Education curriculum should include a self-defense class
June 12, 2018
Filed under MOST RECENT STORIES, OPINION
In 2014, 65 percent of women reported having experienced street harassment in a survey from Growth from Knowledge, a German research company, and Stop Street Harassment, a nonprofit organization dedicated to documenting and addressing and ending gender-based street harassment worldwide. Students are taught n...
The corruption of the adoption option
Kali Roskowski, Editor-in-Chief
June 12, 2018
Filed under MOST RECENT STORIES, OPINION
I am still a teenager; I eat a lot. I am still growing; I need a lot, so just imagine the amount of shrunken blue jeans hanging in my closet. I am a kid; I cost a lot. But, my parents did not have to pay to have me. To adopt, families must prove that they are financially and physically capable o...
Conserving college cash
Cameron Flynn, Staff Reporter
June 12, 2018
Filed under MOST RECENT STORIES, OPINION
Whether it is a community college or a university, most high schoolers are looking down the barrel of college. Now, most students have some idea of how they will persevere despite the tuition cost that any college graduate complains about costing an arm and a leg for. But unfortunately, this is not the case for ...
Is compromise dead?
Ronin Hackworth, Columnist
June 12, 2018
Filed under MOST RECENT STORIES, OPINION
Today, in America, a massive gulf has opened in the country. It boils down to coast versus heartland, red versus blue, country versus city, liberal versus conservative and pro-gun versus pro-choice. Perhaps the most inflammatory issue of them all is the present debate raging over immigration. Any ...
Thank You, Mr. President, for Standing up for American Workers
June 1, 2018
Filed under OPINION
While I cannot claim to agree with very much the President does, even I cannot ignore the actions taken by President Trump on trade. Tariffs can be applied to a variety of goods such as food stuffs, car parts or even smartphones. The result of tariffs could mean paying more for your iPhone, your Ger...
Community college does not mean incapable
May 22, 2018
Filed under MOST RECENT STORIES, OPINION
I sit in class watching the hand revolve around the clock again and again. From the moment I am writing this there are 59 days, 1,416 hours and 5,097,600 seconds left until the last day of high school for the Class of 2018. As one phase of life draws to a close, for some, the next phase draws nearer and ne...
Help wanted: real representatives who can act like adults
March 20, 2018
Filed under MOST RECENT STORIES, OPINION
For anyone who has been paying attention to the raging dumpster fire of a system we call our government, it is pretty obvious that the issues with which our elected officials concern themselves with devolve from big, nation-altering topics to arguments that you would expect to see on the cover of the “N...
How ‘Can’ Became ‘Could But Won’t’
March 20, 2018
Filed under MOST RECENT STORIES, OPINION
Every year at Honor’s Night, the audience watches as those belonging to the elite group of the 4.0 dwindle down to a mere handful. On exam days, there have been students crying over a small decrease in their GPA, devastated at the loss of something that has grown so ridiculously sacred. They swea...
What Democrats can learn from British Conservatives
March 20, 2018
Filed under MOST RECENT STORIES, OPINION
On June 16, 2015 Donald Trump climbed aboard the gilded escalator in his namesake tower and rode down to the podium while clapping and giving his iconic “thumbs-up” gesture. He walked to the stage and gave a speech where he decried illegal immigrants as “drug dealers” “rapists” and “...some, I...
For your information, that is cultural appropriation
February 27, 2018
Filed under OPINION
Scroll through Instagram on any given day and you will more than likely see bindis on festival goers, white washing in the movie industry and dreadlocks on caucasian models who have no idea what those artifacts mean to a given culture. These are just a few examples of the culturally offensive acts y...
It’s time to update your conventional ideas about stereotypes
February 27, 2018
Filed under OPINION
These days, we tend to define each other by our backgrounds, where we came from. Then we are sorted into categories made up by the public eye. We are defined and divided because of never ending stereotypes. Becoming a nation of more diverse ethnicity, it could not be more of a demeaning act. Peopl...
News flash: Climate change does not just deal with heat
Abbey Salyer and Hannah Beauchamp
February 27, 2018
Filed under OPINION
“In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming...” [email protected] Perhaps, Mr. President, you should be more educated about global warming and how it is everywhere, affecting everyone in some way. The talk ...
Kimberly Higgins, Staff Reporter
At first glance this looks like an ordinary skyline picture with a sky tram in it. It means way more than just that to me, though. I took this picture in Portland, Oregon on April 4, 2018. I feel like knowing when and where is a necessary detail. When I see this picture I remember the feeling of panic and am...
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