Beef: Got trash?
Anthony Alegrete, Senior Writer
May 11, 2017
Imagine a world where you have to clean somebody else’s disgusting and smelly room. Doesn’t sound great, huh? However, the same principle can be applied to when you leave your garbage scattered across the lunchroom, expecting somebody else to clean it up for you. Just like it isn’t your responsibility...
Beef: Toilet paper, where ya at?
Mary Russell, Staff Writer
May 11, 2017
With a full bladder and one minute already lost from the short passing period, you whip off your backpack and sprint towards the nearest empty stall. You rush as much as you’re capable, hoping to make it to your next class on time. Reaching for the toilet paper, your stomach suddenly drops. The stall...
Where’s the beef?: Unavoidable hallway errors
Aria Soeprono, Staff Writer
November 8, 2016
The obnoxious bell lets out a loud ring as hordes of students rush into the crowded hall. Moments later, you feel a shove and are now sandwiched between the incessant whistler and someone who has not yet discovered the miraculous powers of deodorant. As soon as you catch sight of an escape from the offensive...
Netflix sapping students’ ambition
Wyatt Waters, Opinion Editor
June 7, 2016
Netflix: everyone’s greatest friend, and worst enemy. It provides us easily distractible students with hours upon hours of television shows, movies, and more. Thus, many of us drift into a stupor of watching episode after episode. It begins innocently. Perhaps your friend shares their Netflix account...
Late work shouldn’t just be accepted, it should be understood
Kasey Winter, Staff Writer
June 7, 2016
We all know the terrible feeling when you hand a teacher an assignment late and they give you that dreaded dirty look, from which you can tell the teacher is annoyed at you because you dare ask for an extension or make them do extra grading. Teachers should be more understanding when we ask for an extension...
Bathroom passes set unfair restrictions
Christina Tuttle, Staff Writer
May 12, 2016
High school students are entrusted with many responsibilities: driving to school, getting a job, and sometimes even voting. But self-regulating their bathroom usage? Well that’s a ridiculous idea. Or at least, this is what it seems like teachers are thinking when they force students to use bathroom...
Ditch the feuding and support each other
Izzy Hayden, Senior Writer
May 12, 2016
After copious amounts of training, practice five or six times a week, and weeks of intense focus, it all finally pays off. Your team finally gets the big W it was hoping for. High off the adrenaline that is bound to come with your success you take to social media to express your excitement, except instead...
We take eight classes, not one
Sara Flash, Opinion Editor
May 12, 2016
It’s Friday morning. The weekend is in sight. All you have to do is get through four more classes and hope your teachers will have mercy on you this weekend. Yet, first period starts and you are given four packets, two chapters of reading and the notice of an upcoming test. What’s worse? Your teacher...
Quit your constant complaints
Tyra Christopherson, Opinion Editor
May 12, 2016
Some days, it seems like the only thing you hear is “I have so much homework tonight. I can’t even.” Or “On Friday I have three tests. What am I supposed to do?!” Whether you’re walking to English, sitting down in the lunchroom, or stepping onto the bus, the complaints are constantly irritating...
The constant countdown is just cruel
Tyra Christopherson, Opinion Editor
April 18, 2016
There are only 37 days until you have to commit to a college! You have 45 days remaining to prepare for your AP test! Just 79 days are left until graduation! As these dates come closer, well-meaning friends and teachers and parents and siblings make these anxiety-inducing announcements at an increasing...
March Madness makes me mad
Nathan Christopher, Senior Writer
April 18, 2016
Everywhere you look brackets are posted on the walls. Walking down the hallways all you hear is how surely this will be the year Gonzaga finally wins the tournament. NCAA March Madness has taken over our school. Irrationally enough, however, teachers still won’t let us watch March Madness during class....
The Starbucks secret menu is a myth
Carlyn Schmidgall, Senior Writer
April 18, 2016
The Starbucks secret menu is a myth We read it online, so it must be true: Starbucks has a secret menu, filled with whimsical wonders and enchanted elixirs. We plot for weeks the magical concoction we’ll order, and when we finally step up to the register, we grow impatient when our requests is only...
Polls
How often do you go off campus for lunch?
- Never (38%, 58 Votes)
- Less than once a week, but at least once in the past (22%, 34 Votes)
- Nearly every day (18%, 28 Votes)
- Two to three times per week (13%, 20 Votes)
- Once a week (9%, 14 Votes)
Total Voters: 154
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