texting during rampage

      MOSCOW, IDAHO – 4 a.m. on the morning of November 13, 2022 was the time that everything changed for the college town of Moscow, Idaho, home of the University of Idaho. Four students at an off-campus house were murdered in the early morning hours. Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Moger, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chaplin had lost…

    • RFK declares independence from the Democratic Party

      Chase Burdick  Science & Business Editor  cxb1345@psu.edu    PHILADELPHIA, PA – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a speech at the National Constitution Center on Oct. 9 that he was dropping out of the Democratic primary race. He will be running for president in the 2024 election as an Independent. This departure from the Democratic…

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