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A student reacts to the electoral college map of the 2024 election.

Universities cancel classes while PV students stay focused amid polarizing 2024 election results

Bennett Teitle, Photo Manager November 20, 2024

Over the course of  the last two weeks, several prestigious universities including Columbia University, Yale University and the University of Michigan have come under fire for canceling classes, postponing...

Triple Folding Phone reimagining the future

The Triple-Folding Phone: Why we won’t be seeing it anytime soon

Rithwick Lakshmanan, Site Manager November 12, 2024

Huawei recently revealed the Mate XT Ultimate Design, a triple-folding smartphone design that offers the compactness of a phone with the screen size of a tablet. Despite the excitement around its design,...

Apple versus the Department of Justice Lawsuit

Apple vs the Department of Justice: What it means

Rithwick Lakshmanan, Site Manager November 7, 2024

Apple’s latest legal battle involves the Department of Justice (DOJ) accusations that the company violated antitrust laws by monopolizing the smartphone market. The outcome of this case will affect millions...

A Tank being 3D printed on a 3D printer symbolizing the use of 3D printing in the military

Rock Island Arsenal home to world’s largest metal 3D printer

Rithwick Lakshmanan, Site Manager November 7, 2024

The Rock Island Arsenal recently adopted 3D printing technology to improve military equipment production. This modification not only allows the Arsenal to produce cheap, strong, and durable parts for the...

Discovered a few weeks ago by the GIMPS community, M136279841 is the new largest prime number. At over 41 million digits long, this prime number is enormous.

Californian computer scientist discovers massive new prime number M136279841

Shaha Bhugra, News Editor November 6, 2024

On Oct. 12, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) announced that Luke Durant from California discovered the new largest prime number.  This massive prime number is M136279841, or 2136279841-1,...

A photo of a Quarter Pounder from McDonald’s, which holds the onions that were contaminated 

Photo Credit to Evan-Amos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

McDonald’s consumers experience E. coli outbreak from improper food handling

Sean Murphy, Copy Editor November 6, 2024

McDonald’s has recently undergone a food safety crisis that has left multiple people severely ill due to improper handling of ingredients.  Slivered onions, an item on several McDonald’s sandwiches,...

A question mark on the US dollar and transactions between currencies

Potential BRICS currency challenges the US dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency

Abhinav Anthati, Site Manager November 5, 2024

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa make up the BRICS organization, which is currently developing the BRICS currency as an alternative to the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency.  The...

An asteroid similar to 2024 PT5 in orbit around Earth.

Photo credit: NASA Hubble Space Telescope on unsplash

The Earth gets a new “mini-moon” orbiting it temporarily

Riley Rashka, Multimedia Manager October 25, 2024

A brand new “mini-moon” entered the night sky around planet Earth and will stay for around two months. Sept. 29 marked the date of the entry of “2024 PT5” into orbit around Earth. “2024 PT5”...

A John Deere tractor with an unemployed stamp on it.

John Deere layoffs affect QC families

Rithwick Lakshmanan, Site Manager October 24, 2024

Over 600 John Deere employees in East Moline and Davenport offices were laid off on short notice during August. John Deere is the backbone of the Quad Cities’s economy, and this drastic upheaval left...

Students get to engage in a variety of different activities at each STEM Night, including building towers out of cups. The tallest tower was over 8 feet tall!
Photo credit to Himanshu Jangid

STEM nights return to Pleasant Valley elementary schools

Shaha Bhugra, News Editor October 24, 2024

After several years, STEM nights have returned to the PV elementary schools through a high school student-led initiative. These events are expanding to the whole district this school year following a pilot...

Photo Credit: pjs2005 CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikipedia

Boeing faces severe problems as safety issues plague the company

Sean Murphy, Copy Editor October 22, 2024

Recently, Boeing has been under scrutiny by the public and federal government for fatal safety issues that have landed the company in hot water. Safety-related issues include the Boeing 737 MAX crashes...

Iowa's 2nd Safe Haven Baby Box was installed in MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines, on October 8, 2024. 

Photo Credit: Des Moines Register

Iowa’s second Safe Haven Baby Box expands lifesaving resources for newborns

Sunayana Khadka, Photo Manager October 15, 2024

MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center has installed a Safe Haven Baby Box— the second baby box in Iowa.  Safe Haven Baby Box is a non-profit organization founded by Monica Kelsey, who founded the organization...

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