Point/Counterpoint: Making the crucial decision about getting the flu shot
January 31, 2014
Why not everyone needs to get the shot in order to stay healthy By Feature Editor: Hannah Snyder Every year the local businesses and hospitals advise you to get the flu shot or some type of vaccination before the big flu season hits. However, how necessary is this vaccination so many people bow down to...
Jobs are just as important as sports
January 22, 2014
By Staff Writer: Eliza Bengala Sports are a very big deal in the high school culture. A lot of high school students feel that they are just as much an athlete as they are a student, and devote countless hours to their sport to make the varsity team and be number one at what they do. Sports are not only viewed as...
Netflixing: Fun pastime or the root of all evil?
January 21, 2014
By Managing Editor: Amber Lee Carnahan Netflixing: The act of watching an entire season of a show in one sitting; a valid excuse for avoiding social obligations. Sure, this may not be a valid word in the Oxford Dictionary, but to those familiar with the invented term, it’s just as real. Netflix is a p...
Mosh pits cause controversy after 12-year-old girl gets injured
January 15, 2014
By Staff Writer: Marissa VanDaelen Mosh pits have been around since the early 1980s. It’s no doubt that they have gotten more dangerous over the years so it’s understandable why it’s been questioned whether or not they should be legal. It seems like nothing more than a style of dance where people slam int...
Point/Counterpoint: Believing in Santa, healthy or dangerous?
December 19, 2013
Belief in Santa Claus adds to the magic of the season By Staff Writer: Travis Waker The belief in Santa Claus is good for kids because of how it makes children feel on Christmas morning and the anticipation the night before on Christmas Eve of what is to come the next morning. If little kids knew the tru...
“The Knockout Game”: punching the trust right out of humanity
December 19, 2013
By Staff Writer: Lexi PetroiRecently, a 16-year-old girl in London was knocked out cold by a complete stranger in broad daylight. A man died after being punched at a bus stop in Manchester, England. A 12-year-old boy and a 78-year-old woman were both punched in the head in separate attacks in Brooklyn, New York.Some law enforcement officials belie...
Teens express themselves with body ink
December 16, 2013
By Feature Editor: Hannah Snyder Not that long ago tattoos were typically imagined on people who rode motorcycles and on the arms of criminals. However, tattoos have been becoming much more popular in today’s society. The form of art and expression has been attracting high school students for about f...
Point/Counterpoint: Does the music kill Christmas?
December 13, 2013
How the music killed Christmas By A&E Editor: Madison Deadman It’s only the very beginning of December and I am so beyond sick and tired of hearing bells jingling and the same campy rhythms and beats behind every song. It plays in every pharmacy, gas station, mall, convenience store, grocery s...
Point/ Counterpoint: Deciding where to go after graduation
December 12, 2013
Save some money, community college first By Feature Editor: Hannah Snyder Senior year, by far, has to be the most stressful year in high school. Trying to maintain a good grade point average while also trying to allow yourself to enjoy all of the senior advantages and activities can be a hard thing to ...
Point/Counterpoint: Which diet is best?
December 11, 2013
Vegetarians help world become better place By Staff Writer: Tricia Tucker Vegetarianism has become the most popular diet among the younger generation. This has many factors but the main reason is because of the cruelty to livestock. However, people become a vegetarian for a variety of other re...
Local Applebee’s continues to impress customers: A student’s opinion
December 11, 2013
By Social Media Editor: Cassie Bondie At a restaurant infamous for having lots of decent food but nothing that particularly stands out on the menu, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to get a plate of more than mediocre food in modern America. Such is the case of places like Coney Island, Old...
Cell phone use: Out of hand?
Madison Deadman, Staff Writer
November 20, 2013
By A&E Editor: Madison Deadman Ad-dic-tion noun : a strong and harmful need to regularly have something (such as a drug) or do something (such as gamble) : an unusually great interest in something or a need to do or have something Cell phones are the newest addition to the human body, perhaps, a...
