Should Teachers Take Grades
May 15, 2020
Uncertain times make the decisions made by institutions, for the lack of a better word, uncertain. During spring break, grades were pulled from PowerSchool, and as of April 8, grades of non-college courses were not able to fall. Teachers also no longer accepted work from pre-quarantine. Although no one...
The Dicey Online Market of Underage Gambling
February 14, 2020
A 15-year-old betting money online and an adult spending a night out with friends at a casino are both considered to be gambling, but one of those scenarios is significantly more harmful than the other. The adolescent gambling rate in North America is higher than that of adults, with 61.4% to 68.0%...
That’s The Tea
Kara Morley, Staff
May 3, 2019
Good Tea and Good Vibes: Gocha Tea & Beverages 6595 N Oak Trafficway, Gladstone, Mo. 64118 A strong smell of cigarette smoke immediately hit me when I walked through the doors. However, the inside of GoCha was spotless clean. Decor was clearly done well with everything matching in a shiny and contemporary look. The aesthetic was ver...
Camera Conspiracy
Kara Morley, Staff
February 12, 2019
Covering your laptop camera is more than a conspiracy. The Director of FBI, James Comey, recommends taping over your computer webcam and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg also tapes over his MacBook camera, according to a photo posted on Facebook by Zuckerberg Hackers, spies, internet predators and...
New Role Models
Kara Morley, Staff
November 2, 2018
Social media influencers are becoming popular and powerful. The influence they have over their audience of wide-eyed children and teenagers is getting out of hand. Some social media influencers such as Jake Paul and Logan Paul who have millions of viewers, negatively influence kids whether they realize...
Go Vote
Jack Warner, Staff
October 27, 2018
Teenagers are so lazy and unmotivated. That’s what people seem to think anyway. But it seems that the increase of registered young adult voters who will be able to vote in the next election begs to differ. This new trend of participating in our democracy is exactly what the nation needs. We...
Cute Or Over The Top?
September 30, 2018
Promposals are an elaborately staged request to be someone's date to prom.
Our Planet Is Dying
March 14, 2018
Our Earth is sick. The planet is running a fever, and it's not coming down. Earth's temperature is rising, and climate change is real, whether you choose to believe it or not. There is proof all around us that the Earth's temperature is changing. Due to human activity, the Earth is gradually warming,...
A Letter from Mayor Sly James to Students
February 20, 2018
Dear Students, I’ve been listening and watching the news for several days since the violence in Parkland, Florida and wondering how did we, once again, allow more of you to be mowed down by an apparently disturbed, young man wielding a high-powered, military-style assault weapon with a l...
Stop The Hate
Madelyn Phillips, Reporter
February 15, 2018
Pain. That’s what cyberbullying brings into teens’ lives. It makes people feel alone and like they aren’t worth it, and it oftens makes people hide instead of telling an adult. Cyberbullying is as wrong as it is to go up to somebody’s face and call them vicious names. One out of every...