The 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy had a much larger impact on our world today than we realize. In the turn of events that followed JFK’s death, Broadcast Television companies scrambled to meet the public’s need for information, chronicling every detail as it unfolded.

For most of the editorial staff, Martin Luther King, Jr. is the hero that inspired us to become journalists.

Discussion in the newsroom this week centered on a common complaint. While we admit that the rhetoric is getting stale, we can’t help but be infatuated with the obscure costs that leave you with nothing but lint-lined pockets.

With the rising costs of higher education, we look at our thinning wallets and start to question: is college really about opportunity? While Gov. Heineman is entertaining the idea of a tuition rate freeze, there is a cost that won’t be eased for Jill Freshman and Joe Sophomore: textbooks.

When ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas airs, people’s moods automatically switch from school mode to break mode. Thoughts of Christmas goodies, presents, and time with family dance around in student’s minds. However, before the suitcases can be packed and the cars gassed up, the dreaded finals have to be taken.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday may have come and gone, but those days are merely the opening ceremonies of the Kringle commercialism contest.

CSC’s two presidential candidates, Guy Mills and Randy Rhine, were on campus this week to speak with students and faculty. There was a student meeting for both Mills and Rhine.

Chadron State College boasts the lowest advertised rate for the 2011-12 academic year at $4,330, according to a survey of tuition and fee rates among 36 four-year colleges and universities in the Midwest.

This year, zombies hit the school for Homecoming. However, the zombies weren’t all fake.

Homecoming is a special time of year. It is a time for blessed union between an institution’s current student body and the droves of alumni who return to celebrate their Alma mater.