When the COVID-19 pandemic first began, stay-at-home orders shut down all sports practices and matches, from professional teams to high school teams to recreational teams; therefore, all of Branson’s sports were shut down through fall 2020. Due to this delay of sports, for the first time in Branson...

Earlier this year, the Student Senate decided to establish a new board, identified as the Committee on Transparency, with seven members from the Senate representing the rest of the student government. As the name suggests, the Committee on Transparency allows the Student Senate to communicate more...

COVID-19 has created unprecedented times for many activities and events in everyone’s daily life, including Theatersports, the beloved improvisation competition at Branson. With limited options available for the possible format of Theatersports during the pandemic that takes into consideration social...

Branson reopened its campus on Oct. 19 for a hybrid learning format consisting of a combination of in-person learning with masked social distancing and distance learning over Zoom. Many students chose to attend classes on-campus, which was a welcomed change after months of online learning. However,...