How students are affected by deportation
Yedzi Flores, Reporter
March 13, 2020
There are so many things to deal with when being a student, a friend, and the child/relative of someone who has been deported. Deportation, though only being an 11 letter word, it has such an enormous impact that it can be too much for one to handle, especially at a young age. Being young and still in s...
How much homework is considered too much?
McKenna Farmer, Reporter
February 18, 2020
The recommended hours of sleep for teens is 8 or more hours. This generation, teens tend to get 7 or fewer hours of sleep doing homework. Teens have a busy schedule, work, house jobs, as well as dreadful homework. Having to complete this all makes teenagers very stressed, furthermore tired. The average ...
What is caffeine and what does it do?
Mason Warnick, Reporter
February 18, 2020
What exactly is caffeine? Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant. It is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive drug. Unlike many other psychoactive substances, it is legal and unregulated in nearly all parts of the world. Caffeine is an alkaloid (a nitrogen-based plant that psychologic...
Providing lunch for those in need
Daniel Freed, Reporter
December 16, 2019
According to Feeding America, 1 in 7 people in the U.S. face hunger every year. 1 in 5 children are lacking proper access to food at some point during the year. When parents or guardians can’t regularly and reliably provide food for their children this is called food insecurity. Even though median ...
Impeachment Explained: how the process works
Gabi Dufrenne, Reporter
November 25, 2019
Impeachment is a very prevalent topic in today's media, however, this raises questions as to what is the impeachment process, and what are the possible outcomes. There have only been two times that the United States government has impeached a president, President Clinton, and Johnson. With the 2020 elec...
Anti-government protests cause celebrity ban
Kevin Mendez, Reporter
November 25, 2019
For the past couple of months, China has been experiencing backlash from its citizens from the government making laws about allowing the extradition of convicted criminals to mainland China. This worried the people that live in Hong Kong because they feared that this law would give them unfair ...
Principal of West High School placed on paid leave
Camorah Sillito, Reporter
November 25, 2019
As of Monday, November 18, the principal of West High School, Ford White, has been placed on paid leave. According to Desert News, “A letter sent to parents and others in the school community by Chris Gesteland, who supervises all schools that are part of West High’s feeder pattern, didn’t offer an explanatio...
What arranged marriage really is
Diana Onorato, Reporter
November 21, 2019
A long-standing tradition, one viewed with much controversy, is arranged marriage. Arranged marriages have been around since ancient times and are practiced worldwide. It wasn’t until the 18th century that arranged marriages became less common in European countries. They were imposed to strengthen...
Will DACA come to an end?
Camila Angon, Reporter
November 13, 2019
“Under the presidency of Trump they let these protections for students under DACA expire last March, so their protections that did exist are expired or on pause,” Spanish teacher Señor Wells commented. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival) is a program that undocumented students can use t...
The absurd amount of food that goes to waste every year
Joseph Flores, Reporter
November 11, 2019
How much food do you think Americans waste annually 10-15%? America wastes an absurd amount of produce per year. They can waste up to 50% of all of its produce annually. The low prices of produce in America can cause people to buy more than needed. According to feedingamerica.org, roughly 37 million people strug...
Dress code: a travel through time
Gabi Dufrenne, Reporter
October 21, 2019
Over the past few years, there has been a massive increase in stories about students getting dress coded. This includes girls not being admitted into school dances or being forced to change into a shame suit for having clothes that are “too revealing” for the school’s standards. But how did dres...
Music therapy and how it works
Taylor S. Fischbeck, Reporter
May 2, 2019
When people say that they go to therapy, we often visualize people sitting in a room and talking but there are other forms of therapy such as: music therapy. The American Music Therapy Association, or AMTA, said, “Music Therapy is an established health profession in which music is used within a th...
Yedzi Flores, Reporter
March 13, 2020 • Comments closed
There are so many things to deal with when being a student, a friend, and the child/relative of someone who has been deported. Deportation, though only being an 11 letter...
How much homework is considered too much?
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
How do you feel about ninth graders being added to Taylorsville High School?
- I'm against it. (44%, 11 Votes)
- I don't have an opinion either way. (24%, 6 Votes)
- I'm in favor of it. (20%, 5 Votes)
- I'm not sure. (12%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 25
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