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Election effects
Source: https://wellesleyma.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2306&ARC=4335

How will the election results effect the stock market?

November 17, 2024

It’s no surprise that the outcome of the election will help certain companies based on the stance of the winner. It is in these companies' best interest for the candidate whose policies best help their...

Knights Finish XC Season/Cross Country History in Illinois

November 17, 2024

The Knights Cross Country Team capped off their season on November 2nd at the Sectional meet in Metamora. The team ran strong a week earlier at the Regional meet on October 26th, and although the Knights...

The Yen Dollar Fluctuations

The Yen Dollar Fluctuations

Theresa Bartelme, writer November 17, 2024

The past couple of years have seen volatility in many markets not seen for decades. One of these examples is in the Forex market where the yen has been trading at a historic low against the dollar which...

Ray LaHood: Celebrating An Underestimated Local Hero That Helped Save American Democracy

Ray LaHood: Celebrating An Underestimated Local Hero That Helped Save American Democracy

Theresa Bartelme October 24, 2024

“We shall need compromises in the days ahead, to be sure. But these will be, or should be, compromises of issues, not of principles” (Kennedy 18). After 70 years, John F. Kennedy’s words still ring...

Is Nvidia’s business model sustainable?

Is Nvidia’s business model sustainable?

Matthew Seshul, writer October 22, 2024

Is the Nvidia Business model sustainable? Over the last five years, Nvidia stock is up over two thousand percent. This has been caused by a series of bubbles including increased popularity of gaming...

The Journey of Nvidia

The Journey of Nvidia

Traian Matsumoto, writer September 26, 2024

Nvidia was founded in April 1993 to produce Graphics Processing Units or GPUs. In recent years, however, Nvidia’s market cap has increased from 10 billion dollars ten years ago to 3.24 trillion dollars....

From "Pumpkin Place" to Peoria: Co2 Pipelines of the Past and Present

From “Pumpkin Place” to Peoria: Co2 Pipelines of the Past and Present

Bethany Simpson, Writer September 26, 2024

On February 22nd, 2020, a large white cloud ascended towards the sky in Satartia, Mississippi - the southern state’s tiniest municipality by population. Unsurprising to many already apprehensive residents,...

Rising Phone Separation Anxiety Grips onto Peoria Public School Students

Rising Phone Separation Anxiety Grips onto Peoria Public School Students

Madison Adler, Senior Editor-in-Chief September 25, 2024

Rising Phone Separation Anxiety Grips Peoria Public School Students Since the summer of 2007 when the first iPhone was released, society has been attached at the hip to their smartphones. As hand-held...

Peoria’s Non-Profits

Peoria’s Non-Profits

Rebecca Kravetz, Writer April 23, 2024

Peoria Rescue Ministries is a gospel-centered ministry focused on serving the poor. This organization has been around and providing these services since 1955. Through their five areas of ministry, they...

Peoria Resident Shares how the March on Washington Impacted her Life of Service

Peoria Resident Shares how the March on Washington Impacted her Life of Service

Anda Wattanakit, Writer April 1, 2024

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963 is regarded as one of the most influential marches in the history of the Civil Rights Movement. On that day, Martin Luther King Jr. gave...

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay at the Congressional Hearing on December 5, 2023.

Harvard President Resigns due to Controversy over Antisemitism and Plagiarism

Anda Wattanakit, Writer February 11, 2024

On January 2, 2023, Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned after being scrutinized over her handling of antisemitism on campus and over her alleged plagiarism. The Harvard board has released a statement...

Katz vs Panera: The Tragic Death of a 21-Year-Old

Alayna Filipak, News Writer December 6, 2023

On September 10, 2022, an Ivy league student named Sarah Katz collapsed at a friend’s birthday dinner before being rushed to the hospital by medical personnel. Hours later, she went into cardiac arrest...

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