The Warrior Ledger

Colorism issue impacts beauty standards

Sarah Al- Barkawl, Opinion Editor

November 27, 2017

Have you ever been told that your skin complexion does not go well with that shade of color of shirt or “You’re good looking for a dark-skinned (insert race)?” We all come in different shapes and sizes but the thing that seems to affect everyone the most is our skin color. They say beauty lie...

You don’t need friends to be happy

Payton Wright, Editor-in-Chief

November 27, 2017

There are approximately 1,600 students at Taylorsville High School; more than likely you probably know around 500, be it personally or you just know of them. Odds are you have been in school with at least 30-40 of them since junior high or even elementary school. You’ve been with them for a while, and...

Living in the state of Utah automatically makes you rude

Elaine Hernandez, Reporter

November 27, 2017

A group of over 50,000 submit their results to Travel + Leisure. The annual results for America’s Favorite Places survey, ranked Salt Lake City top 15 of America's Rudest Cities. Salt Lake City ranked number 6 on the scale. New York City ranked three slots above Salt Lake City as far as kindness go...

It’s not the end of the world if you aren’t asked to a dance

Laina Mackay, Reporter

November 27, 2017

While planning a school dance can be fun it also takes a lot of the students and teachers time. It takes weeks to plan and decorate for a school dance. Some students get asked to dances where others choose to go by their self. At the school dances, people dance and are offered refreshments. They are ...

Bisexuality portrayed on televison

Audrey Helm, News Editor

November 27, 2017

Bisexual people are often betrayed misrepresented in television and the media in a phenomenon known as bi erasure. According to glaad.org, bi erasure “is a pervasive problem in which the existence or legitimacy of bisexuality (either in general or in regard to an individual) is questioned or denied outrig...

The stalker book of T-Ville

Elaine Hernandez, Reporter

November 27, 2017

The planner of 2017-18 for Taylorsville has raised conflict. The planner contains information that is personal to students and family. The planner contains student's full name, address, and phone number. If a planner is lost or left behind, any grown stranger can look up information on students. Thi...

Snarknado: The first week of the school year

Piper Cawley, Opinion Editor

November 27, 2017

The first week is rough all on it’s own. Sleeping schedules change, diets change...well maybe not the diet part of this. Teenagers feel free while summer is in full swing, free to stay up late, anything. But the last week of summer is when it all comes crashing back, school starts. The stress of co...