There are many different opinions about which sport is the best, but for me, baseball is the best. Ever since I was a child, I watched baseball. Every time there was a game, I would sit on my living room couch with my family and watch the game on television. It would be a…
Editor’s Column The Busan Bullying Incident Raises Greater Concerns
This article contains graphic images “She was covered in blood and was lying on the floor, with a hat covering her face…” These were the words that a witness used to describe the horrific bullying incident in Busan of South Korea which caused global outrage after the victim’s story was posted online. A group of…
Gun Violence and the Need for Stricter Policy
Blasting music filled the air. People were enjoying their time. And another tragedy occurred. October 1st, 2017. A gunman, safely and slyly nested in his hotel room, fired a deadly volley of metal Reapers into an unassuming crowd at a country music concert in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to New York Times, Stephen Paddock, with…
The Doormat Pizza: Inner Workings of Employees Contribute to Success
While he spreads his hands over the daisy white pizza dough, the flour evaporates into the thick air of cheese. Sam shifts and swings across the floor while holding the dough on his hand, matching his moves to the rhythm of the dulcet song. Like Sam, workers at Koronet Pizza relish their job of creating…
Opinion: Kneeling During the National Anthem Should be Stopped
But not for the reasons you think! Disrespect or a silent protest against discrimination? For many Americans, this question has come up all too often in this debate over the latest in a long list of controversies surrounding the recent trend of NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. Beginning with former 49ers quarterback Colin…
PSAT vs. SAT/ACT
As the deadlines for college applications are coming up for many seniors, they are preparing to take or have already taken SAT and ACT which are standardized tests that are required by colleges. The SAT works in a 1600 points system where english and math each composites 800 points. In contrast, the ACT is out…
College Applications and Stress: Mental Preparations
As each year goes by, there is another set of eleventh graders transitioning into their last year of high school. We all know what that means: college applications! The rigorous fight that each individual student has put up throughout their journey of high school is finally coming to an end with the last boss; college…
“Happiness”
People are always asked if their happy or not, however what does happy mean. Happy is one of the hardest word to define. In society, the number one thing that people want to be is to be happy. However, most people think that money and success is the way to be happy. However, psychological studies…
Awareness for Deaf Culture
There are about 70 million deaf people in this world that uses sign language as their main language. It is also estimated that deaf people can only decipher about 38% of a conversation through lip reading. This percentage is very low because every person has a different way of talking and enunciating their words. Talking…
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]…