Teen Sleep: Why does school start so early?
March 25, 2010 • John Reifenberg
Filed under Opinion & Editorial
“Beep, beep, beep.” It’s five in the morning on a Monday and your alarm just went off. You hit the snooze a few times and then come to the sudden realization that you need to get up and go to school. According to Mayoclinic.com, most teens need about nine hours of sleep a night. But in a recent... Read more »
Senioritis: It can strike you as soon as you hit High School
March 25, 2010 • Jess Cleveland
Filed under Opinion & Editorial
Senioritis. The key word there is senior. Senioritis is a disease that high school seniors claim to have for missing so many days of school. I’ve never thought of having this but the idea has become more and more appealing as the days get closer to graduation. One morning I plan to wake up and... Read more »
Staying Focused
March 25, 2010 • Candice Marbaker
Filed under Opinion & Editorial
Most kids tend to slack off toward the end of the year. This is not a good thing because some teachers keep the same amount of work load through the whole year. This is the time of the year that could hurt your yearend averages or GPA (grade point average). Most kids say it’s the end of the year so... Read more »
2D vs. 3D
March 25, 2010 • Taylor Dunavant & Billy Milem
Filed under Opinion & Editorial
Two dimensional movies are the way to go. I have always watched movies in 2D and I don’t see a reason to change. When you pay eight bucks for popcorn, you don’t want it to be flying out of your hand because some guy from the movie is shoving his chainsaw in your face. Who really wants to sit down... Read more »
Influence of Teen Pregnancy
March 12, 2010 • Candice Marbaker
Filed under Opinion & Editorial
I feel that shows like “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom” tell teen girls that it’s “ok” to be pregnant, when really most people in society are looking down on them and wondering why they are so irresponsible. They are thinking “how could these girls and boys not be thinking about the consequences... Read more »
Why can’t we look like Barbie?
March 12, 2010 • Sara Mayhew
Filed under Opinion & Editorial
Cover Girl, Glamour, People, and many more top magazines always have the “Hottest” and “Thinnest” new stars on the covers and pages of their magazine. Many young teenage girls, as well as boys, come across these magazines on a daily basis, and look up to them as their role models. While some... Read more »
He said/She said: St. Patty’s Day Pinching
March 12, 2010 • Taylor Dunavant and Billy Milem
Filed under Opinion & Editorial
She said: Are you one of those people? You know the obnoxious ones who even dye their hair green for St. Patrick’s Day? The Leprechaun Nazi’s who pinch the rest of us black and blue for not being as enthused? Don’t get me wrong. I like St. Patrick’s Day. I just don’t think that celebrating... Read more »
College Commercialization- Quantity Over Quality
March 12, 2010 • Andrew Brimer
Filed under Opinion & Editorial
At the very beginning of my junior year letters and flyers from countless colleges started arriving in my mailbox. Most of the mailings featured vibrant colors, flashy ads, and scenic views of college campuses. In addition to physical mail, my email account also began to fill with college promotions.... Read more »
Global Warming: The Biggest Case of Fraud in History
March 12, 2010 • Andrew Brimer
Filed under Opinion & Editorial
Has anyone else noticed that Al Gore has been very quiet lately? The former vice president and current Nobel Peace Prize winning environmental activist based much of his film, An Inconvenient Truth, off of the climate change data which recently has come into major controversy in what pundits have termed,... Read more »
March 3, 2010 • Billy Milem & Taylor Dunavant
Filed under Opinion & Editorial
HE SAID Yes, I believe there is such a thing as too much snow (like being trapped in your house for weeks due to multiple feet of snow) – our storm…not so much. I enjoyed every minute of the “blizzard” of 2010. I love snow, always have, always will and I think it’s about time we got more than... Read more »
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