OPINION
No one can afford college tuition, and that is a problem
February 27, 2018
The cost of college is too expensive. The average published yearly tuition for an in-state public four-year college in Michigan is $9,410, and the average published yearly tuition for a private four-year college is $32,410, according to the College Board. Plus, these numbers do not include the price...
Letter to the Editor
Brad Hagman
February 22, 2018
Greetings, I hope everyone had a safe and restful holiday season with quality time alongside family and friends as we press on with another school year. Although my presence in the school has been a recent addition, I would like to express my excitement to be with you as your School Resource O...
Respect the amendment, protect the people
February 16, 2018
Zabrina Yanella Watch the news once, and the repeated mass shootings makes it obvious that a change needs to take place in the process of how citizens can get their hands on firearms. The Second Amendment brings a sense of self-protection and needs to be respected, but for the safety of the countr...
Let me color outside of the lines
Kail Roskowski, Editor-in-Chief
January 19, 2018
I have 162 unread college emails in my school inbox from the month of November and over 780 total emails in my “College Emails” folder. Tenth grade to present has become a constant stream of college recruitment messages from the moment I took the first PSAT, whether it be from email or snail mail. High...
The procedure for lockdowns should be changed
Abbey Salyer, Copy Editor
January 17, 2018
Danger rarely ever sets foot in our school. It came close October 30 when the Wilson Talent Center in Mason went into lockdown because of a student who had a threatening weapon; juniors and seniors from our school were there during that situation. Speaking of lockdown, how does our own school deal...
Dear Betsy DeVos: You are making a bad decision.
Zabrina Yannella, Editor-in-Chief
January 10, 2018
Dual Enrollment Checklist: Backpack Mase Student ID A buddy system Laptop Knowledge of the emergency telephone poles around campus Since the elimination of the Obama era protections, students have had to add some scary supplies to their college checklists. Education Se...
Let me color outside of the lines
Kali Roskowski, Editor-in-Chief
January 8, 2018
I have 162 unread college emails in my school inbox from the month of November and over 780 total emails in my “College Emails” folder. Tenth grade to present has become a constant stream of college recruitment messages from the moment I took the first PSAT, whether it be from email or snail mail....
Schools should offer more AP courses
Anna Baird, Content Editor
May 19, 2017
There is quite a bit of pressure to come across as put-together and well-rounded on college applications. This can be quite difficult to do because of the competition to be accepted. Students spend their high school years hearing “You’ll need this to get into college” or “This will look good on co...
Heads, shoulders, knees and toes
Shelby Zeigler, Columnist
May 18, 2017
The time is here. The time of year for demoralizing and sexualizing women for parts of their body they have every right to expose. Instead of teaching teenage girls to feel ashamed of something as natural as their bodies, try teaching everyone else to stop oversexualizing the human body. It i...
The start of a revolution
Shelby Zeigler, Columnist
May 8, 2017
Women have more than earned the right to do what we want with our minds, bodies and voices. The right to our own bodies is equally as important as the right to speak our minds. And when we are threatened to be stripped of our right to either, we revolt. We revolt to remind those who have forgotten that t...
Killing the environment, one executive order at a time
Emma Lockhart, Editor-in-Chief
April 12, 2017
Waters will become overrun with algae and rubbish, the air will constantly smell of smoke and to top it off, our soil will become too acidic to grow crops, leaving humans to survive in unlivable conditions. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a government run program, works every day to protect the ...
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July 2, 2020
Popping through a fence on North William Street, a Tiger lily signals the start of summer. Earning its name from an appearance like the skin of a tiger, the lily is easy to...
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