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Delicious, home made gallo pinto.
Gallo Pinto Recipe
Amanda Mourelo, Editor of Student Opinion and Features and Extras • November 28, 2023

Gallo pinto is a rice dish that elevates any meal but is especially great to eat for breakfast. The dish...

Sweet potato casserole made by this recipe.
Sweet Potato Casserole
Canon Grant, Columnist • November 22, 2023

Sweet potato casserole isn’t just any old casserole; it’s full of cheer and joy. Sweet potato casserole...

Delicious bruschetta paired with homemade spaghetti.
Bruschetta Recipe
Addyson Gauer, Editor of Campus Life and Sports • November 22, 2023

Appetizers are a great way to elevate any meal, and one that stands out among the rest is bruschetta....

The finished cornbread in a bag.
Sweet Pumpkin Cornbread Recipe
Jameson Kowalski, Columnist • November 22, 2023

  Cornbread is a classic Thanksgiving dish that has been a part of many family traditions for...

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Maya Zappa, Columnist • November 20, 2023

Brent Faiyaz is one of the top Rhythm and Blues (R&B) artists in the game. All over the media, he...

Content creator creating the Uncanny Valley look.
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The Uncanny Valley trend is a popular make-up trend circling the internet. The trend depicts makeup artists...

Tourists sitting next to an Iceland volcano that has already erupted.
Iceland’s Impending Eruption
Jameson Kowalski, Columnist • November 20, 2023

The island nation of Iceland is home to a variety of different natural wonders, including its mountains,...

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Lawsuit

    Adaptation of photograph by Sew Technicolor, available under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Copyright © 2009 Sew Technicolor.
    Adaptation of photograph by Sew Technicolor, available under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Copyright © 2009 Sew Technicolor.

    Harper Lee, the author of the famous book, To Kill a Mockingbird, filed a lawsuit on Friday regarding copyright and sales issues.  Lee rarely takes the spotlight or ventures out of the small Alabama town where she lives, which adds to the importance of the lawsuit to the 87-year-old author.

    Lee filed a lawsuit against Samuel Pinkus, the son of her former literary agent, who allegedly took advantage of Lee seven years ago and tricked her into signing off the copyright of To Kill a Mockingbird to him and his company without any compensation.  This occurred just after she suffered a stroke, and was experiencing declining eyesight and hearing, and apparently had no recollection of the agreement.  She was also living in an assisted living home during this time, without advice and guidance from friends or family who could have stopped her from agreeing.  Lee’s lawyers also stated that “Pinkus knew that Harper Lee was an elderly woman with physical infirmities that made it difficult for her to read and see,” furthering the case made that he tricked her while she was suffering health problems.

    Since then, the lawsuit suggests that Pinkus has been earning commissions off the sales of the novel, even after Lee got a copyright reassignment.  The lawsuit filed by Lee states that, “the transfer of ownership of an author’s copyright to her agent is incompatible with her agent’s duty of loyalty; it is a gross example of self-dealing.”

    Although To Kill a Mockingbird is the only book Lee has authored, is a best-selling classic and Pulitzer Prize Winner.

     

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