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CHIEFS WIN SUPER BOWL LVIII
Delaney Derry
that Valentine’s Day is
Opinion Editor
vital for us to recognize
Christian Castillo
ting 55-yard field goal
With Valentine’s Day
the importance of love.
Staff Writer
by Jake Moody to take
right around the cor-
It is important to
Kansas City is on top
a 3-0 lead. Towards the
ner, people are hustling
know the history before
of the football world
end of the second, the
to buy flowers and box-
you understand the im-
right now. This past
49ers found the end
Sunday,
Kansas
zone on a trick-like,
City Chiefs became only
double-pass play for 21
the second franchise in
yards from wide receiver
history to win back-
Jauan Jennings to Mc-
to-back Super Bowls,
Caffrey to go up 10-0.
bringing Alicia Keys, Lil
end zone to take a 13-10
as they bested the San
With just seconds left
John, Ludacris, will.i.am
lead after the extra point.
legend of St. Valentine,
Francisco 49ers in a
before halftime, Harri-
and H.E.R. with him.
Down three heading
then ultimately turned
great season finale, win-
son Butker hit a 28-yard
The game stalled at
into the fourth quarter,
into what it is today.
ning by a score of 25-22.
field goal to pull Kansas
the beginning of the
the 49ers got going fast
According to History.
The game got off to a
City back within one
third quarter before But-
to reclaim a 16-13 lead
com, this holiday’s name
slow start, with the first
possession
send
ker made another kick
originated with a priest,
quarter ending tied 0-0.
the game to the break
for the Chiefs, this one
Both teams made costly
with a 10-3 scoreline.
from 57 yards to put the
mistakes early, includ-
Many celebrities were
score at 10-6 and break
ing a Christian McCaf-
in attendance at the big
Moody’s Super Bowl re-
frey fumble on the 49ers’
game, headlined by Tay-
cord that he set earlier
opening drive—only his
lor Swift, Blake Lively
in the night. Late in the
third fumble lost during
and Ice Spice, who saw a
third, Chiefs quarterback
game made by the
the
season.
fair amount of broadcast
Patrick Mahomes found
Chiefs’ special teams,
es of chocolate for the ones they are going to ask to “be mine.” Many people have a disdain for Valentine’s Day and everything it stands for; however, I think that it is a holiday that should remain celebrated and cherished for what it does for our society. Many people think that this holiday, which
portance of the holiday. Valentine’s Day originated as a Roman holiday that transformed into a celebration of the
St. Valentine, who per-
The
and
Super Bowl LVIII logo
on a 10-yard Brock Purdy
touchdown
pass to Jennings. The
is filled with various
formed wedding cere-
hues of pink and red and
monies during a time
heart-shaped everything,
when
is meant to be celebrat-
outlawed for soldiers,
ed with your significant
but he continued to
other and that it is only
marry young lovers de-
The 49ers started the
time. Usher performed
wide receiver Marquez
as Moody’s extra point
a holiday for those with a
spite the ramifications.
second quarter with a
at halftime and threw it
Valdez-Scantling on a
attempt was blocked.
partner. However, I think
See LOVE | Page 11
Super Bowl record-set-
back to his glory days,
16-yard pass into the
See SUPER BOWL | Page 5
marriage
was
entire
49ers lead remained only three points due to a huge play in the
TEXAS DEFIES SUPREME COURT Cake on the Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa meets climate change
Jack McKinney
that such border pro-
Contributing Writer
tections are a necessity
In a recent 5-4 U.S.
in the face of increasing
Supreme Court deci-
levels of immigration.
sion, federal authori-
“It’s the paramount
Addison White
may not have expect-
Contributing Writer
ties were permitted to
duty of the federal gov-
ed was for people to be
dismantle Texas’s exist-
ernment to secure our
The Mona Lisa has
throwing food at her
ing border protections.
nation’s border and ports
been vandalized with
many, many years later.
Some of these protec-
soup, cake and even a
The last two inci-
painting,
Texas Governor Greg Abbott
ministration has failed.” Ab-
to stress that two differ-
of entry, and anything
bott has continued to
ent things are true,” said
tions include razor wire
less poses a significant
double down on border
Stephen Vladeck, a law
dents were carried out
along the Rio Grande
risk to U.S. national se-
protections, this time
professor at the Univer-
currently held at the Lou-
by climate activists in
River – a pivotal area
curity and overall pub-
with national guard re-
sity of Texas at Austin.
vre Museum in central
an attempt to draw at-
for illegal migrants to
lic safety,” said Georgia
inforcements preventing
“First, Abbott is not ‘es-
Paris, has survived all of
tention to their cause.
cross the border – as
Attorney General Chris
the federal government
sentially ignoring’ the
this with her glass casing.
Back in 2022, cake
well as extensive vol-
Carr. “Unchecked im-
from doing any more
Supreme Court. Second,
Vin-
was spread across the
umes of border wall.
migration policies are a
damage. Although Ab-
he is interfering with
ci, artist and engineer,
Mona Lisa by what
However,
the
source for human traf-
bott’s order is not di-
federal authority to a
painted a masterpiece
looked like an old wom-
directive of Texas Gov-
ficking, drug smuggling
rectly unconstitutional,
degree we haven’t seen
in the 1500s. That staple
an in a wheelchair. In
ernor Greg Abbott and
and other violent crime,
it raises questions about
from state officials since
piece is still prominent
reality, it was a 36-year-
many supporting Grand
and our states are now
how politics is conduct-
the desegregation cases
today. What the Ital-
old man in a disguise.
Old Party, or GOP, pol-
having to fill in the gap
ed between the states and
of the 1950s and 1960s.”
ian artist and inventor
See MONA LISA | Page 8
iticians, the state claims
where the Biden ad-
the federal government.
See TEXAS | Page 3
teacup.
The
Leonardo
da
NEWS | PG. 3
NEW AMPHITHEATER IN MACON
Atrium Health Amphitheater, which will seat thousands, opens next month.
under
SPORTS | PG. 5
GC SOFTBALL PLAYS FIRST GAMES WITH NEW COACH
Kenneth Bellamy, GC softball’s new interim head coach, made his debut.
Consequently,
“It’s really important
ARTS & LIFE | PG. 9
OPINION & MISC. | PG. 11
The pair of rappers find themselves at odds after the release of Megan Thee Stallion’s single “Hiss.”
Over 40% of the world’s population, including seven of the world’s 10 biggest countries, votes this year.
MEGAN THEE STALLION VS. NICKI MINAJ
THE YEAR THE WORLD VOTES