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The Student News Site of Buena Vista University

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The Student News Site of Buena Vista University

The Tack Online

Photo taken by Kosuke Fukuda
Mexican Artists Bring a Miracle to Life in Mosaic

Artists Mary Carmen Olvera Trejo and Gael Mendez from Zacatlan, Mexico partnered with Witter Gallery and dedicated a new mosaic mural depicting the Virgin of Guadalupe and Mexican peasant Juan Diego to the Storm Lake St....

Bankruptcy Would Be the Biggest Economic Crisis in 2023
May 9, 2023

The U.S. economy, which had been revitalized by its restoration after the COVID-19 pandemic that restricted economic activities such as the distribution...

Issue or Excuse: Is the Term “Mental Health” Being Taken Advantage of?
Issue or Excuse: Is the Term “Mental Health” Being Taken Advantage of?
May 1, 2023

Mental health is a term that is known by many Americans today. Struggles such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, or ADHD are now common...

Approaching Graduation: Hopes, Fears, and Reflections
Approaching Graduation: Hopes, Fears, and Reflections
April 29, 2023

As May 6 draws near, BV seniors have mixed feelings about graduation. While some students anxiously await the day when they walk across the stage...

Proposition 12: Impact on Locals
Proposition 12: Impact on Locals
April 29, 2023
Proposition 12, California’s new law that addresses farm animal confinement, may have an impact on the entire country.
A Storm’s A-Brewin’: BVU Adds Women’s Wrestling under Coach Paige Storm
A Storm’s A-Brewin’: BVU Adds Women’s Wrestling under Coach Paige Storm
May 2, 2023

On July 14, 2022, BVU’s athletics department officially announced the addition of a new varsity sport in the form of Women's Wrestling. The new addition sparked conversation across campus once students returned. Several...

Playing for a Cause
Playing for a Cause
April 28, 2023
Embracing Diversity: Let’s Make a Healthy Country
Kosuke Fukuda, Staff • May 9, 2023

The United States is known as a racial salad bowl, but is it a healthy salad? The United States experience is plagued by a recent wave of hate crimes against Asians and other people of color.   On...

A Cause for Celebration?
A Cause for Celebration?
Joel Sikora, Staff • May 4, 2023
The Impact of Proposition 12 on Local Hog Farmers

The Impact of Proposition 12 on Local Hog Farmers

May 9, 2023

Michael Walsh from Newell, Iowa, wakes up each morning around 6:30 a.m. He leaves his house around 7:00...

Setting the Tone

May 4, 2023

Being the first member of your family to attend a university is big, but being the only person representing...

Lifelong Love – A Journey Through 70 Years of Marriage

Lifelong Love – A Journey Through 70 Years of Marriage

May 2, 2023

On a bone-chilling evening, an exhausted, young American soldier eagerly awaits the arrival of his platoon...

Photo taken by Kosuke Fukuda

Hunter Vasey, Opinion Editor

May 30, 2023

Graphic designed by Jadyn Forbes.

Max Murphy, Staff

February 23, 2023

Yik Yak: The Wild West of Social Media

Carter Soyer, Feature Editor

February 20, 2023