Apple Unveils New Products
Nicholas West, Junior Reporter
September 13, 2019
Apple officially unveiled its fall 2019 line of products on Sept. 10. Along with new products, Apple is offering new services this year for its users. They’re introducing a new Apple Watch, finally giving a revamp to an older product for a great price, making some great updates to existing products, a...
Texans Trade Tyranny
Sam Mykel, Junior Reporter
September 6, 2019
The NFL’s offseason has started to heat up recently, especially for the Houston Texans. They decided to sign veterans Bradley Roby and Tashaun Gibson to start in their up and coming secondary, but let experienced players Tyrann Mathieu and Kareem Jackson walk. On Aug. 30, the Texans made hurrican...
Problems With Parking
Trinity Flaten, Co-Writing Editor
September 5, 2019
To make the process easier, the administration decided on a new way to assign parking. Students will now be automatically assigned a spot after filling out an online form and submitting pay rather than standing in line on registration day and picking their own spot. The parking should have been assigned like p...
Mixing it Up at Sonic
Ashlynn Roberts and Jaclyn Harris
July 24, 2019
Sonic is known for its flavorful hamburgers, delicious tater tots, and one-of-a-kind drink combinations. According to Sonic commercials, the fast food company proudly serves over 168,000 drink combinations. But how strange can these drink combinations be? We spent an afternoon sampling some of Sonic's...
How Technology Affects Teens
Trinity Flaten, Co-Writing Editor
July 10, 2019
Society is constantly growing and expanding with technology advancing. It has become a common stereotype that technology is ruining this generation’s lives. Many believe that it has gotten in the way of relationships with other people and impacted social skills for the worse. But that may not be the...
Predictions for the Rookie of the Year Award
Max Van Drunen, Sports Editor
June 24, 2019
New beginnings. These are the stories that start every National Basketball Association (NBA) season. Looking back, three rookies in particular have already shown that they can take this league by storm. Luka Doncic, Trae Young, and the number one overall pick, Deandre Ayton, are the leagues undeniable...
National Honor Society Too Accepting
Trinity Flaten, Co-Writing Editor
June 12, 2019
The National Honor Society (NHS) is an organization designated to honor outstanding high school students. Students accepted into the organization exemplify scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Students are also selected into the organization based on their grade-point-average (GPA). NHS...
Hail (Weather Weekly)
Kristjan Feltes, Weather Reporter
May 21, 2019
Loud banging during a storm? Sounds like hail. How does hail form? Hail forms when rain is carried high up in the storm due to an updraft, into the colder parts of the atmosphere where it freezes into a ball of ice. Hail then falls when the updraft can no longer support the weight of it or when the up...
Does Class Size Matter?
Ashlynn Roberts, News Editor
May 20, 2019
Crowded classrooms, noisy hallways, and never-ending lunch lines are daily problems at large schools, where students are merely a number in their class rank and a name on a roll call paper. However, students at small schools are able to thrive in classes where they know each classmate and teacher pers...
A Hero, a Golf Club, and a Disappointment
Billy Mykel, Reporter
May 16, 2019
A tale of unprecedented heroism came to a close on May 6, 2019 as President Trump awarded professional golfer Tiger Woods with the Medal of Freedom following his victory at this year’s Masters. A story which followed the all so familiar plot of a tall man bending in brokenness only to rise agai...
Microbursts (Weather Weekly)
Kristjan Feltes, Weather Reporter
May 15, 2019
Time to talk about microbursts and what they are. Let's start off with the what. A microburst is a weather phenomenon where a storm that has a strong updraft suspends hail and water droplets high in the core of the storm. When the updraft weakens, it can no longer hold the core in place and the core ...
Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Explained
Billy Mykel, Reporter
April 2, 2019
In light of an increase in American unemployment rates and government spending, Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren has purposed a new wealth tax on the so-called ultra-rich. With a massive amount of partisan controversy building around the legislation, as well as the uncertainty of the contents...