All posts by Kaleb Bengston
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Spicoli’s hosts wild night of music, moshing
By: Kaleb Bengston Red and white lights flashing and people slam-dancing, throwing bodies asunder and jumping to the hard riffs of the music. The mosh...
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Legalized marijuana faces history of demonization
By: Kaleb Bengston We’re seeing a paradoxical situation in the realm of recreational marijuana. There was a huge push in legalization, and now that it’s...
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Education trumps regulation in preventing gun violence
A Johnston, Iowa, family is head to head with Iowa lawmakers on yet another gun dispute, but this one is in our backyard. Natalie and...
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Austin festival spotlights next ‘big things’
South by Southwest, or SXSW, ended just a couple weeks ago, and many important things happened. SXSW began in 1987 and was originally a music...
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Marijuana policies deserve rewriting
Across the States, legislators on both sides of the political spectrum are advocating for the decriminalization and legalization of marijuana. It has already happened in...
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Tanning bill is overreach by State
Iowa lawmakers are heading to the drawing boards to outline a potential tanning ban for persons under the age of 18. Currently there are 33...
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Activist visits with Hi-Line writer in recent Cedar Rapids visit
“What’s the point in being free? What good is it to live in a free society, a free country or even a free world if...
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That lonesome whistle calls
Hobo dreams of following train rails still beckon some Cedar Valley residents “Nothing can prepare you for hopping your first freight train. The ground vibrates, you...
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Questionable pick for World Food Prize: GMOs
Monsanto, the single biggest food company supplying the public with genetically modified food, won the World Food Prize this year for its creation of GMO’s....
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Recent torture report shows U.S. ugly stain
We have all heard of torture, but doesn’t that only happen in movies and third world countries? No, according to a bipartisan study recently released...
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CF student, staff travel to see eclipse
Sophomore Violet Ethredge had seen the total eclipse the previous time it occurred in 2017. The majority of the sophomore’s family is “pretty interested in space, so we’ve also...
