A student arrived late to class, the teacher asked, “Why are you late?” The student answered, “My alarm didn’t go off because the power went out during the night. Then my dog ran away so I had to chase him and bring him back. After that my car wouldn’t start. When I was able to [...]

Before, during, and after the Great Depression, people generally put the following nouns in this order of importance: God, country, family, themselves. Recently, it proves to be rare to find a person who puts others before themselves. Those nouns in the year 2010? Themselves, family, country, God. What’s wrong with this picture?
Americans never show compassion [...]

As of today, there are 51 days left until graduation, including weekends. Without weekends there are 35 days, 35 school days left of the seniors’ high school careers, 35 days to step up and pass classes or 35 days to give up and fail.
In those 35 days how many students will give up? After spending [...]

What is racism? An outright open hatred of those of color or a silent uneasiness? Where is racism found? Deep south plantations or down the block? Who is a racist? A skin head Nazi or the elderly woman at the grocery store?
Many believe that racism does not exist if it does not directly affect his [...]

Cody Solders

Online Editor
Worrying: one of the plagues of teenage years. While humans are capable of a wide-range of emotions, from infatuation and fear, to remorse and overwhelming constipation; worrying often is one of the most consuming and destructive of all—next to jealousy.
However when one worries and has fears, there is often little advice to be [...]

People over the past 100 years created many of the foundations for modern culture. They sent countless objects into space, made computers so small they fit into a pocket, created many “labor-saving technologies” to free up people’s time, phones which allow people to communicate anywhere across the globe and some of the most deadly weapons [...]

“Why do today what you can do tomorrow?” The opposite of Thomas Jefferson’s “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” Procrastination is very prevalent in students throughout many aspects of their lives. Homework is not finished until the last minute, and chores are forgotten until teens are nagged enough to do them.

Procrastination [...]