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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

NJROTC: keeping leadership and community strong

NJROTC: keeping leadership and community strong

Kenadi Browne, Editor-in-Chief May 15, 2017

As the year comes to a close, Liberty’s NJROTC (National Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps) program reflects significant change due to new leadership and structure under Captain John Deehr. “Captain...

BP Profile: Always pranking kid

May 11, 2017

First thing you do when you wake up every morning is grab your air horn and run to your sister’s room. She’s about to be pranked. BWAAAAPPPP. Satisfied that she has been properly woken up, you grab...

BP Profile: Always getting pranked kid

May 11, 2017

It’s approximately four minutes and fifty-three seconds until the most dreadful day of the year: April Fool’s Day. You haven’t slept for the past week because you fear awakening to a world that only...

Liberty advice: how to achieve your dream job

Adam Flash, Backpage Editor May 11, 2017

Reality TV Star: Becoming a reality TV star is not something you can simply decide to be one day. You can’t just wake up to find cameramen and a lighting crew in your room (unless you’re Kim Kardashian)....

The ongoing war over trans bathroom rights

Wyatt Waters, Opinion Editor May 11, 2017

Bathrooms, for most people, serve only to satiate a very specific need, and little more. They are not battlegrounds, warzones, nor points of contention. For transgender individuals, however, the opposite...

Beef: Touchy-feely people

Chloe Winn, Staff Writer May 11, 2017

You are sitting at the lunch table when all of a sudden you feel a pair of arms constrict you and a voice say, “Guess who?”. You muster the inner strength to not slap their arms away and remind them...

Beef: Unhooked on desk hooks

Tatum Lindquist, Editor in Chief May 11, 2017

You make your way to your desk, stressing over the loads of homework looming over you. You go to sit down and hang up your backpack on the desk’s fabulous desk hooks, but inevitably your backpack plummets...

Credit for creativity: athletes of the arts

Soraya Marashi, Staff Writer May 11, 2017

A rigorous audition process, competitive call backs, and four grueling months of blood, sweat, and hoarse voices – all in the name of the arts. The students in the Drama department, namely, those who...

The importance of asking for help

Mehul Krishna, Staff Writer May 11, 2017

Imagine sitting there stuck on your Of Mice and Men essay. You are confused with Steinbeck’s deeper meaning and unsure how accurate your analysis is. You just feel that your essay is a mess. You want...

What’s good: lockers relieve our load

Mehul Krishna, Staff Writer May 11, 2017

High school students have basically become camels. We are bogged down, carrying so many items, that we have become beasts of burden. First, we have our backpacks. Then we have our heavy textbooks to cram...

Valuing the freedom of the press

Tatum Lindquist, Editor in Chief May 11, 2017

Horror stories of the Orwellian Ministry of Truth may seem unrealistic, but with communication technology on the rise, information—true and false—overwhelms our thoughts and inboxes. How many of us...

What’s good: Kahoot-making reviewing fun

Bridget Ury, Photography Editor May 11, 2017

Your shaky finger hovers over your phone waiting for the choices to appear on the screen. The apprehensive music fills your soul and makes your heart beat faster. You read the question and know you know...

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