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The Patriot Press

Forum for student expression since 1977

The Patriot Press

Forum for student expression since 1977

The Patriot Press

Helpless Homecoming Kid

Jordan Carlson, Backpage Editor October 30, 2014

Homecoming, a night of over-anticipated thrills let down by the fact that you are spending way too much money on an outfit you’ll only wear once. But hey, you got the flowers, you got the date, and your...

Fly Assassin

Drew Brady, Senior Writer October 30, 2014

You hold one belief in common with Hamlet, Romeo, and almost every other Shakespearean character: if you wait too long to act, you end up dead around the corpses of your loved ones. Your call to action...

Happy days are here again: a Backpage tour of our completed school

Happy days are here again: a Backpage tour of our “completed” school

Connor Cherry, Backpage Editor October 30, 2014

Finally, after all these years of blood, sweat and a few tears, our fair school is finally complete. We can breathe a sigh of relief, fellow Patriots: the tyranny of the Construction era is done and the...

Ode to My Lost Love

Jordan Carlson, Backpage Editor October 30, 2014

Pizza sauce was red our Gatorade was blue my wallet always empty buying stuff from you Hardcore whole grain everything tastes the same my teeth writhing in pain This food is a pile of sh—ame Sugarless...

The Corny Corner (Oct 2014)

October 30, 2014

“On a scale of 1 to America, how free are you tonight?” “What did the American say to the Englishmen in the bathroom?” -“Hey! Eur-o-pean!” “Are you an exothermic reaction? ‘Cause you’re...

The healthy, hunger-free kids act

October 30, 2014

The United States has a weight problem. Today, with 74.1% of the American population overweight, obesity rates continue to increase and 120,000 people die per year of preventable causes related to obesity. The...

Wednesday: an afternoon-eating monster

Paige Hopkins, Staff Writer October 30, 2014

It’s Wednesday afternoon and I’m sitting in class, glancing edgily at the clock every few seconds. Finally, the numbers flip to 3:35 and the bell rings. I jump from my seat and sprint through the hallways...

College mail is a college fail

Signe Stroming, Editor-In-Chief October 30, 2014

It seemed harmless enough at the time. Who knew filling in those small address boxes on the PSAT registration would result in such a total inundation of college mail? Since the end of sophomore year, a...

Freshmen taking advanced placement classes

Anne Wu, Senior Writer October 24, 2014

It seems like the class of 2015 always misses out on something. First, we missed the newly remodeled facilities at Maywood. Then, we missed out on Liberty’s new stadiums. And now, we have yet another...

Classes: to switch or not to switch?

Paige Hopkins, Staff Writer October 24, 2014

We’ve all had that feeling. That sense of excitement as you log on to Family Access to find out your schedule after months of anticipation, that quickly turns to dread when you realize you’ve gotten...

Complaining is a powerful tool

Gabby Messina, Staff Writer October 24, 2014

Thanks to students complaining, they no longer need to book it to the library. Students lamenting over their problems can be a powerful tool for change when they speak up about their desires for improvement....

Tiger Mountain needs our help:

Jenna Purkis, Guest Columnist October 24, 2014

Against the best interests of nearly 100 students, the District wishes to make the 2014-2015 school year at Tiger Mountain Community High School its last. Though a detailed proposition hasn’t been...

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