Something’s in the water
Logan Connolly and Abigail Douglas, Editor-in-Chief and Creative Editor
June 3, 2019
Warm mornings and dewy evenings show signs for good fishing, especially in Lake Erie. After fishing for hours, imagine going home to learn the fish you had caught had dangerous levels of Polyfluoroalkyl Substances or PFAS. Dangerous levels of PFAS means that fish can be no good to eat. So, you have to thr...
Taking heed of zodiac compatibility
Graham Diffenbaugh, Columnist
June 3, 2019
Coming out into the LGBT community through a sexuality and newly identified gender results in a lot of life changes; expression becomes one of those changes. The same concept goes for those who pay attention to the stars and information said about them. Taking the time to know your zodiac and learn abo...
We say we hate them and yet we still make them
Abigail Douglas, Creative Editor
May 20, 2019
Cliques ruin a teen’s sense of belonging. Self-imposed segregation has been going on for decades. Your parents and grandparents went through the same thing in high school. Just because you are nice to everyone does not make you a friend. Changing it won't be easy, but it can happen. It will happ...
Gay means happy
Graham Diffenbaugh, Columnist
May 20, 2019
For as long as homophobia has existed, the love and support for gay people has also been around. Everyone talks about how unsupported gay people remain, but what about the ones who are completely loving their lives? The day-to-day news including anything LGBTQ abides by the mostly negative, discrimin...
Schools expected to provide more security services, access to fewer resources
Hannah Bolton, Assistant Editor
May 20, 2019
“During the threat I didn't really feel safe,” said freshman Dalton Barnett. “Someone could come in at any time.” We students live in a constant threat because school funding is dwindling. However, the threat is not our quality of education. The threat is our against our safety. Whether th...
Can students stay off their phones? Research says ‘No’
Amelia Pulley, Staff Reporter
April 17, 2019
Elizabeth Cyr, a English and journalism teacher, noticed her fourth block students were constantly on their phones. She tried an experiment to figure out how many notifications her students get in her class. The exercise was meant to show students the level of distraction caused by these devices. The af...
Sexuality and gender expression
Graham Diffenbaugh, Columnist
April 17, 2019
Some parents remain unaware of the truth behind their own children's revealed orientation or gender. Staying educated on the facts of both topics rests as one of the most important truths caretakers can learn to understand the effect on their queer teens. Our guardians classify as so misinform...
Lines drawn
Logan Connolly, Editor-in-Chief
April 17, 2019
The American voters’ biggest enemy is in the size of our nation. This enemy lurks in every corner of our states and takes a new form every 10 years. Its name: gerrymandering, and Michigan is fed up with it. If young voters wish for their vote to count, it is time to up in arms this intercontine...
At the hand of these 3
Graham Diffenbaugh, Columnist
April 12, 2019
LGBTQ+ overlords have been around for years and the clique can't stop growing with the consistency of people coming out. From Michigan to California, LGBTQ+ influencers come from both unsupportive communities, and sometimes, communities with rich, flowing support. The celebrities of our lifetime h...
Video games influence harm
Amelia Pulley, Staff Reporter
March 19, 2019
Behavioral changes happen to young adults with addiction. The research backs this idea. Specifically looking at video games, teenagers are going into Dr. Clifford Sussman’s office for their addiction help. Junior Justin Stanfield met Sussman, a round physiatrist and a psychotherapist, when he did research fo...
America’s toxic two party system
Logan Connolly, Editor-in-chief
February 27, 2019
Forced to choose sides in a battle between evil and horrible, American voter options are limited in the voting booth. The easiest approach to most voters in this situation is to pick an option that we don't like or to not vote at all. We are a nation divided. To fix this divide, we need to begin ad...
Deteriorating health caused by vaping
Bella Roberts, Staff Reporter
January 21, 2019
So vaping is cool, right? How’s buying second-hand vapes to find out that you were vaping urine? Or getting caught with a vape you bought that tested positive for THC (aka marijuana) and getting expelled for vaping, not to mention getting charged for having drugs underage. In late November there was ...
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August 21, 2018
SPECTRUM. A perfect sphere of light and color is captured by 8th grader Maggie Maxwell at the Jostens Photography Camp during a hands-on lesson. Maxwell attended the three-day...
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June 11, 2018
May 4, 2018
According to a study done by Stanford, 82% of middle-schoolers couldn't distinguish real news from fake news. Can you? Click on what you think is the real news. If you get...
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