April 18, 2017Current Issues
Students being forced to take a gym class? Crazy! The debate about if students should be forced to take a gym class or not has been going on for years. Should they be forced to or not? Obesity Rates Well in today’s society most people think that students should be forced to take a gym class
April 6, 2017Education
Alex Rodriquez had been getting a lot of attention for all the wrong reasons. The article from Biography tells us about Rodriquez’s suspensions due to the use of steroids. The Major League Baseball player has been known for his skills on the ball field—he’s the youngest in the league to hit 500-career home runs—but recently
April 6, 2017Health
Everyone has a different way of “Staying Healthy” In 2013, Peach Friedman, a senior at California College of the Arts almost got diagnosed with Exercise Bulimia. She thought of nothing but exercise, and eating under 800 calories each day. She ran 500 days in a row because she was so obsessed. She even wouldn’t go on a
April 5, 2017Technology
The use of technology has risen EXTREMELY since the first time they came out in the early 1980’s. Now having these devices for over a decade and at your very own fingertips with a small touch of a screen and push of a button. This is amazing. Unless lets say some years later, you have a
April 5, 2017Science
How would you feel? Imagine humans having to be stuck inside a small contraption with a feeding tube down their throat. Getting forced to drink bleach, while you were squirming, fighting the pain. After this testing/torture has been done, people take notes then proceed to throw the humans in a bin. Letting them die. This
April 5, 2017Current Issues
¨The pain of losing my baby feels like rabid dogs tearing away at me. I murdered my own child. Like knives stabbing at me. Every. Single. Day. I still haven’t been able to talk to my parents. I don’t know if I should apologize to them for getting pregnant and getting an abortion, or just
April 5, 2017Science
Image from Pexels About 85 percent of corn in the U.S. is genetically modified. Soy is the most heavily genetically modified food in America. Genetically modified squash and zucchini can be found in two different species throughout the country. Some of the most commonly purchased and consumed produce- and almost all of it is
April 5, 2017Media
Umji, is an 18 year old girl in a Korean girl group called Gfriend. She was recently called out for being too ugly or unattractive to become a kpop celebrity. There were many articles and comments on this topic and knowing she will see it one day is heart breaking. J.On March 31st, 2016, an article was
April 5, 2017Science
One of the heaviest people in medical history was Jon Brower Minnoch who was born in 1941 and died in 1983. Minnoch had suffered from obesity since he was a kid. He was 6 feet and 1 inch tall and weighed 392 pounds in 1963, and 700 pounds in 1966 and 975 pounds in 1976. “In 1978, Minnoch was
March 29, 2017Culture
A scientific study suggests intelligent people swear more. Basically, this means that people who swear don’t use swear words due to a lack of other words with which to express themselves, but because they want to use swear words to express themselves. Researchers at Marist College in New York consider a bigger vocabulary of taboo words and phrases
March 28, 2017Current Issues
Luke Brynley-Jones writes in her blog, Our Social Times, how Applebee’s should not have handled a social media crisis. In the post, she explains how a pastor ate with a group at the restaurant, and when the bill came wrote a cute little note on the receipt explaining how she would not pay the tip. The note simply said
March 24, 2017Current Issues
At the young age of 11, Antonio Alarcon made the tough, and illegal journey to America with his parents. Antonio’s parents knew how difficult the journey was, and because of this Antonio’s younger brother was forced to stay in Mexico with his grandparents. During the illegal border crossing they had very little water and food. After
March 24, 2017Media
At some point in everyone’s life, they will have an encounter with a celebrity. Whether by bumping into them on the street or seeing them in concert, it’s inevitable. I can now say I recently had mine. In a nursing home. I’m not just someone who hangs about in nursing homes in my spare time;
March 23, 2017Current Issues
Madelyn Sheaffer decided to visit the Adventure Oasis Water Park after losing 100 pounds. She felt confident and decided to wear a new bikini. She was in the water playing with her son and nephew when two employees asked her to cover her body, or leave. She felt like she was being discriminated against both her
March 23, 2017Culture
Death by strangulation, mutilated corpses, decapitated their heads, and gruesome necrophilia. Ted Bundy, an infamous killer, had a very charming, articulate, and an intelligent personality described by many. These traits made it very easy to get close to his victims. Although he seemed very charming he had a very dark side. After his love, unnamed, broke up with
March 21, 2017Teen Life
Many people have allergies, but how many have had the reaction? Charlotte had a reaction in 2011 to curry. She had “started to cough and wheeze quite dramatically.” But she had such a bad reaction that she “never made it to the hospital because allergy got so bad mum had to stick adrenaline auto injector
March 21, 2017Current Issues
The National Anthem Debate One of the biggest, most controversial topics in professional sports today: The National Anthem debate. In the NFL or “National Football League” , one player by the name of Colin Kaepernick, decided not to rise for the National Anthem. This was an act of protest for all the injustice that is
March 20, 2017Health
Dennis Kimetto became the marathon world record-holder in 2014, running a time of 2:02:57 in Berlin according to the International Association of Athletics Federations. His ability to run at a fast pace was reliant on not only his training, but mental preparation and toughness. He couldn’t let negativity get in the way of his goals. At first, Dennis Kimetto farmed
March 20, 2017Culture
