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A Year of Zoom, Gloom, and Never Leaving Your Room

Zoe Goldman, Staff Writer • February 25, 2021

Even though it feels like just yesterday that sourdough bread and unexpected hobbies were on the rise around the world, the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 lockdown is rapidly approaching. Looking...

World Toilet Day- A Day About More Than Flushing

Hannah Goldman, Co Editor-in-Chief • November 19, 2020

World Toilet Day is about more than just celebrating the ability to flush, it is about recognizing the 4.2 billion people in the world without access to sanitation. In 2001, the World Toilet Organization...

Normal Flu Symptoms to be Taken more Seriously

Evan Hutson, Staff Writer • February 20, 2020

Since January 2020, the Coronavirus, officially naked COVID-19, has killed over 2,000 people and is rapidly becoming a global epidemic. The virus is similar to the flu and characterized by a runny nose,...

Australia Fires Rage On: What These Fires Look Like and How They are Different

Nevaeh Stanesa, Copy Editor/ Senior Staff Senior • February 19, 2020

Australia is on fire, the world's largest fires to date have taken over Australia and all in it, what is happening and what is being done about it? The New York Times’ Australia based correspondent...

New AP Exam Registration Regulations

Emma Sanders, Editor-in-Chief • January 31, 2020

In 2019-2020, College Board made some important changes to the AP registration regulations, requiring students to register for AP exams by November 15th and charging a cancellation fee if they choose to...

Opinion: Trump Impeachment: A Frightening Abuse of the Constitution

William J. Rathe, Fact Checker/Senior Staff Editor • December 19, 2019

Editor’s note: The opinions in the following article represent the opinions of the writer, and the writer only, and do not reflect the opinions of the Tiger Times or Erie Tiger Media. SEPTEMBER 24,...

December 25th: Explained

Evan Welch, Senior Staff Writer • December 6, 2019

Many different cultures celebrate a winter holiday. Many people know that Christmas is one of these days that religions celebrate. They celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, whom they believe is the Son...

Designer Babies

Jaxon Higgins, Staff Writer • April 26, 2019

Our world is changing faster than we can keep up with, science and technology have been in a constant state of revolution for the last three decades. And for the biology community, the next big step appears to be in the realm of genetics. The day humans are able to alter our own genetic instructions is one that is coming rapidly. So the question must be asked, do we - or rather should we - have the right to genetically engineer a “more superior” breed of humans.

OKC vs Portland Round One Review

Blake Donaldson, Staff Writer • April 24, 2019

The West now has one team to advance to the next round and is waiting for their opponent. The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder last night to win the series 4-1 to advance to the second...

A Morbid Curiosity

Jaxon Higgins, Staff Writer • April 8, 2019

Science is based on the idea that knowledge will never fully be obtained, that there is a perpetual search for truth. This, unfortunately, often becomes the bane of scientists around the globe, in every culture. This search for truth has a tendency to blind researchers to both the practicality, and morality of the means by which they acquire it. When a scientist’s curiosity is peaked, it will, more often than not, outweigh any other factors associated with the subject, no matter how vital.

A Discontent America

Jaxon Higgins, Staff Writer • April 8, 2019

The debate and study of happiness is one of philosophy rather than pragmatic science. Feelings have never been concrete enough to study scientifically and to act as though happiness is any different is delusional. Witnessing the dramatic increase in suicide rates in the past years, an urgency to find a cure for dissatisfaction has surpassed the need to maintain an empirical mindset. Happiness is not a measurable facet of life, it is vastly different for every individual, a liability when attempting to do a controlled study.

Is It Time To Ban-Nanas?

Jaxon Higgins, Staff Writer • April 8, 2019

The concept of the free press - modern-day journalism - is practically worshipped in American society. Only very recently did skepticism become so heavily endorsed, and even now the word of the media is commonly taken as gospel. The argument of the existence, and much more relevantly, the distinction of truth is vital in the realm of mass media.