Should certain fireworks be allowed in Utah

October 4, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Chris Vlamakis We all love the fourth of July in America, where we can light fireworks to celebrate our freedom and Independence with our family and friends. We have barbeques during the daytime then as night approaches we set up our fireworks to light off. Living in Utah every summer we have ...

Misconceptions of Contemporary Art

Lindsay Cook, Reporter

October 4, 2018

Filed under Opinion

For anyone who has attended an art gallery exhibition, the feeling of frustration is overwhelming and familiar. We often find ourselves looking at an exhibited piece and thinking, “How can that toilet seat possibly be art??” Contemporary art, (not to be confused with modern, which is a historical...

Snarknado: Flat Earth Society

Alexa Blaise Chandler, News Editor

October 4, 2018

Filed under Opinion

“The world looks flat.” The Flat Earth Society, several thousand members, dubbed “Flat Earthers,” actually believe that there is no curvature to the Earth, citing only that the earth feels and looks flat, so why the heck do we believe that anything photographed as a spherical object from sp...

The scars we face from life

Sierra Ostergard, Reporter

October 4, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Scars are a part of everyone's lives.  Everybody has a scar from some point in their lives. What causes these scars and what effects do they have on our bodies? Scars come from everywhere, everyone has at least one from birth, your belly button is actually your first scar.

What defines a bad word?

Lia Lynn, Reporter

October 4, 2018

Filed under Opinion

This is what our world has come to. Using male genitalia to insult our friends and classmates. Using degrading words in the halls to flag down other students. I don’t particularly care when others swear around me, but this is beginning to make me rethink what I say. We hear F-bomb after F-bomb. We hear “Man that’s gay.” and the N-word dropped in every situation. Isn’t this school is supposed to be a safe place, but now it’s just a building with halls full knives that are disguised as words.

Author JK Rowling is actually the worst and here is why

Audrey Helm, News Editor

October 2, 2018

Filed under Opinion

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...

It’s okay if you don’t know what to study

Jen Cordeiro, Reporter

October 2, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Going into college is already very stressful finding out what students  want to study is even more of a challenge. Picking a major it can be very hard due to the fact students interests will change multiple times throughout school. According to Major Explorations, most students will change their majo...

World languages continue to be underappreciated

Kaitlynne Hill, Reporter

October 2, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Imagine sitting in Math, but it’s Math 1, 2 and 3.  Depending on the where you are, you’re either overwhelmed or bored. This is a reality for Chinese language students at the school. This year Chinese 2, 3, and 4 are all combined at the school. Not only is this a stressor to students and th...

The Sadie Hawkins case: should girls ask guys out?

Lellandra Toilolo

October 2, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Spending time with friends, fun group activities, meeting new people, pictures, slow dancing with a crush, and life long memories are some of the plus sides when going to school dances. However, the weeks previous to all the fun are full of both stress and nervousness, but mostly stress. Dances a...

OPINION Body Shaming

Piper Cawley, Opinion Editor

October 2, 2018

Filed under Opinion

It’s all over social media and in your day to day life. You see a comment below an Instagram photo and think, what is that person’s problem? You either scroll past it or fight with them in the comments. People see and hear body shaming everywhere. Was it in a joking manner? Or was that person seri...

How to not be absolutely miserable when you’re sick

Callé Hansen, A and E

October 2, 2018

Filed under Opinion

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-...

Missing: my passions–have you seen them?

Payton Wright, Editor-in-Chief

May 15, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Cliches are cliches for a reason, and with the monstrous ever present ending of  senior year looming over me, (as if I had ever stopped thinking about it in the past twelve years of educational prison), I can’t help but allow it to consume me and devour my sense of being and my sense of passion.