Ocasio-Cortez proposes Green New Deal
Lindsay Cook, A&E Editor
April 26, 2019
New York’s 14th District Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has sent shockwaves through the House and Senate following the release of her Green New Deal. The Green New Deal, proposed on February 7th on the House floor, is a commitment to a series of investments in “clean” energy with the ...
Students shed light on what it means to be non-binary
Jordan Harvey and Lia Lynn
April 26, 2019
The non-binary gender identity is not common knowledge, but more and more people are identifying with it, and as of 2016, those who identify as non-binary make up about 25-35% of the transgender population. Studies show that about 700,000 to 1,000,000 people make up the transgender community, leavin...
The image that social media has on students
Paige Smith, Reporter
April 26, 2019
Social Media is part of every student’s life, whether they have an account or not. In a survey of 130 randomly selected students, 94% voted that society is addicted to social media. Yet only 38% felt they personally are addicted to social media. 83% of these students voted that they have more than ...
The conversion therapy bill
Cameron Bessette, Reporter
April 26, 2019
Conversion or reparative therapy is a treatment that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It is considered a pseudoscientific practice. A pseudoscience is a practice that claims to be scientific and factual but lacks support from most scientists. Conversion therapy uses a v...
The male-only draft deemed unconstitutional
Isabella Ashton, Editor-in-Chief
April 26, 2019
On February 22, a Texas federal judge ruled that the male-only draft is unconstitutional. Currently, males ages 18-25 must register for the Selective Service in case the need for a draft arises. Females are not required to register. The Supreme Court first upheld the legitimacy of a male-only draft...
Women’s health is growing more political
Cameron Bessette, Reporter
April 24, 2019
According to Dr. Kristen Mattheson, of the University of Arizona, the average woman has her period from three to seven days per month from age thirteen to age fifty-one. That means that the average woman will have 456 periods over 38 years. That is an average of 2,535 days of her life, or 6.25 years...
NBA Season Predictions
Ivan Gonzalez, Reporter
December 13, 2018
The 2018 - 2019 NBA regular season is set to start in the second week of October for most teams, although it is a new season it is very easy to tell which teams are the top contenders for the NBA championship this year. With this, we will look at some of these teams.
CTE in Hockey
Hillary Teixeira, Reporter
December 13, 2018
The NHL has been strongly against changes that regard player safety. Helmets were optional in the NHL until 1979, eleven years after the death of Bill Masterton. The late Minnesota North Stars’ forward had gone flying head-first into the ice and suffered a traumatic brain injury and had played despite showing severe concussion symptoms lasting days leading to his final game. Long after Masterton’s death, the act of wearing a helmet was still considered to be against the “Warrior Code” of hockey.
Caravana de inmigrantes en dirección a los Estados Unidos
José Yanez, Editor de Español
December 13, 2018
Algo que se ha escuchado repetidas veces es que la caravana está siendo financiada por alguien. Se piensa que el partido que perdió las elecciones pasadas es el responsable de esto, y lo hace con el propósito de que se vea mal al gobierno actual. Otros piensan que los responsables son los mismos estadounidenses, con el propósito de afectar las elecciones de medio término en el país.
Elecciones en Brasil
Hillary Teixeira, Reportera
December 13, 2018
Un país desesperado por la necesidad de educación pública, servicios de salud, y seguridad financiera para millones está dejando el éxito económico del Partido de los Trabajadores y entregándose a Bolsonaro, quien hace una década fue puesto en televisión como alivio cómico.
Author JK Rowling is actually the worst and here is why
Audrey Helm, News Editor
October 2, 2018
I love J.K. Rowling. Truly, I do. I love the wizarding world of Harry Potter and many of the characters in it. I understand that there is an enormous demand on her to constantly create new material. But that doesn’t excuse some of her decisions following the conclusion of the Harry Potter series, esp...
How to not be absolutely miserable when you’re sick
Callé Hansen, A and E
October 2, 2018
High school is a petri dish of sicknesses, and everywhere you go you are attacked by germ after germ no matter how much scented hand sanitizer you use. No matter how hard the custodians work, germs will continue to threaten us from the moment we open the germ-coated door to the bathrooms to the rarely-...
Taylor S. Fischbeck, Editor
October 1, 2020 • Comments closed
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