Did you know in your lifetime you will walk 110,000 miles on average?

According to ZME Science, the average person walks around 7,500 steps per day. If you maintain that average and live until you are 80 years old, you’ll have walked over 215 billion steps! ZME Science took this a step further, as they figured out mathematically that if you continue these average strides per day, then you will have walked around 110,000 miles in your lifetime. This distance is about equivalent to walking around the earth 5 times!

When told about how far the average person walks during their lifetime, Morningside sophomore Trey Powers had this to say, “That’s crazy, I bet mine is a little longer because I have to walk from Dimmitt to the Science Center everyday!” If you are a Morningside student, you can relate to Trey’s comment deeply.

Moving onto recent Morningside Basketball news, the NAIA released a statement stating that they will not charge fall and winter student athletes a year of competition.

The NAIA Council of Presidents Committee met Wednesday and voted not to charge athletes a year of eligibility for the fall and winter. This decision was based on a survey of the 19 conferences, and 12 of them approved this statement. The NAIA released a statement on the news saying, “This decision was made with 100% focus on our athletes, and our main priority is allowing them to play out full season with no interruptions”

COVID continues to have a big impact on the NAIA, and the committee was focused on finding a way to allow the student-athletes to finish their season no matter what condition it is in.

Morningside Basketball player, Jacob Fierst talked about this recent news saying, “This is great news because it’s like I can get a free year and have nothing to worry about.” Jacob is not the only player celebrating from this news as many seniors around the country rejoiced when they found out their last year will not be taken away by the coronavirus.

Onto Nationwide news, as the current election is absorbing everyone’s attention.

The 2020 election is one for the ages, with the mail in ballots, candidates, and simply, how close the it is. The winner is yet to be projected as votes continue to be counted. Joe Biden is currently leading with 253 electoral college votes; however current president Donald Trump is making a push as there is news surfacing of Arizona flipping. After the crazy week we had, Joe Biden was announced the winner of the 2020 election.

Morningside sophomore and avid political debater Zach Martinek said, “This election is crazy, I don’t want to get into it too much right now, but I do think there is some fraud going on with the mail in ballots.” This debate is definitely going to be one to remember.