Studying The Tortured Poets Department as Taylor Swift's Eras Tour ends Who, in what world, would ever, ever, pay thousands of dollars, for just one night of live...
The end of an Era
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Lorde captivates at the Armory
As "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles ended, the bright lights of The Armory clicked off. The crowd erupted in a roar, and there she was. Lorde. Without saying a word, she started off her setlist...
App review
New apps to love I will be reviewing some apps I believe can be useful and also some apps that you can count on when you're bored and need something to do. I do have one pet peeve that ruins a lot...
Russians target U.S. elections
Investigation continues; impact measured, Trump involvement questioned Is Russia tampering with American public opinion? Did Russia meddle in our election? This is a question that hung over the 2016...
Adjusting to Mendota Heights swivel desks
This year has seen many changes, good and bad. One of the most important of these changes is the teachers' decisions of what seats they wanted in their classroom. "The faculty were given the...
The Myanmar crisis
A small ethnic group of Muslims in Myanmar (a mostly Buddhist country), called Rohingya (population 1.2 million out of almost 53 million in Myanmar), are being persecuted by the Myanmar military,...
Self-driving cars: Loss of control makes self-drive unsafe
Raj Nair, the development chief of Ford Motor's self driving cars, recently told the New York Times that in their...
Autonomous driving: safer than the alternative
On May 7, 2016, Joshua Brown died behind the wheel of his Tesla Model S. He did not decelerate when a tractor-trailer...
Mistakes make headlines
Journalism scandals begin with a simple string of gossip, in some cases leading to disaster November 2014 Rolling...
Exposing the human condition through magic
With all the magic based stories around, what does your mind believe magic should be like? Open your mind and take a...
Society’s ignorance of others’ problems
Eating disorders are a silent problem in athletics Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental...
Leadership versus servantship
The Talon staff share their opinion on captainship and the responsibility that leadership entails The disappointment...
Don’t ban books
Banned books give an artistic voice to the marginalized Olivia Dorow Hovland, Talon staff writer Each year the...
Don’t sell your dreams
Cultivation of artistic abilities Jeffrey Riley Talon staff writer Acceptance envelopes come in the mail. Rejection...