Forum for student expression since 1977

The Patriot Press

Forum for student expression since 1977

The Patriot Press

Forum for student expression since 1977

The Patriot Press

BP Profile: Too hyped for Christmas Kid

March 27, 2017

They smell you before they see you walking in the hallway. Wearing your grandma’s ugly sweater that survived in the closet three generations too long and exerting the light scent of peppermint, you pass...

BP Profile: Never Actually Awake Kid

March 27, 2017

New Years is a time to make resolutions for the upcoming year, but many people don’t end up following through. Here at the Backpage we have predicted how Liberty student’s resolutions will go: I...

Predictions for 2017 Resolutions

Adam Flash, Backpage Editor March 27, 2017

New Years is a time to make resolutions for the upcoming year, but many people don’t end up following through. Here at the Backpage we have predicted how Liberty student’s resolutions will go: I...

Political protests surge as the election sweeps through America

Press Perspective, Opinion Editor March 27, 2017

The Situation So Far On November 9, a change of colossal proportions struck The United States. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in what has been called the greatest upset in modern political...

How to participate in serious class discussion: with empathy

Wyatt Waters, Staff Writer March 27, 2017

Racism. Religious beliefs. Sexual assault. Depression. Suicide. Over the course of high school, the books we read in English classes expose us to some heavy topics. From the tense discussions of the realities...

Marijuana: a crucial matter of the mind

Wyatt Waters, Opinion Editor March 27, 2017

Everyone’s heard something outlandish about marijuana before. “You can’t get addicted to it,” someone might claim, or “It’s safe because it’s legalized.” Regardless of the specific myth,...

Sibling preferences create an unequal learning environment

Annabelle Smith, Feature Editor March 27, 2017

I used to have a brother. Before he moved schools, teachers and older students would look at me with a knowing eye, saying, “You’re Ben’s sister?” I reveled in how my older brother’s friends...

How my brother gave me a headstart

Karinn Sytsma, Editor in Chief March 27, 2017

Oh, are you Trevor’s sister?” or “Sytsma? You must be Trevor’s little sister,” are the most common phrases I hear every year as teachers take roll for the first time. But these questions and...

Beef: the diagonal speed bump of doom

Reegan Weber, Staff Writer March 27, 2017

The diagonal speed bump in the front parking lot causes nothing but misery for all drivers who notice their car rocketing into the sky four times instead of twice, as each individual wheel clunks into...

Beef: It’s Wednesday, sigh and cry

Jency Clement, Beyond Liberty Editor March 27, 2017

In the middle of a long, boring class, you glance at the clock. It’s 2:15 p.m. Almost time to go home. You begin to pack up. Then your friend says, “What are you doing? School ends at 3:35. It’s...

Thank you, Madame President

Sabrina Suen, Opinion Editor March 27, 2017

I was in the fourth grade when you lost the Democratic nomination in 2008. At the time, I was still too young to understand the magnitude of your accomplishment, how you had gotten closer to the highest...

What’s good: the printer that deserves our praise

Annabelle Smith, Feature Editor March 27, 2017

It is black, plastic, and incredibly chunky. It is a sturdy collection of innumerable sheets of paper, bottomless pots of ink, and smooth, lustrous edges. It is faster than a speeding racecar, more trustworthy...

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