There were 26 minutes and 30 seconds left on the clock. The room was growing hotter. As we opened the last lock in the room we hoped to find the four numbers needed to unlock the keypad on the...
Sydney Gard
Social media is a big part of my life. I can’t help it; we’re told everyone around us is on social media too, and if we’re not we’re bound to be missing something exciting. This...
Maame Britwum
The 2nd Amendment provides that all Americans have the right to bear arms, and Americans have done exactly that. In the U.S. over 300 million guns are in circulation, and according the...
There is so much I can’t stand about this school. I hate the negative attitude and general negative, bland opinion of so many people here. Yeah, we do great on standardized tests
and have...
On Sunday Nov. 8th, I saw a story on the news about University of Missouri football players that were on strike. Surprised, I proceeded to look more into the story, and found a slew of events that had...
Apps that allow students to gossip anonymously create an easy and stress-free way for people to say how they feel. These apps are unfortunately gaining in popularity.
After School is an app connecting...
A student’s violent arrest was captured on video by a classmate at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina on October 26. The video went viral, sparking widespread outrage around the country.
According...
As I sat at my computer, filling out college applications, I scanned the race categories and hesitated. Black? No. White? No. Asian? Pacific Islander? American Indian? No, no and no. White is the closest...
Sydney Gard
Since I can remember, I’ve always considered myself to be a pretty boring person. I can’t juggle or sing or do any other cool things, I’m terrible at anything involving athleticism...
Elizabeth Patton
I’m not a fan of stereotypes, but I am the definition of one. I’m the first born and female. I’m as Type A as you can get and extremely competitive. Grades have been...
In 2003 the Lawrence Journal World published an article from the Miami Herald about high school students creating a fashion show out of “Publix” brown bags. This article reached the eyes of former...
Libby Stanford
This year students were surprised with a new program regarding student behavior. This program is called CI3T (Comprehensive, Integrated Three-Tiered Model of Prevention). It uses a “matrix”...
