The Warrior Ledger

The Declining U.S. Population rates

Elizabeth Bodily, Reporter

February 12, 2019

People today often hear the population is growing and soon we’re not going to have enough housing and jobs for all the people being born into this world. This may be true for the overall world population, but when taking a closer look, the population increase in the U.S. seems to have been slowly declining over the years.

Teachers Strike for Change

Sierra Yost, Photo Editor

February 12, 2019

Recently, teachers from across America have been going on strike. Starting with California, expanding to Denver, and rippling to Virginia--educators are demanding higher wages and smaller class sizes. Some states are just considering walking the picket line, but others have already taken action and g...

That´s Pretty Punny! An Origin Story

Elizabeth Bodily, Reporter

December 14, 2018

Puns are something that have been incorporated into our everyday life. Whether they are intentional or not, it is practically impossible to go one day without hearing a pun. You may like them, or you might not, but that doesn’t change the fact that they are here. The real question here is how they ...

Plastic Waste

Logan Jensen, Reporter

December 13, 2018

Sea creatures are dying. People put so much plastic into the ocean that the underwater wildlife isn’t safe. All the plastic that humans throw into the sea breaks down over time and creates plastic particles that act as a prison in the ocean. According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, or...

The effect of memes

Tyrome Diagne, Reporter

December 13, 2018

Memes are an important thing to our society and us meme lords are at the peak of the social media hierarchy. Memes are seen by people almost every day and are on all social media platforms such as Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter, etc. Except Facebook those memes don't count. Facebook has been described by ...

Is College Worth It?

Adalyn Baddley, Reporter

December 13, 2018

Some people think that high school students have to go to college in order to get a decent job and provide for themselves while others think that students can still succeed in life without going to college. Then there are all the opinions in between. There seems to be way too many people that, ...

Seasonal depression in students

Maddy Gardner, Reporter

December 13, 2018

Seasonal Affective Disorder, otherwise known as SAD, affects about 6% of people a year. SAD is mostly present in teens and early twenties, but can also affect beyond that. According to Kidshealth.org, no one really understands why and how this occurs, but the current theory is the lack of sunlight and how...

Blood Diamonds

Liana Ivan, Reporter

November 6, 2018

When people think of diamonds, it evokes feelings of joy and excitement. Diamonds are synonymous with engagements and anniversaries and glamor and love. When picking out jewelry, few people think about where the stones that catch their eye are coming from. Within the top five list of countries that e...

Serial Killers

Emilee Garn, Reporter

November 6, 2018

According to former chief of the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, John Douglas, there are twenty-five to fifty serial killers on the loose in the United States at any given time. However, serial killers only kill about one-hundred fifty people every year. This makes up less than one percent of the fi...

The Real Cost

Cameron Bessette, Reporter

November 6, 2018

In 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched its first tobacco-focused public education campaign, The Real Cost, aimed at reducing tobacco use among junior high and high school students in the United States. The campaign was designed to encourage youth who had never smoked but are suscep...

AVID helps students graduate

Aliyah Rangel, Reporter

November 6, 2018

AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination. The individual is a big part of AVID and is why students are taught skills on how to study individually with tools that help to get things done quickly and efficiently. Most think AVID is a class to help those who don’t understand their class...

Living in the “Mormon State”

Benjamin Hood, Reporter

November 5, 2018

Utah ints (LDS) was founded in the 1830s in New York. However, since the initial finding of the church beliefs, the American Mormon population has greatly expanded over the country. A 2013 Gallup poll found that members of the church community are overwhelmingly common in Idaho and, especially, U...