Each summer, HOBY invites promising students to attend their seminars, looking to inspire the next generation of leaders. This year, three Liberty sophomores—Ryan Kirschner, Tyson Aramaki, and Karinn...

Q: How did your expectations of being principal differ from the reality? A: I’ve been an assistant principal for the past five years, so I felt like I knew what I was getting into. I  knew the technical...

Extensive research. Late nights cutting and gluing. Terrifying judges. High competition. These are just some of the obstacles sophomores Brigitte Larkin and Maddie Neyland have overcome to win first place...

You wake up, but the sweet siren sound of your alarm is not there to greet you. You lay there for hours, your mood becoming worse and worse as the realization sets in: summer has begun. You consider...

You awake at 6 AM on the dot to a loud, relaxing “BEEP. BEEP. BEEP” followed by the daily yelling of your family to change your alarm -- but you’re too lazy to do so. Plus, it’s the clock’s default...

By order of the district, Liberty will take new steps to crack down on cheating in AP exams. “We got to brainstorming how students cheat and what we could do to prevent it,” Beth Mac said. “Round...

The crowd gathers at the stage ready to hear the cancer story of the two guest speakers bravely willing to share their personal experiences. As the first speaker begins, a hush falls over the crowd, who...

If Dhaman Kaur saw Buchli in public: “I would see Buchli on the Cougar Mountain trails, and I probably would be running, and Buchli would be hiking or jogging. We might stop and talk about how more...

Three of these scholarships are actually real and ready to give you money, but three of them were made up here at the Backpage. See if you can tell the difference! Tall Club International Scholarship If...

Anyone who knows me knows how much milk I drink and steak I eat. It’s almost an addiction, to be quite honest. So when I was elected to become a vegan for a week, I had to mentally prepare for one of...

The car’s clock ticks life away as you sit on probably the hottest day of the school year and endure the line to the four-way stop. Five minutes—that feel like thirty—creep at a petty, skin-crawling,...

Heads down, earbuds in, voices off. Walking into your favorite restaurant, there is no cacophony of voices and conversations; it is silent. The only sound reaching your ear is the clang of dishes in the...