Harper Crater, Head Sports Editor
November 8, 2018
Filed under Viewpoint
As seniors prepare to turn in their college applications they are facing a hard truth: education lacks equity.
Affirmative action, defined as any policy which favors those who typically are victims of discrimination, in education...
Mr. Davidson, Teacher
November 8, 2018
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As far as the backpacks go, there are two things about that: this is just my opinion, but you guys look ridiculous walking down the hallways with these huge backpacks stuffed to the point of busting zippers, leaning over at the...
Grant Pepin, Staff Reporter
November 8, 2018
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As a junior, I’ve had some experience with the many ups and downs that high school throws at its students. One of the recent downs is the No Backpack Policy that some teachers have implemented. This is the way teachers control...
Carly Herbert, Editor-in-Chief
November 8, 2018
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As of 2016, the millennial voting bloc had surpassed 62 million voting-age citizens, closing in on the Baby Boomer voting bloc that holds steady at 70 million voting age citizens.
With mid-term election season upon us, any...
Madison Slevin, News Editor
October 10, 2018
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This summer, I had the privilege of attending Virginia Girls State. The leadership program was held at Longwood University, June 17-23.
Throughout the course of the week, I helped establish a fully functioning state level government,...
October 9, 2018
Rutger Scott, Entertainment Editor
May 23, 2018
Filed under Latest Issue!, Viewpoint
Four years of intense public schooling at the high school level had to teach us seniors something, right?
After a quartet of what seemed like nonstop workload, legend has told of how the senior has given so much to make it...
Nathan Pullen, News Editor
May 23, 2018
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After four years supposedly dedicated to preparing me for college, life, and a profession, I can confidently say that high school has shaped me into the person that I am today, for better or for worse.
There are, however, a...
Erin Hogge, Editor-in-Chief
May 23, 2018
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The summer before my sophomore year of high school began, I received my class schedule for the upcoming school year. There was a course listed that I had no interest in taking, so I looked at the options for English electives...
Erin Hogge, Editor-in-Chief
April 20, 2018
Filed under Editorials
Since the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., students across the country have searched for ways to make legislators listen to their pleas for gun reform.
On Wednesday, March 14, Kettle...