Victoria Callahan, Student Life Editor
February 8, 2014
America’s blueprint for our education system dates back to the Enlightenment period. While many changes have been made over the past centuries, the format and basics have continued to be the same. The only thing a batch of students have in common is their age. Throughout their educational years, up to high school, they are tau...
Catie Willett, Co-Editor-in-Chief
February 7, 2014
Teenagers tend to think of themselves as untouchable; that they’re invincible and can always find a way around the rules. More recently, teens have found a way to manipulate a particular app to send naked pictures. The Smartphone app, Snapchat, was initially created for people to send their ugliest faces to their friend...
Greg Hempenius, Staff Writer
February 7, 2014
In a world where the Internet is permanent, it’s nice to think that Snapchat CEO and President, Evan Spiegel, has developed a non-permanent social media platform. In his terms, “Snapchat is a mobile, photo and video messaging software that flips the current social media process on its head.”
The traditional soc...
James Kenney, Staff Writer
February 6, 2014
Imagine the stereotypical popular high schooler. You know, the good looking, often athletic type, that are at the top of the food chain. They're often homecoming or prom royalty. The popular guys get all the popular girls and it's hard to enter that circle if you're on the outside.
Have an image yet?
Likely chance is that y...
Maddie Thompson, Feature Editor
February 5, 2014
We have heard it all before; from our friends, from our family, even from the President of the United States of America: Watch your language. This statement in itself may mean a multitude of things. In one sense, it means not to say “bad words”, words that have been written off in the English language as unpleasant and dirty. H...
Keegan Wieland
February 4, 2014
New York comedian Louis C.K. is known for making his listeners’ faces red and eyes watery with laughter, I can say I’m one of them too, be it through his many stand-up bits or his awkwardly hilarious show on FX, Louie.
Behind all the raunchy material and often offensive wordplay is a deeper message. Louis C.K. preach...
Tasnim Alam, Staff Writer
February 3, 2014
The media is not exactly known for keeping things on the down low, especially with the thousands of advertisements we are bombarded with on a daily basis. There are a handful of advertisements, geared toward women in particular, that purposely emphasize the perfect body as a size zero with flawless hair and makeup, as well...
Vincent Mazzola, Sports and Health Editor
February 2, 2014
When I first heard that our school was implementing “Silent Sustained Reading” into its FLEX schedule, I immediately wondered if they would be reintroducing nap time, recess, and snack time into our schedule as well. While those programs might be more welcome by some of my peers, the fact remains that none of these bel...
Mariam Eatedali, Co-Editor-in-Chief
February 1, 2014
Chances are, much like the majority of your fellow classmates, you procrastinate. We all do it. We find a million and one things to occupy our time, knowing the one thing we must get done is hanging on the back burner. Essay due? Suddenly, your room needs cleaning. Studying for your latest test? Suddenly, you’ve never b...
Jennifer Marks, Opinions & Editorials Editor
February 1, 2014
Every year every single one of us takes an SOL, an SAT or an AP test (if not all three). The entire year is spent preparing for these tests. It does not matter if you actually understand the material. All that matters is that you can at least look like you understand and can pass a test the the state or College Board made o...
Tessa Haas, Photography Editor
January 31, 2014
Is exam week literally the worst week of your life? Or, rather, is exam week the worst week of your life in a literal fashion? Yet again, in a trend spanning centuries, lexicologists and ink slingers have taken it upon themselves to rid younger generations of this “butchering of the English language.” It seems that every g...
Mena Ayazi, News Editor and Cartoonist
December 17, 2013
When a kid in Nigeria with the scraps of his brother’s hand me downs on his back does not sell the very last cassava seeds from his family’s garden, he thinks of the empty dinner table haunting him when he gets home. When a girl in Cambodia walks on the streets, she worries that a pimp could suddenly trap her in a life of...
