[Originally Posted 3/17/12] Coming home from a club meeting, her third extracurricular meeting this week, junior Cynthia Garza heads straight to her room and quickly falls asleep in her bed. Involved in eight extracurricular activities, Garza often feels overworked and exhausted. A natural response...

Ever since the district-wide deployment of iPads, numerous students, teachers and administrators have praised iPads for their effective use as a learning instrument. Conversely, many have complained about their equally effective use as nothing more than a distraction and outlet to in-class gaming, messaging...

The presidential election, the single most important election in America, often goes unnoticed by millions of individuals across the nation. Despite its significance over 36 percent of the 206 million eligible voters - more than 70 million people, over eight million of which were 18 to 24 - failed to...

With many worried about the economy, more students begin to learn how to manage their money, but not many know of personal finance. Not knowing enough about how to manage money can easily send students to poor choices, later leading to debt and financial instability. Senior Melissa Tansey feels she doesn’t...

[If you're here because you followed the link on the front page of our paper, we made a mistake. The proper link is here. ] The United States contains over 4,300 colleges, only about 70 of which currently allow for concealed handguns to be brought on campus. In 2009 alone, 2,590 forcible sexual offenses,...

It’s both humorous and upsetting to think back on my previous years of high school and remember how much everybody lied to me. I don’t hold it against anybody, but countless teachers, former students and my brothers told me at least on a weekly basis that junior year would pose the greatest threat...

Sitting on the couch after school, senior Hannah Matula stares absently at the TV watching Jersey Shore. Ever since the show first premiered on MTV, the cast has gathered widespread popularity among teens across the nation. With the advent of modern technology, namely the TV and MP3 players, the ability...

Legacy custodian Nona Airheart walks the empty halls: No light streams through the windows. No sound other than the echo of her own footsteps. No people except for the rest of the night crew. Continuing her work she thinks back to when she became a mother. In her senior year of high school, twenty-one...

Nautilus House - Mexico City, Mexico This beautiful house, designed to look like the shell for which the builders named it, sports a grand opening through stained glass leading to a living room embedded with deep green flowers and a tree, as well as three floors with a master bedroom and bath, a study,...

You’ve all seen them. The people in the halls a little closer to each other than you wanted to see. The ones who think they’re “in love.” They hide in the corners of the stairwells, making things awkward for the lonely individuals on their way to first block. Well, it doesn’t work. Not on me....

For many students, its mainstream popularity peaked during the fourth grade and has died down significantly since then, the classic card game, Yu-Gi-Oh! continues to have a hold on thousands of people throughout the world. For anyone looking to pick up a new hobby, Yu-Gi-Oh! offers a fun and thought-provoking...

Senior Brandon Snailer marches onto the field, one of hundreds of other graduates. From the stands his parents watch as his drill sergeant dismisses the platoons, ending their ten weeks of basic training. No longer a recruit but an army soldier, Snailer sets out to find his parents and return home. He...

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and incumbent candidate President Barack Obama have remained tied in the polls for several weeks now, and, with early voting already started, it’s important to understand the issues each candidate supports and rejects. Gay Marriage President Obama supports marriage...