Bearing News

Celebrating Booker T. Washington

Maddie Murphy • February 27, 2018

As a child born into slavery in Virginia in the mid 1850s, Booker T. Washington put himself through school, with very little support from friends, and became a teacher after the Civil War.

Celebrating Medgar Evers

Emily Oba • February 21, 2018

Before Medgar Evers life was cut short in 1963, he fought and pushed for African American rights throughout Mississippi and the U.S.

on new bill blocking online privacy

Emily Oba • April 5, 2017

President Donald Trump signed a bill allowing internet providers to see and share what users are looking at. In the past, this was not the case; now providers are able to sell information about what people looked at online for advertisement purposes. Bruins express their opinions on whether this is a violation of privacy or not.

New bill promotes student journalist rights

Ji-Ho Lee • March 2, 2016

While the Constitution grants American citizens certain rights, some of these rights, like the freedom of press, have specific restrictions. A new bill would reverse these limitations in the state of the Missouri.

College journalists censored by courts

Ji-Ho Lee • February 2, 2016

It is both unfortunate and tragic that the First Amendment no longer holds the influence it once did. When the Founding Fathers penned the Constitution 300 years ago, they would not have expected that...