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Education Should Be Free

Education Should Be Free

February 15, 2023

You genuinely don't know what will happen after you turn eighteen. It's a terrifying process that many people go through. The idea of becoming an adult and controlling oneself is pretty frightening because...

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Feminine Products Should Be Free

Aerianna Hubel January 26, 2023

Every single woman who is at a certain age has a menstrual period every month for up to 4-7 days. Having a menstrual period is a completely normal thing. Every single month, they’re going to have a period....

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A Critique of Digital Popstar Polar

Katelyn Terrell December 7, 2022

The concept of a virtual musical artist is nothing new, one of the most popular examples would be 2-D from Gorillaz, a band formed in 1998, that has the voice of lead singer Damon Albarn. Another well-known...

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The US Health education curriculum is flawed. Here’s why.

Amaiya Groshong November 18, 2022

The way health is taught and presented throughout middle school and high school in the US education system is damaging to children, and overall defective. While the curriculum does attempt to promote health...

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Why Lay’s Chips ARE Better

Jade Alderson November 18, 2022

People eat chips every day. What is the best kind though? Lays Barbeque chips are the absolute best kind of chips there are. Don’t get me wrong, other chips are pretty good, but most are in the category...

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Are serial killer movies and shows horrifying or glorifying?

Jelani Dupon October 17, 2022

As of now, the latest serial killer-inspired T.V. series is the 2022 Netflix mini-series, Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. With it, came the most significant series debut in Netflix history....

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The Melancholy Romantics of Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey

Ava Barnes October 17, 2022

Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence was released in 2014 and is her third studio album, with 900 million streams on Spotify. The album has moody, hypnotic energy that is hollow and emotional sounding. The 14...

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Books are Better Than Movies

Gladys Garcia Vasquez October 17, 2022

Why are books better than movies? Shouldn’t it be the other way around, because we actually see the action and not just picture it? People argue that movies are better than books because you see action...

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Students Deserve a Voice

Grace Shaw, Writer June 10, 2022

      High school  is the place people swear will help you and hear you when you have opinions, the place where sports run the school, where teachers only care about their pay grade. Of course,...

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A Letter To My High School Experience

Aubrie Sandoval, Writer June 10, 2022

If I allow myself to be honest for a moment, I hated high school. It wasn’t the worst times of my life (school-wise at least), but they weren’t good either. I genuinely wasn’t great at school and...

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FGHS Water Bottle Fountains Are Not An Improvement

Lauren Kramer, Writer June 10, 2022

Scattered around the school, students can find water bottle refilling stations that used to be plain water drinking fountains. They were placed in the school to reduce waste and help prevent the spread...

Media That Carried Me through This School Year

Media That Carried Me through This School Year

Gwendolyn Woods, Editor June 10, 2022

Songs:  “Gnaw” By Alex G: Gnaw is off of Alex G’s debut LP which was remastered in 2010 and was uploaded on streaming services that year as well. This song seems to be about a specific character...

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