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Esports Arena Trains Upcoming Pros

Nick Pigott, Reporter

May 20, 2019

Located inside the well-known pyramid-shaped hotel Luxor in Las Vegas is the indoor arena made for hosting Esports competitions and a place for amateur gamers to hang out and practice. I visited the Esports Arena last summer a...

Amateur mythbuster debunks common rumors

Nick Pigott, Reporter

April 5, 2019

Spring is blooming, and bluebonnets are growing. It’s time to take your yearly photos in the fields. You always wanted to pick a bluebonnet and keep it, but your mom would always tell you it’s against the law. But...

The moment I couldn’t forget

Isabella Newlands

February 20, 2019

Let me set the scene. It’s 7th grade and Spanish class has just ended. My friend and I were making our way to our English class, chatting about whatever. It was just a normal day .. .or so I thought. As we came to the end of the la...

Lack of gun law revision still poses immense threat to youth, children

Sarah Davis, Reporter

February 15, 2019

Yesterday, Feb. 14, was Valentine’s Day. It was also the anniversary of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — a tragedy that sparked the long-overdue debate on our national gun laws. While the movement ha...

Why we love to hate Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2019

Junior shares her many Christmas traditions

Helaina Hackett, Assistant People and Places

December 18, 2018

I know a thing or two because I’ve seen a thing or two. Having spent Christmas with at least seven different families throughout my life makes me pretty much an expert on traditions. I’ve done everything from making cooki...

A closer look at the final book of the ‘Throne of Glass’ series

October 31, 2018

Aspiring fashion designer comments on unethical manufacturing processes

September 17, 2018

Technical difficulty causes panic

J.T. Sparks, Co-Editor-in-Chief

July 5, 2018

I recited my lines like a machine. They were written on a crumpled-up sheet of notebook paper I had just tucked into his pocket for the last time - there was no use for it anymore. Besides, I had known my lines like the back of...

Introspective senior questions the meaning of life

Claire Schaffer

May 23, 2018

What is life? Rather, what is the meaning of life? For centuries, scientists have failed to give us an answer that isn’t numerical. But look no further, for I may have uncovered the truth. Some of you may have heard these the...