If you drive north past the corporate office buildings in Irving and brave the five-over-one apartment complexes of Richardson, you will eventually arrive at a magical place called Plano. Growing up as...
Nobody is ever ready to become an adult. Days away from my birthday, I felt unconfident and scared for my future. I did not feel ready. Once a person turns 18, they’re considered an adult, in at least...
For the 2022-2023 school year, Mansfield ISD no longer allows COVID-19 sick days to be considered “excused absences” for test exemptions. For students to be exempt from a final test, they cannot have...
Nov. 9, 6 a.m. I woke up and groggily got ready for the beginning of what I would soon find out to be the craziest day of my life. In the next 30 minutes, I prepared myself for the day and began the hour-long...
To kick off this year’s NFL Monday Night Football, the Seahawks faced off against the Broncos. In the previous offseason, the Seahawks traded their star quarterback, Russell Wilson, to the Broncos. This...
It’s 8:40 pm, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. I get home after an hour of driving practice and silently step toward the kitchen. I am fatigued, after eight hours of school, three hours of work, and an hour...
After I got my revised schedule the first day of school my sophomore year, I saw a class that I didn’t realize would change my life, my friends and even my personality forever.
To start off, if you...
Hi! My name is Luke, and I am a staff writer for The Rider Online. I joined Newspaper halfway through the fourth week of school with literally no experience in journalism, so I'm definitely in over my...
Oh, high school. A pivotal time in any teenager's development stage. A universal experience we all share, but I think the class of 2023 has had anything but an ordinary high school experience.
Our freshman...
The Queen of England is dead. Her passing quickly made global news, flooding social media and news outlets with announcements and tributes to the late monarch. For some reason, every post I saw about the...
