resident Donald Trump recently announced the United States will be withdrawing from the Iran Nuclear Deal and will be reapplying economic sanctions on May 8. This decision came four days before Trump had...

Well. This is it. My final tunes for Metea Media. It feels like only yesterday that I pitched the idea to my editor. And now, here we are at the end of the road. It has been wonderful to write both...

The United States, United Kingdom, and France conducted airstrikes on suspected chemical weapons plants and storage facilities in Syria last Friday. This attack follows the use of chemical weapons in the...

April has finally arrived. And after months of giving you some of the best tunes for each month, I think I finally hit it out if the park with this one. So please prepare yourselves, as I reveal the best...

The birds are chirping, the air is chilling, the allergies are spreading, and the shamrocks are growing. Yes, it is March. That wonderful time of year when the depressing cold of the winter becomes either...

The stock market took the biggest dive in history on February 5. The day after that the market went back up to around where it originally was. Then, the day after that, the market took another massive...

Do you smell that? It smells weird. Like, it smells like some weird combination of roses, cheap chocolate, and the tears of the broken. And I definitely know that last smell pretty well. Yes, it’s the...

We have finally reached what we all have been waiting for: the end of 2017. That’s right, we can leave the presidential drama, the natural disasters, and the falling out of life as we know it behind...

December has finally reached us. I know it is a little hard to tell thanks to the lack of snow and the unusually warm weather, but it is in fact here. And we all know what that means. Yes, it is now officially...

I did not want to write this article. Let me rephrase that. I very much did want to write this article; that’s why I pitched it. It’s more like I didn’t want to have to write this article in the...

don’t know about you guys, but I’m getting hungry. Usually when this happens I just trudge to the kitchen and whip up a snack that will make the nearest dietician cry in their sleep, but I’m not...

We all know how these reviews go. I talk about the band and their music and the fans anticipation and maybe even the singles that have already been released, and then pose a big rhetorical question asking...

Photo by: Brittany Coates Latino Heritage Month, like Black History Month, was created to cherish the lives and history of Latino Americans across the country. It takes place from Sept. 15 through Oct....

Graphic by: Trinity Powell October is finally here. And you all know what that. Yes, it’s time for pumpkins, witches, skeletons, ghosts, and other various spooky things. With all the chilling vibes...

Graphic by: Trinity Powell The Killers released their fifth studio album, “Wonderful Wonderful,” on Sept. 22. This marks the first album released by the band in five years, with 2012’s “Battle...

Graphic by: Trinity Powell The Metea Valley School year has, of course, started. We are all nearly a month into this nine month long and winding school year, and some of us might need a pick me up in...

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons On September 5, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, popularly known as DACA, will be rescinded....

Chris Cornell, vocalist for Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave, sadly died on May 17, after a Soundgarden concert in Detroit. Cornell’s death was ruled as a suicide by hanging. This is,...

This blurb is the cover story from Metea's magazine publication, the Stampede. Copies of the magazine can be found in all English classrooms to read the full story. Imagine a sea of people, tightly...

Indie Rock prince Mac DeMarco released the album“This Old Dog” on Friday, May 5. This marks DeMarco’s third full length album and his fifth release if we include his mini-LPs. DeMarco has amassed...

Emmanuel Macron defeated populist candidate Marine Le Pen in the final round of the French Election on May 7. Macron is the leader of the new party En Marche!, and campaigned on ideals of centrism and...

The virtual band Gorillaz released “Humanz,” their first project in five years, on April 28. The album is filled to the brim with features from artists such as De La Soul. Vince Staples, Benjamin Clementine,...

Today marks election day for Aurora mayor, as well as elections for multiple other cities and municipalities. The candidates for the Aurora election include Richard Irvin and Rick Guzman, the winners of...

The American Health Care Act was passed by the House Budget Committee on Mar. 16, 2017. This bill was later introduced into the House of Representatives on Mar. 20, and will be looked over by the House...

High school junior Mack Beggs won the University Interscholastic League State Girl’s Championship for wrestling in Texas on Feb. 25, 2017. With that victory, Beggs inadvertently became the first transgender...

On Feb. 20, 2017, many Chicagoans came out to protest Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States. In what is known as the “Not My President's Day Protest,” people protested against the President...

On Jan. 20, Donald Trump was inaugurated as our 45th President of the United States. He will now be in office for at least the next four years, and will become an instrumental figure in the upcoming future...

Note: This article was originally published in The Stampede's latest issue, Volume VIII, Issue II. Donald J. Trump is the president-elect of the United States. Many media outlets thought it was nearly...

The second semester of the 2016-2017 school year has officially begun. This semester will bring on the SATs, AP testing, and a generally more academically rigorous environment. One of the most important...

On Nov. 29, Donald Trump tweeted that “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” This was in response...

Last Thursday, Americans all around the country sat around with their families to eat turkey and celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving, we give thanks to the people in our lives,...

Bernie Sanders visited North Central College on Nov. 18, 2016, to promote his new book “Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In.” The event was sponsored by Anderson's Bookshop, a local bookstore...

New York recently has passed a new law on Airbnb rentals, or short-term housing, within the state. This new law prohibits people from listing out apartments with the popular homestay service for less than...

On Oct. 13, 2016, it was announced that singer-songwriter Bob Dylan had won the Nobel Prize in Literature. It was stated in the official Nobel Prize press release that Dylan had won the award “for having...

On Oct. 7, Green Day released its brand new album: "Revolution Radio." This work was supposed to take them back to their roots, and away from the big concepts and rock operas that guided them this millennium....

This election has been shown to be the fuming source of anger from many Americans this year. The two party system reared its ugly head so violently this election, that it nearly broke its own neck. With...

On the afternoon of Friday, Aug. 26, Nykea Aldridge, the cousin of famed basketball star Dwyane Wade, was shot and killed by two Chicago brothers. Aldridge was caught in the crossfire of a fight that...