Photo by Ryan Brinkman | Photo Editing by Haley Hoidal Growing up, I often felt like having an opinion was a bad thing. Even though nobody ever explicitly said that, the sentiment was palpable in the classrooms at my elementary school. When I, or another female student, would raise a hand to offer an opinion on a topic, I could see the eye rolls across the room. I could see … [Read more...] about Everybody Has One: Letter From the Editor
letter from the editor
Letter from the Editor
It was in my ninth grade English class that I first learned about Elie Wiesel. A Holocaust survivor and Jewish prisoner of the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps, Wiesel recounts his World War II experiences in his memoir “Night” — the book that made its way into the hands of a young Annabelle and 20 other 14-year-old Robinson High students in Little Rock, … [Read more...] about Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor: Back to the Basics, the Graphic in Print
Hi, Graphic readers — it's good to be back in your hands.February 27, 2020, we published our regular print edition covering the Florence International Program closure, as COVID-19 concern and cases rose. March 19, 2020, we published our first digital-only edition, not knowing this would be our future for the unforeseeable future. Today, we're returning to our roots as a … [Read more...] about Letter from the Editor: Back to the Basics, the Graphic in Print
Letter From the Editors | If It Bleeds
Photo Illustration by Ali Levens Dedicating so much of ourselves to the news at a time when it is distrusted more than ever before is difficult. As student journalists, we must learn not only how to run a news organization but also how to cope with constant accusations of "fake news" while doing our best to improve the industry. “If it bleeds, it leads” — a phrase that … [Read more...] about Letter From the Editors | If It Bleeds
Letter from the Editor | Currents Spring 2021
Beauty from ashes, mourning turned to joy, the burden of heaviness transformed into a garment of praise. These are the promises God makes to His people in Isaiah 61, and they are woven throughout Scripture. While Isaiah speaks these words prophetically in the Old Testament, Jesus fulfills them many centuries later when he quotes the prophet in a Jewish synagogue, saying … [Read more...] about Letter from the Editor | Currents Spring 2021