How to accomplish any goal you set
Mason Gee-Montgomery, Staff Reporter
July 1, 2017
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Only three percent of citizens in the United States have written goals. Out of these 3 percent, “only 1 percent rewrite and review their goals on a daily basis” according to Brian Tracy, world renowned personal development guru. It is interesting how 1 percent of the population makes 96 perce...
Less stress, more stretch
Anna Baird, Content Editor
June 29, 2017
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Whether it is school, work or something personal, life can become stressful very quickly. There are different ways to deal with this stress, and for a lot of people, yoga is a major resolver. “It’s very relaxing,” eighth-grader Brianna Hill said. “Like, sometimes it’s a little stressful when y...
A new twist
Abbey Salyer, Staff Reporter
June 26, 2017
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Jotting notes down in math class, eighth grader Landon Clark finds it difficult to pay attention. When he and his classmates take notes, he says “I fidget with my pencil, my feet and just about anything I can get my hands on.” Clark, like many other students, has ADHD. “I know I have it because I g...
Left Brain, Right Brain
Zabrina Yannella, Creative Editor
May 26, 2017
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When most people think of twins, they usually think they look alike, dress alike, and act alike but the Lilley twins could not be more different from each other. Juniors Kyle and Colin Lilley are fraternal twins, meaning that two eggs were released at ovulation and were fertilized separately. ...
We get it, you vape
Emma Lockhart, Editor-in-Chief
May 24, 2017
Go out and sit in the student parking lot after school, right near the exit and just watch the cars go by. It is almost guaranteed that you will see the big, billowed clouds of water vapor gusting out of a truck, then a van, then a few passenger cars window. Salted caramel, strawberry, and cream all secon...
Fish in a barrel
Kali Roskowski, Content Editor
May 11, 2017
Nearly 30 percent of parents in the U.S fear for their children's’ safety at school. In addition, roughly one in eight students fear for their own safety while in school according to Gallup, a polling company that delivers and analyzes statistics on attitudes and behaviors of employees, customers, students and citizens. Stockbridge teachers have no self-defense ...
Aestheticism
Zabrina Yannella, Creative Editor
April 20, 2017
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Raindrops on car windows, starry nights, pastel colors, glitter, sunshine coming through a cloudy sky. All are aesthetics, and they impact our generation now more than ever, as our generation's ideals on what is beautiful have become more modernized. Aesthetics is the set principle concerned ...
Spark into art
Rita Alonso, Senior Reporter
April 17, 2017
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The smell of heated metal and the sight of sparks fill the welding shop during first block. In the class, students learn how to stick weld, which uses an electrical current to make an electric arc between the metal and the stick itself. The stick, also called a rod, is used to send electricity from...
Striding for humanity
Emma Lockhart, Editor-in-Chief
March 22, 2017
Simultaneously, alongside each other, crowds of women and men of all ages, races and political beliefs flush through the city and sound out in chants. The Women’s Marches around the country took place on January 21. Following an 11 hour ride on a bus from East Lansing to Washington D.C., Spec...
Speaking up, marching out
Sarah Barney, Senior Reporter
March 21, 2017
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The metal floor beneath me disappeared, shrouded by the coats and bags of my fellow passengers. My feet fought against the hard stops and jerks to avoid slipping and stepping onto someone else’s feet. I never had issues with personal space, but by the end of the metro ride towards the National Mall, ...
A stolen identity
Kali Roskowski, Content Editor
March 14, 2017
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Identity theft: The illegal use of someone else's personal information especially in order to obtain money or credit. According to the Webster Dictionary, that is the definition of someone using another’s information to take control of another’s life. On January 27, I was called into Principal R...
The art of craftivism
Zabrina Yannella, Creative Editor
March 6, 2017
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Men, women and children of all ages, ethnicities, and religious backgrounds packed around the capitol building on January 21, for the Lansing Women’s March wearing the icon pink hats and carrying signs that expressed their political views about the election, women’s rights and equality, through art an...