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The Patriot Press

Acknowledge other holidays

Hellen Chung, Editorial Board Member December 16, 2024

I can’t wait to decorate the tree. I’m so excited to bake cookies and write letters to Santa. I just can’t wait for Christmas! These have to be the most popular phrases as the temperatures drop. As...

Stop giving winter the cold shoulder

Stop giving winter the cold shoulder

Sienna Moss, Senior Writer December 16, 2024

People that dislike winter baffle me. Don’t get me wrong everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but some opinions are blatantly and outrageously false. I don’t blame these buffoons; they are simply...

The class of 2025: making history

The class of 2025: making history

Bona Jumnoodoo, Senior Writer December 16, 2024

A baby boom in 2007 resulted in a record-breaking 4.3 million births in the U.S. Now, as seniors, the class of 2025 is projected to be the nation's largest and most ethnically diverse graduating high school...

STEM vs STEAM

STEM vs STEAM

Kambree Taylor, Art Manager December 16, 2024

Are you scared of math? Does physics intimidate you? Are you lost the minute you start looking through all the files on a computer, only seeing titles that might as well be in a foreign language? Chances...

The Battle of Fall Flavors

The Battle of Fall Flavors

Isabella Schmitt, Editorial Board Member December 3, 2024

Scent- pumpkin Champagne Apple & Honey Sweet, with slight spicy undertones, the apple scent fills our homes with the warm yet fresh feeling of crisp autumn days. The fragrance of apple acts...

Liberty drivers are driving me crazy

Liberty drivers are driving me crazy

Addison Milne, Editorial Board Member December 3, 2024

Have you ever almost gotten hit by a car in the school parking lot?  Because I definitely have-both in and outside the car.  If you ask someone from Liberty about the parking lot or the drivers,...

Morning announcements should come with a mute button

Morning announcements should come with a mute button

Frankie McFadden, Senior Writer December 3, 2024

Every morning, a few minutes after second period begins, the speakers come to life and ASB students read off submitted announcements to the entire school, covering breaking news as well as news that’s...

In Defense of the Frosted Hair Boys

In Defense of the Frosted Hair Boys

Scarlett Saam, Senior Writer December 3, 2024

Take a second to remember your most drastic hairstyle change. Maybe you got bangs during quarantine. Maybe your dad shaved your head at the last possible second before school one morning because you forgot...

Crumbl Cookies: Sweeter in theory?

Crumbl Cookies: Sweeter in theory?

Hellen Chung, Editorial Board Member December 3, 2024

Like the slightly regretful sugar crash after a Halloween night, biting into a face-sized cookie from Crumbl Cookies emulates the same feeling of short-lived happiness and sugar-induced nausea. Just...

Walking in a winter wonderland at school

Walking in a winter wonderland at school

Sophie Di, Senior Writer December 3, 2024

You haven’t had the full Liberty experience until you’ve been stuck in a first-period portable class in the dead of winter. As you hunch in your chair hoping to preserve placebo-levels of warmth, your...

Teachers need decor in their classrooms

Teachers need decor in their classrooms

Lillian Antin, Social Director December 3, 2024

Success in class starts with your attendance, your motivation, and the teachers' decorations in the classroom. Yes, the decorations in a classroom play a pivotal part in a student’s academic performance....

TikTok, coconuts, and the youth vote

TikTok, coconuts, and the youth vote

Amelia Matin, Beyond Liberty Editor December 3, 2024

Most people think that Tik Tok is someplace teens go to distract themselves from ‘real’ news, as a place to zone out and exist in the fantasy of dancing celebrities and comedic memes. Over the summer...

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