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What’s the deal with Clavicular?

Abby Sears, Staff Reporter April 25, 2026

If you are chronically online enough, you would know TikTok celebrity “Clavicular” was “framemogged” by an Arizona State University frat leader in February.  Clavicular, or Braden Peters, is...

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Maybe we should let the TikTok ban happen

Ethan Wallace, Reporter April 14, 2024

I’m probably due a proper digital gabfest for this one, but banning TikTok might not be the big bad wolf we’re making it out to be. As the House of Representatives debated the Protecting Americans...

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Banning TikTok would be a mistake

Peyton Keyes, Reporter April 1, 2024

This month, the House voted in an overwhelming majority of 352-65 to pass a bill that will either force ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, to sell the app or face a ban across America. TikTok has 150 million...

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Lapse is the new Instagram

Peyton Keyes, Reporter February 24, 2024

I created most of my social media accounts when I was in middle school. I had all the usuals for that time, but the one I used most was Instagram. I’ve always loved taking pictures and sharing moments...

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The dangers of social media censorship

Peyton Keyes, Reporter December 14, 2023

Social media is an essential forum for ensuring a connection between people all over the world, holding government officials accountable and protecting our freedoms of democracy. On Oct. 31, 2023, two...

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Family vlogging has to stop

Peyton Keyes, Reporter October 27, 2023

In August, Ruby Franke, a former family vlogger and owner of the now-deleted YouTube channel called “8 Passengers,” was arrested for aggravated child abuse after one of her sons ran to the neighbor...

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