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Unpopular opinion: The legal driving age should be increased

Unpopular opinion: The legal driving age should be increased

by Marla Rowley, Reporter March 24, 2022

The leading cause of death among teens… car accidents. The controversy around raising the driving age has remained a hot topic with safety experts, politicians, and drivers. As the number of car accidents...

The world doesnt need so many pairs of shoes

The world doesn’t need so many pairs of shoes

by Lizzy Miller, Reporter March 24, 2022

Open your closet door. How many pairs of shoes do you own? 5. . . 10 . . . 20?  How many t-shirts?  The world is talking about climate change, and teens want to know how they can help. You can...

The cover of Sabatons newest album, The War to End all Wars

Worrying about WW3? Power Metal Sabaton may stoke your fears with “The War to End All Wars”

by Mack Mullinix, Reporter March 21, 2022

On March 4, 2022, Swedish "power metal" band of studio Nuclear Blast, Sabaton, released its newest album, The War to End All Wars, marking the ninth album and many single releases since formation in 1999. Sabaton,...

Author Alexis Simmerman, demonstrates that masks make it hard to decipher emotions from one another, much like how autism and ADHD does.

An atypical opinion: I’ll keep my mask, thank you.

by Alexis Simmerman, Editor March 17, 2022

The past two years have been difficult for most people as Covid basically made the world spiral out of control. It’s made it harder for people to actively socialize with others with social distancing,...

On the left is how organized fire drills should be. On the right is how unorganized fire drills are when they arent practiced.

Unpopular Opinion: We need more drills

by Emily Rice, Reporter March 14, 2022

Update: I want to give a huge thank you to the senior class for repainting the classroom numbers outside. This will help students so much more during future drills!  On February 22, during the first...

GenZ TikTok and Snapchat users deal death blow to Instagram

GenZ TikTok and Snapchat users deal death blow to Instagram

by Marissa DePalma, Editor March 4, 2022

Instagram was released on October 6, 2010. After twelve years it has been slowly becoming less relevant.  Instagram trends are constantly changing and the features added to keep a lot of people interested,...

Toxic relationships in media should be raising more red flags

Toxic relationships in media should be raising more red flags

by Lizzy Miller and Katherine Lopez February 28, 2022

Many people drink in the poison that is the love the media portrays. Manipulation, lies, anger, and unrealistic expectations are all portrayed and romanticized thoroughly. In some of the most popular fandoms...

Cartoon to show how millions of teenagers and children are exposed to constant bombardment of violence, negativity, intolerance, and hatred in one form or another on the major news networks, and especially on social media platforms.

Immune to Violence: I’m not surprised when I get alerts about school shootings

by Madeline Hull, Editor In Chief February 24, 2022

It has become a normal activity for teenagers to scroll through endless pages of hashtags and reposts of brutality, murder, and overwhelming gory violence, desensitized to hatred, intolerance, and violence...

TikTok trends do damage to self image. How do we fight against it?

“Clicks” and “Likes” encourage eating disorders

by Kaelyn Diaz, Reporter February 24, 2022

As apps such as TikTok and Instagram are frequently used for spreading positivity, there is a much darker side to these apps. There are many “trends” on TikTok that are encouraging extreme food behaviors,...

These are the top 10 most challenged books according to the American Library Association

The Rise of Censorship: Parents are pushing lawmakers and boards of education to ban books

by Anessa Davy and Marla Rowley February 24, 2022

Censorship is nothing unusual. The media, the films we watch, and the music we listen to are commonly restricted, especially for students. Have you ever noticed that the books you read are being regulated,...

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