Standing on the sidelines of a football game, sophomore Cori Brown cheers for the varsity football team as they defeat Lake Ridge to advance to playoffs. Last year was Brown's first year to try out and make varsity cheer.  “I feel like my first year was really nerve-wracking and very scary,”...

On Feb. 14, over 1,000 National Park Service workers were fired through Trump's new effort to downsize the federal workforce. All of these workers work hard to maintain and clean our national parks all around the country. This could be one of the worst orders Trump implemented during his presidency.  The...

“I think it’s crazy that the government thinks in order to see a change in society, they have to ban an app.” - Alexis Torres, 11. “I think there’s no real reason for [TikTok] being banned other than [the government] being paranoid.” - Taik Willis, 11. “It shows how much our generation...

I’m 16, and I’ve been to a total of 36 concerts. Throughout my concert experience, some have stuck out more than others for multiple reasons. So, in no particular order, these are my top six concerts I’ve ever been to. AJR I saw AJR at Dickies Arena on July 10, 2024, and I’m not even...

The smell of weed fills the air as I watch a man breakdancing to the song “Ripple” by The Grateful Dead. This is only my fourth concert ever, and I’m watching a man, maybe in his mid-60s, literally breakdancing to one of the slowest songs ever. All around me, people are either dancing, singing...

My ball goes flying straight into the trees. I shanked another shot. Great.  “That’ll work,” Coach Scott Parlin says.  I want to punch him so hard right now. I’m in front of our whole girls' golf team. They’re all watching me shank my ball into orbit and all my coach says is, “That’ll...

When I was around 11 or 12 I was sitting in my dad's truck with him, my mom, my brother and me. We had the radio turned to KSHE 95, the classic rock station for St. Louis. I remember a specific song called “Bertha” by the Grateful Dead coming on, and I saw my dad turn the radio up and turn around...

Valentine’s Day is usually seen as a holiday for couples to celebrate each other, but what about single people? If you don’t have a significant other this Valentine's Day then here are some ideas to keep yourself occupied.  Plan a date with your best friend. Instead of being alone on Valentine's...

UPDATE: Senior Toby Eaton and Junior Joshua Odums will compete at the state cross-country meet on Nov. 4 in Austin, Texas. The cross country team advanced to the regional meet after a second-place varsity boys and third-place varsity girls finish. Senior Monica Sanchez, girls’ team captain, began...

Many people today listen to popular creators like Tyler The Creator, Taylor Swift, or Billie Eilish. Even though those artists were very successful, people seem to have forgotten the old bands that influenced the new music. We as people should strive to inform kids of these talented bands. Grateful...