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What is the Department of Government Efficiency?

Michalah Beck, Staff Writer February 15, 2025

In early Nov. 2024, President Donald Trump announced he would open a federal organization tasked with ensuring government efficiency. Now, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been founded...

International Affairs update

Bre Dorrian, News Editor February 15, 2025

‘Let all hell break out’   Reuters reported on Feb. 10 that the United States President Donald Trump stated that Hamas has a deadline of Saturday, Feb. 15 to release all hostages or he will...

The Coast Guard, local, state and federal
agencies respond to an aircraft collision in
Washington D.C., Jan. 30, 2025. (U.S Coast
Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class
Brandon Giles), from WikiMediaCommons.

D.C. plane crash under investigation

Amanda Eacho, Snapshot Editor February 15, 2025

As of Saturday, Feb. 8th, The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced that all major pieces of the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided over two weeks ago near...

CNU’s Strategic Compass homepage cover image from its website. Photo taken by Breanna Dorrian

Historic steps towards the future

Bre Dorrian, News Editor February 15, 2025

On Feb. 7, Christopher Newport University President Bill Kelly addressed the CNU community in an email detailing a historic step the University would be taking. This step included the Board of Visitors...

Student Town Hall Meeting:

Student Town Hall Meeting:

Katherine Zickel, Editor-in-Chief February 15, 2025

A student-focused Town Hall meeting was held at Christopher Newport University (CNU) on Monday, Feb. 10. The meeting was in collaboration with the Student Government Association (SGA) in order to focus...

The Coast Guard, local, state and federal agencies respond to an aircraft collision in
Washington D.C., Jan. 30, 2025. Coast Guard Sector Maryland - National Capital Region
command center watchstanders received a report of a helicopter and a commercial
passenger aircraft collision Wednesday evening in vicinity of the Ronald Reagan Airport.
Photo taken by U.S Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles, photo and caption
from WikiMediaCommons.

January Aviation Disasters

Claire Hall, Lifestyle Editor February 7, 2025

Within a span of a week, two major plane crashes located in Washington D.C and Philadelphia occurred. Many individuals within the United States have expressed concerns with air travel in response to these...

City Center fountains in Newport News, VA,
photo taken by Breanna Dorrian

“Our City, Our Story, Our Moment”

Kath Michaelson, Staff Writer February 7, 2025

Last Thursday, Jan. 30 was the annual Newport News State of the City Address hosted right here on campus in the Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts. The State of the City Address is a speech given...

Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson in Jan. 2023, photo from WikiCommonsImages.

International Affairs Update

Bre Dorrian, News Editor February 7, 2025

Fatal shooting at school in Sweden   On Feb. 4, Sweden experienced its worst mass shooting in the nation's history, resulting in the deaths of 10 people at the Risbergska school, an adult education...

International Affairs Update

Bre Dorrian, News Editor January 31, 2025

Serbian Prime Minister announces “resignation On Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned “amid a wave of anti-corruption protests that have spread across the Balkan country,”...

Donald Trump and the 47th Inaugural Address

Savannah Dunn, Staff Writer January 24, 2025

Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 marked not only the 47th United States presidential inauguration, but the second inaugural address given by President Donald J. Trump. Entering his second, non-consecutive, term,...

Burning building in southern California, photo from WikiCommonsImages.

LA Fires Update

Katherine Zickel, Editor-in-Chief January 24, 2025

For the past two weeks, Los Angeles has been devastated with fires, predominantly driven by high winds and dry air. The fires originally started on Jan. 7, due to a high windstorm in the area, causing...

The U.S. Supreme Court bans TikTok

Michalah Beck, Staff Writer January 24, 2025

At around 10:30 pm on Jan. 18, 2025, TikTok displayed a message stating that their services could no longer be used in the United States per the Supreme Court’s ban. This came as a surprise as the app...

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