The thought of summer comes with images of swimming pools, ice cold drinks, and sleeping in every morning. However, no amount of sleep will keep anyone cool. When you’re on your way to work, the heat isn’t increased or decreased based on your lack of homework or increased laziness. Here are some...

Ladies, I know how it feels to wish that we could all be mermaids. I mean, who wouldn’t want to swim for hours on end with the dolphins without the burden of an oxygen tank or life jacket? Mystical and unexplained powers, the ability to talk to fish and going on midnight swims whenever you feel like...

For most of my years of school in Mansfield, I was an outcast. I was too shy to start a conversation. I had a few friends, but I didn’t have any classes with them. When I did, we were promptly moved to opposite sides of the room without even the possibility of making eye contact with one another. Needless...

Senior Autumn McGaha walks out of the USA store at the Grapevine Mills Mall, her plastic-covered, light-blue prom dress draped across her arms. The collar on her neck makes up for the sleevelessness and a sheer, beaded over-skirt covers the shortness bottom of the dress. “I’m not too concerned...

The purple wall and the 32 college pennants welcome all students to the Legacy GO Center, along with a table containing brochures and booklets for about 25 different colleges. Behind the table, an informative whiteboard has “It’s Your Education GO Get It” and a miniature checklist written in different...

The GO Center, located next to the counselor’s offices, serves as a convenient place to go to for any college information that might be needed. Seth Ahmed, Alfredo Rosado and Anna Duarte are there from 7-9:30 a.m. and from 10:30-3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursdays, and 7:30-9:30 a.m....

Pet peeves give reasons for people to complain. When I meet someone new, I base my first impressions on what I notice, and most times I notice the obvious pet peeves and the presentation they give of themselves. Needless to say, I have a few pet peeves of my own and some of them seem more common. So...

Librarians Michelle Spencer, Pat Chon, Pamela Pinkerton aide work in the school library from 7 a.m. to 3:15 p.m . Throughout the day, students utilize the computers, study or read the books. An instructional aide was not Ms. Spencer’s first choice of career. “My husband was in the military and...

At midnight on October 1, the House of Representatives and the Senate failed to come up with an agreement on a budget based on President Obama’s Affordable Health Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.” The discrepancy resulted in a partial government shutdown. Federal employees nationwide were no...

Legacy Theatre presents Mission: Improvable in the Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Admission is five dollars for everyone, and all proceeds go towards Pinkfest funds. The Improv Troupe, Mrs. Hurst, Mrs. Schimming, Mr. Ferman and Student Council members, will participate. In the...

Crooked white letters slowly revealed themselves on the black screen. “Slender,” created by Victor Surge began as a computer game in 2009 and different versions have been developed, giving gamers multiple versions to choose from. Each variation has a similar plot and theme and gamers always play...

Freshman year can be a hectic time. For me, freshman year was a new start and my time to find where I fit in. The thrill that comes with growing up, however, does not come without the fear factor. All I ever imagined before I made it to high school was being a track star, having more friends and the...

By summer vacation, the nearness of sophomore year relieves freshmen. Finally, all of the booing at pep rallies and fourth floor pranks will end. More freedom, more friends, and the recognition of colleges for sports and academics thrills young students. Being the youngest students, freshmen tend to...

Junior Jay Watkins walks up the carpeted stairs after returning home from school and enters the “game room.” Closing the sound-proof doors behind him, he sits in his wood framed, mint green director’s chair and props his feet up in front of the 53” flat-screen television as the loading screen...

The long, 5,047 mile flight from the northern part of Europe, across the North Atlantic Ocean, and over a few states transports junior Lynia Papenhagen from her home in Hamburg, Germany to Burlington, Vermont. She stayed at culture camp from July 25 to Aug. 4 with 500 other foreign exchange students...

Junior Brandy McDaniel steps into the eight and a half feet diameter discus ring, positions the disc on her palm, spins, and lets it fly. The discus stays airborne for 74.2 feet and then hits the ground with a soft thud. McDaniel has beaten her personal record. With a satisfied smile, she exits the ring,...

Freshman Abby Warner prepares to dance, warming up with the other students. She goes through the steps of Mrs. Parlin’s custom stretch routine. She makes sure to stretch her arms, legs and abs so that she doesn’t injure herself while dancing. As she finishes up, she practices a few pirouettes before...

All through middle school, students dream of McDonald's or Taco Bell for lunch instead of school lunches. However, students don’t have that opportunity here. All students must stay on campus for lunch and eat what the school provided for them or what they buy themselves. Students deserve to have some...

The feel of a pen in hand. The scratching sound it makes as he writes. Loud music blasting from his earbuds. His own strong emotions. A peaceful environment surrounds sophomore Tommy Sisk as he writes. He writes based on his own emotions, but something about Sisk’s poems make them exceptionally special...

Cursing. It’s a highly common thing now. I hear it all the time. Seriously, it isn’t cool. Cussing doesn’t bring up grades or gain new friends. It doesn’t accomplish anything besides making sentences longer and then they just sound bad. If a point needs to be made, then the solution should...