In The Stat-us Quo, columnist Jake Pfeiffer brings readers an evidence-based argument for change in the sporting world.

Pfeiffer began writing The Stat-us Quo in 2022 as a way of combining his love of debate and sports, and in the time since he has written about everything from baseball unions to collective punishment.

The Stat-us Quo comes out monthly, and can be found on this page or on page 8 of print editions of the Central Times.

Jake Pfeiffer is a senior, entering his third year on the Central Times staff, this time as Editor-in-Chief. Jake joined CT as a sophomore because he wanted to write news, but since then he has grown to love just about every element of journalism. While it is rare to see Jake anywhere other than the CT office, occasionally you can find him captaining Central’s debate team, watching baseball, listening to a seemingly endless amount of podcasts or drowning in college applications.