First impression: fear. As if the seemingly harmless cover image was only a facade, the thickness of the book made me shake my head. 600 pages of pure words – not for the willowy-minded, indeed. As I began perusing through the first few pages of the novel, I was plunged into deeper shock; an army…
Category: Opinion
Editor’s Column Opinion: The Wrath of Senioritis
It seems to take its toll every year, at every high school across the nation. Most, if not all, seniors are diagnosed with this seemingly interminable condition. It goes by the name senioritis and it’s legit. Urban Dictionary, the go-to in today’s modern adolescent culture, characterizes senioritis as “a crippling disease, [with] symptoms [such as]…
A National Debate on the Removal of Confederate Statues.
In a presidency full of the inflammatory statements that propelled him to an improbable election win, none can be so controversial as Donald Trump’s remarks on the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville and removal of Confederate statues. These remarks mark a new development in the racial clashes that are none more apparent than in the…
Should You Take the AP Exams?
The end of the school year is slowly approaching, and the beginning of AP Exams looms on the horizon. The AP Exams take place in May and cover subjects ranging from Chemistry to European History. But are these AP Exams really necessary? Although the AP program might help to better prepare students for college, these…
SAT or ACT: Take the Right Test
For many students, choosing between SAT and ACT may be a grey area because all the traditional standards and lack of self-awareness. There is a lot of controversy about whether or not students should dedicate themselves to one test. For many years, taking the SAT has been the norm in the minds of parents and…
Bucket List: Stairs towards an Unrepenting Life
“Kick the Bucket,” is an english idiom meaning “to die” originating from the notion that people hanged themselves by standing on a bucket with a rope around their neck and then kick the bucket away. It led me to question, “Will people regret their life the second before they die?” According to “The Top Five…
Pursuing Your Passions
Pursuing your passions is not the easiest thing to do. Since there are many eyes watching, students struggle to embrace their individuality and find what their true passions are. Many people these days tend to be caught up in the influences of society and are confined by the media in what they do and think…
The Risk of Honors
Entering high school also means that a student can enter Honors and AP classes. Entering high school also means that students start to get more serious because they are told that colleges look at grades starting from high school. Because colleges determine jobs, and their incomes, and possibly their life plans, their grades and overall…
Dump Trump?
With the elections covering all news outlets, it is becoming more and more difficult for citizens to figure out which candidate they should be voting for come November. Many feel Republican candidate Donald Trump should win and others believe he is not suitable to be the President. Whichever the case, the results in November are highly anticipated.
Send a Letter!
With communication becoming so instantaneous, the number of handwritten letters have decreased significantly. The act of letter writing has become somewhat obsolete as communication has become short as well. As a result some people are hoping that letter writing becomes more of a popular thing because it may be the solution to getting people to feel a little bit more about what they are writing.