Varsity Winter Guard placed first at the Grapevine competition Feb. 5 with a score of 67.5, while JV finished in second for their category. On Friday each team practiced for 1 ½ hours after school, and the bus to Grapevine departed at 7 p.m. JV performed at 9:36, and varsity at 10:16. “We still...

Jody Dean is big and sort of awkward-looking. The MISD administrators across the room are dressed in formal business clothes—ties, slacks, the whole shebang. Jody’s wearing a sweater with a popped collar, his hat is turned backwards. He doesn’t look like a journalist, he hates the word. He’s...

One of the many things I pride myself in is my need for glasses. I spent hours in a dark room staring at a bright computer screen, seldom blinking, to earn these Kenneth-Cole tokens of nerd-dom. It saddens me to see people trying to fake their way into the Spectacles Collective. If you want to be able...

Swine flu. It's what’s on everyone’s minds. Or hands. Because of the flu scare, administration has cancelled or postponed all extracurricular events. This decision was a hastily made and ill-informed choice. Earlier today (May 1), the WHO released a statement declaring restrictions on traveling...

At the last pep rally, “Good Riddance” by Green Day was announced as my class’s senior song. I’m pretty disappointed, and I don’t think the voters realized they picked a sarcastic break up song. If I had my way, these five songs would have made up the ballot. The Killers - Smile Like You...

With nationwide awards, The Rider and Mansfield High's The Uproar lead Texas in student-run online newspapers. By receiving a Gold Crown and a Pacemaker, respectively, the two publications have been proven as top-notch. The Rider went online in April 2009 and received three nominations for state and...

Dallas Reid endures the repetitive whistle of the Andy Griffith theme song, petting Leon and Roxie, his young Boxer pups. The aging parakeet , Annie, has forgotten all but the first bar of the tune, which it learned at its previous home. With five dogs, a betta fish (whose name changes at least twice...

President Obama believes American students need an extended school year to compete with other countries. The responsibility of setting school schedules, according to law, falls on the shoulders of local governments. “I can’t imagine going to school longer,” AP Christine Englert said. “When...

President Barack Obama’s  speech to students today did not stream live in MISD. Bandwidth issues and its occurrence during lunch time, along with the possibility of unfavorable content, prompted the district to record the speech rather than broadcast it live. However, teachers can later show the...

Children’s theater will perform a kids’ adaptation of The Wizard of Oz for the first grade class of Roberta Tipps Elementary School on Tuesday, May 19. The class incorporated the well-known songs of the movie into their rendition. “We’ve never done a musical; our actors are doing a good job...

Next February, seniors Ian Cook and Paige Riley will learn from the NMSC whether or not they qualified as Finalists for the Merit Scholarship Program. For now, they remain 2 of 3 students in the district recognized as Semifinalists, and 2 of 16,000 in the nation. “Right now, it’s just an academic...

AP Testing will begin May 3 and last through May 15, with 748 Legacy students taking 1,148 exams during the two-week period. "I think it says a lot about the caliber of the kids attempting these tests," AP US History teacher and AP Coordinator Mandy Gent said. "It's a good representation of the program...

Over $17,000 in grant money will help to fund new Legacy programs and expand Sports Medicine courses. The Education Foundation  approved a grant for $2,779.13 for a student café, where students will learn food service and job skills. Five-thousand dollars granted to the Legacy and other high school's...

Bronco Bazaar 2009 will open publicly Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the cafeteria. Funds from the bazaar will help cover prom costs, while offering a place for members of the community to commingle. “It’s a shopping extravaganza. It’s fun getting to see all the different things,”...

Health and technology teachers can expect a drop in students signed up for their classes, as these staples of high school get removed from graduation requirements throughout the state. Legislators ratified House Bill 3 June 19, and then it went through Governor Rick Perry  and the State Board of...

Throughout the next two weeks, 547 Legacy students will test to qualify for college credit in 30 various Advanced Placement, or AP, subjects, ranging from Government and Politics to Spanish Literature. “I think it is wonderful, and shows that we have a lot of academically motivated students,” Secretary...