GSA Reactions: GSA elicits various reactions
Approximately 4.5 percent of teens identify themselves a part of the LGBTQ community. In order to help represent this growing community, students, such as Zoe Mixon, senior, started the Gay-Straight...
View ArticleSADD raises awareness for teenage abuse of drugs and alcohol
Photographed by Cari Shearer Sophomores Lizzy Konopelski and Paige Knittle decorate for Red Ribbon Week, the week of Oct. 26. SADD members planned the week with the help of National Council on...
View ArticleStudents start fashion blog
When James Yoon, senior, was in elementary school, there was one show always playing on the TV at home: “What Not to Wear.” “My mom always had it on,” Yoon said. “ It’s interesting. They’re trying to...
View ArticleSports culture sets improper example
Deflating footballs and domestic violence. Tom Brady and Ray Rice. One of those two committed a crime; the other cheated in a football game. One person was caught on video committing their act, while...
View ArticlePracticality is not always ideal
“There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live,” argues writer and historian James Truslow Adams. In our increasingly nihilistic world,...
View ArticleTesting has flaws
Recently, the Obama administration announced their belief that no test should define a class, a student or a teacher. Yet, this isn’t the main idea in schools today. From a student’s perspective,...
View ArticleNew study reveal the dangers of football
Mujahid Abdel-Baset, junior, can’t recall many details from the day he suffered his concussion. The events of the first few weeks after the hit are a blur. But what sticks with him is the pain. “I...
View ArticleShooting for Success: Hunter explain appeal of sport
Photographed by Maddie Eveland Maddie Johnson, junior, and cousin Ellie Johnson take a rest while on a hunting trip Saturday, Nov. 9. Maddie said hunting is an all-day event, and she tries to go as...
View ArticleBowling team strikes interest with students
Photographed by Abby Schilly Captain Austin Gray, senior, practices his swing at West County Lanes on Manchester Road. Gray said he has the highest average score on the team, with an average of...
View ArticleRacial issues must be addressed
In response to “The Racial Reality“ This is a real issue that must be addressed especially in a school that claims to be “progressive”. Out of all the people that were interviewed, all of them believe...
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