Believers in God or a Godly figure of any religion principally believe God is both omnipotent and benevolent. Thus He sees all and only believes in good, but how could this be when an abundance of evil exists in a far from perfect world? Would God not care enough to rid of all evil to end
March 17, 2017Family
It was Saturday Latin hip hop themed night at the Pulse club in Orlando, Florida and the atmosphere was bright as members of the LGBT community danced in “social solidarity.” This was until the fun was ended at 2:02am when a stampede of gunshots emerged into the club. At 2:09am phones dinged with facebook alerts on
March 17, 2017Media
Marilyn Monroe is known as one of the sexiest women to ever have lived. She was 5ft 5.5in and weighed around 140 lbs. Monroe is idolized by many women to this day. Although Marilyn was the size of the average woman today we still idolize the average American model today. The typical American model is
March 15, 2017Culture
One woman feels Disney violated her rights, Imane Boudla filed a lawsuit against Disney for federal discrimination. Imane wasn’t given the job she wanted at disney due to her religious headscarf. Disney did offer her a different job that wasn’t in the public eye. So here is where the question is placed: Does Disney have the
March 15, 2017Media
Chick flicks, rom-coms, romances, all terms for the movies that fool the minds of young women in a matter of two hours. These movies not only convey false expectations for falling in love but false expectations for marriage and what it is really like to be in a relationship. In iconic movies such as The Notebook
March 15, 2017Sports
Robin Ficker, a superfan for the Bullets professional basketball team, had season tickets for twelve years. His seats were located directly behind the visiting team’s bench. His mission was to get underneath the other team’s skin by making rude and obnoxious remarks. Ficker became so well known amongst the teams that Charles Barkley flew him
March 15, 2017Teen Life
If a book is well written, it can change the way you think. Whether it’s your view on life in general or just a singular topic. For example, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is narrated by Death and gives a new insight into the everyday lives of Germans in World War II and the
March 13, 2017Science
Post by SamB. Featured Image by NEPA Scene Most people who know who Martin Shkreli is also hate him. He gained national criticism when he raised the price of life saving drug Daraprim from $13.50 per pill to $750. People say that is much too high for a life saving drug that treats toxoplasmosis, an infection
March 12, 2017Current Issues
Abortion… The hardest decision to make When my sister was seventeen and a senior in highschool, she became pregnant. At the time she was in an unhealthy relationship with, as she explains,”An unmotivated, abusive piece of sh*t.” Initially my mom wanted her to get an abortion, especially because my mom felt the relationship she was in
March 10, 2017Current Issues
My three year old cousin loves nothing more than her dolls. So when she decided to name one of them after me, it was a pretty big deal. The kind of big deal that is comparable to her naming a child after me. When I asked her why she chose to give this particular doll my
March 10, 2017Current Issues
Posted By: Sophie L. Featured Image: Pierre ARNOU / pexels Every second of every day in the US, 1,500 plastic water bottles are consumed (according to an article by Petz Scholtus). That means that in the time you have read this, about 9,000 plastic water bottles have been consumed. Plastic water bottles are very convenient, especially
March 9, 2017Current Issues
April 20th, 1999 was like any other Tuesday for the students of Columbine High School. Krista Hanley remembers that it was two days after junior prom and that her “fingernails were still painted a dark red to match the dress” she had worn. But that Tuesday turned out more catastrophic than anyone could have imagined.
March 8, 2017Current Issues
Ray Stilles found Jessica Olmstead to be quite charming for something that one might find odd. In an article by The Huffington post, Ray says “The first time I saw Jessa, I was amazed that she can grow a bigger beard than me. It didn’t take long for me to know we were meant for
March 8, 2017Teen Life
Drinking alcohol, the world’s pass time. Anywhere in the world , alcohol is being consumed by men and women alike. It’s so popular it has trickled down to young ages who probably should know better. People under 21 are responsible for 10% of all alcohol consumed in America. But today it is a problem that
March 8, 2017Science
Post by MelainaA, Featured image by pixabay In the movie, Fluke, a father dies in a car crash, and wakes up as a golden retriever puppy who has flashes of memories from his human past. Once he is fully grown up, he realizes he was once a man named Thomas Johnson. In his journey
March 6, 2017Family
Featured image courtesy of Ken Teegardin Women can only be mothers, caretakers, or homemakers. They are incapable of any type of physical labor, such as serving our country or even having a job. They are just here to have children and cook and clean for the hard-working men. Women used to be limited to these
March 6, 2017Sports
For softball we have morning workouts that start at 6:00am and go until 6:45am. One day we had a grueling morning workout with one of our coaches who is notorious for making exercises as hard as possible. She told us we would be running killers all morning but she added her own special twist. We
March 3, 2017Education
Photo by Adrianna Calvo In 2003, Rogers High School in Minnesota completed a major construction project. The renovation included many new classrooms and a new two story building. A running track was added on the top floor of the addition. As DLR Group states, it costs about 34 million dollars to build the school. So
March 3, 2017Science
Photo by: David Mao on Pexels It was a regular day when a woman was going to get her morning coffee. She pulled up into the drive thru and ordered her coffee, though she was appalled by the lack of response. She moved her car forward to complain about the service; however the people at the